With her embrace of the queer community and insistence on female beauty inside and out, Spice’s inclusive take on dancehall brings bashment culture kicking and screaming into the 21st century
Sep 11, 2023
As she embarks on a career-defining tour, Bad Gyal dissects her fanbase, fashion, and fiercest critics
Jul 15, 2022
Currently on tour with BADBADNOTGOOD, the rising musician talks growing up in Montreal, experimental drill and his upcoming mixtape sequel
Mar 29, 2022
On carnival weekend, the crew broadcast ‘Dancehall Supremacy’, celebrating the impact of Jamaican culture on Britain’s streets
Sep 07, 2020
For a genre that’s influenced sounds across the world, it’s still shut out from receiving music’s biggest accolade
Feb 08, 2019
Alicai Harley proves why she’s one to watch with this Buju Banton inspired bop
Jan 08, 2019
The dancehall artist shocked her fans by debuting a much lighter look last week
Nov 02, 2018
The Jamaican icon opens up about ‘Forever’, fame, Rihanna, and how dancehall could save the country’s gun crisis
Aug 15, 2018
Flexing is a bone-bending dance that originated in New York City neighbourhoods – now, along with its counterpart Flex Dance Music, it’s becoming an international phenomenon
Jul 21, 2017
Ivar Wigan spent two years forming and documenting his relationships with the hustlers, dancers, street kids, and families that make Jamaica’s music community so unique
Jul 05, 2017
Rainbow Riots, an album of artists from Uganda, Jamaica and more, highlights the grass roots movements in areas rife with anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and violence
Jun 27, 2017
Jamaican reggae royalty, a grime godfather and champions of the dubs and clashes that changed music forever on their most pivotal tracks
Jan 11, 2017
After moving to the UK to make music aged 17, the singer has gone on to work with Shaggy and wants to perform in Antarctica – watch his energetic new video for “Found Da Boi”
Nov 01, 2016
Dancehall’s permeated the charts, but the mainstream has failed to recognise the wave of artists flying the black, green and gold flag
Sep 09, 2016
Jeremy Deller’s collaborative new film follows Bom Bom as she competes at a Jamaican street party for the title of dancehall queen
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