For twenty minutes, Sean Paul had the NPR Tiny Desk office in the palm of his hand. “This ain’t no Tiny Desk no more,” the Jamaican singer and rapper declared as he prepared to kick off his set for ...

In July, Jamaica’s most influential living artist walked out of a Kingston prison after 13 years, drove straight to his mother’s house for a tearful reunion over steamed fish and okra — and dove ...

It’s hard to get a hold of Bashment Sound these days. The production duo, comprised of Disco Neil and Silent Addy, is currently “in France with some of the biggest artists, and then we move to London, ...

When Drake was a teenager, he’d stand outside Toronto’s long-gone Escape Nightclub handing out flyers just to get inside and ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Maxi Priest, one of the most celebrated reggae fusion artists of all time, is making a massive move to re-ignite world music. The legendary reggae vocalist ...

Toronto witnessed a historic moment in music when Drake made an unexpected appearance at Vybz Kartel’s first-ever Canadian concert on Sunday, turning an already special night into an unforgettable ...

This year’s Grammys have a chance to make history, albeit in a way that might get missed by most TV viewers watching music’s biggest night at home. For the first time in its 39-year existence, the ...

Jamaicans often say to each other, “Jamaica is not a real place,” as we shake our heads at the beauty and madness of our birthplace. On last week’s episode of Jamaica Is Not a Real Place, a day before ...

Dancehall lyrics are in Jamaican patois, which is nearly impossible for most Americans to understand. This is one of the factors that limit the Jamaican hits' potential here, though several times in ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Teejay flexes his vocal range on “Dip,” a brand new single from his forthcoming ...