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Walshy Fire has long been involved in the dancehall scene. As a kid, he grew up near House of Leo, an iconic dancehall venue in Kingston, Jamaica. As a young adult, he joined Black Chiney, a Jamaican ...

Before the space on the main dancefloor is even fully cleared, the crowd presses up closely and in layers to claim good viewing spots. They spill over, filling up the wire-guarded catwalk that wraps ...

Drake certainly owes much of his success to his obsession with dancehall music. His island-flavored jams like “One Dance,” which features dancehall star Wizkid, has earned him plenty of accolades. But ...

Dancehall has replaced reggae as the defining music of Jamaica, at least for contemporary Jamaicans. Fans say it’s the voice of the people. Critics say it glorifies sex and violence. In its most basic ...

The 2016 Grammy nominations were announced on December 6, and although many dancehall songs were featured on the albums that were nominated, like Drake’s Views from the 6 album and Kanye West’s Life ...

The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History at UConn, presents “Sounds of the Citizens: Dancehall and Community in Jamaica,” a lecture by Dr. Anne Galvin, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, ...