Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs by F.S., Jah Vinci, Christopher Martin and more. By Kyle Denis After weathering two globe-traversing clashes in January, dancehall spent ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Music executive Maxine Stowe is heading up a movement to push a month of activities to highlight the potency, cultural pull and international relevance of the dancehall genre. The ...

After decades of being unable to physically connect with their fan base in the United States due to visa revocations, several of dancehall’s pioneers have once again been given the green light to ...

Sice the 1960s, Jamaican music has consistently punched above its weight on a global scale. From ska to reggae, dub and beyond, the Caribbean island nation with a population of less than three million ...

Jamaican-born dancehall recording artist, singer and songwriter Grace Hamilton (aka Spice) is set to headline Pride Toronto despite the protestations from people in the reggae community who often toe ...

Dancehall artist (and now we can add legend) Vybz Kartel was recently sentenced 35 years to life in prison for a murder conviction. The artist that everyone either loves or loves to hate has left us ...

Friday 6th August marks Jamaica's 59th year of independence from the United Kingdom. In true 1Xtra fashion, we've ripped up the schedule to celebrate the impact this Caribbean island’s music and ...

Watch Jamaican singer, songwriter, dancer, DJ and all-round force-of-nature Spice discussing her life before X-rated dancehall bangers, parenthood, her Grammy ambitions and the problem of colourism.

Since the late nineteen-seventies, the streets of Jamaica’s capital city, Kingston, have been decorated with ad-hoc placards promising quick, transformative thrills. The signs—hand-painted on ...