Anthony B Returns With ‘World of Love,’ a 16-Track Album Featuring Gentleman and Queen Omega
Thirty years on from ‘Fire Pon Rome,’ the Trelawny-born chanter released World of Love on September 4, 2026 through Ineffable Records — roots, lovers rock and dancehall across 16 tracks, with Gentleman, Queen Omega, Mo’Kalamity, FIA, Shuga and Jazzwad along for the ride.
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Masicka Sells Out Barclays Center: A First Solo Arena Headline for the Portmore Deejay, One Day After ‘Forever Reign’
Reggae Fest Presents Masicka filled Brooklyn’s 18,000-capacity arena on Saturday, August 15, 2026, with Tarrus Riley, Keznamdi, Elephant Man, I-Octane, Vanessa Bling, Lola Brooke and Swizz Beatz joining him on stage. The set leaned on the hits — ‘Whites,’ ‘They Don’t Know,’ ‘Suicide Note’ — and previewed just one song from the new album.
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Masicka Releases ‘Forever Reign,’ His Third Album, With Damian Marley, Lila Iké, Kraff Gad and Blaqbonez
Out August 14, 2026 on Def Jam, the 17-track set opens with the Jr. Gong collaboration ‘1 Psalm’ and folds in the 2026 hits ‘Boasty’ and ‘Slip & Slide.’ ‘Forever Reign means I’m here to stay,’ says the Portmore deejay, who headlines Barclays Center tomorrow night.
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Fantan Mojah, the ‘Hail the King’ Singer, Dies at 49 Weeks Before His 50th Birthday
Owen ‘Fantan Mojah’ Moncrieffe died at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston on the evening of Tuesday, July 14, 2026, of heart-related complications, his booking agent said. The St Elizabeth-born singer had been hospitalised in Martinique in 2024 with his heart reportedly working at 15 per cent, recovered enough to tour Europe, and was preparing for Reggae Jam in Germany.
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Rebel Salute Makes Its Overseas Debut in Miramar, Florida, With Maxi Priest, Mykal Rose, Chalice and a Key to Broward County for Tony Rebel
With no Jamaican staging in 2026 after Hurricane Melissa, Tony Rebel took his festival to Miramar Regional Park on Sunday, April 19, 2026 — after two postponements in 2025. Rain did not stop the crowd; estimates ran from 2,500 to Rebel’s own 7,000. Gyptian and Louie Culture were no-shows. ‘A foundation has been set for bigger things,’ Rebel said.
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Keznamdi Wins the Grammy for Best Reggae Album With ‘BLXXD & FYAH’
The Kingston singer’s self-released second album took Best Reggae Album at the 68th Grammy Awards on February 1, 2026, in a five-way Jamaican field with Vybz Kartel, Lila Iké, Mortimer and Jesse Royal. It was his first nomination.
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No Rebel Salute in Jamaica for 2026: Organisers Cite Hurricane Melissa’s Toll on Western Audiences and Logistics
Tony Rebel’s roots festival will not be staged on the island this coming January. In a statement on December 23, 2025, Rebel Salute said the storm had disrupted the planning needed ‘to responsibly produce an event of this scale,’ and that it had ‘chosen to pause rather than proceed.’ A Florida edition is planned for April.
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Vybz Kartel Drops ‘Heart & Soul,’ an 11-Track Surprise Album, on the Night of His Barclays Center Show
Released at midnight on August 29, 2025 through Greedy Lion and Vybz Kartel Muzik, the set opens with a dedication to his fiancée, carries the TikTok hit ‘I Know,’ and features Ishawna on ‘Bad Bad Bad.’ Voiced largely in marathon sessions with engineer RedBoom, it arrived the same night Kartel headlined Reggaefest in Brooklyn.
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‘Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired by the Film’ Wins Best Reggae Album at the 67th Grammys, Over Vybz Kartel, Shenseea, Collie Buddz and The Wailers
The 10-track covers album — Skip Marley, Mystic Marley, Shenseea, Wizkid, Kacey Musgraves, Daniel Caesar, Leon Bridges, Farruko, Jessie Reyez and Bloody Civilian singing Bob Marley — took the category at the Premiere Ceremony in Los Angeles on February 2, 2025, a year after Julian Marley’s win. Kartel and Shenseea, both first-time nominees, were in the room. ‘Bob’s legacy continues,’ Olivia Grange said; not everyone in Jamaica agreed.
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Vybz Kartel Marks a Decade of ‘Viking (Vybz Is King)’ With Seven New Songs — His First Recordings Since Walking Free
Two days before his first Grammy ceremony, the Worl’ Boss releases the 10th Year Anniversary edition of his 2015 album on January 31, 2025 through Adidjahiem Records and TJ Records: four Viking originals alongside ‘God Is the Greatest,’ ‘It A Tape,’ ‘Polite,’ ‘Dreams Are Made Of,’ ‘Str8 Vybz,’ ‘Porn Flick’ with Ishawna and ‘#AmOut,’ all cut with TJ Records since July.
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Rebel Salute 2025 Returns to One Night: Maxi Priest, Luciano, Queen Ifrica and a Valiant Debut Over 12 Hours at Plantation Cove
The 31st Rebel Salute ran from 7 p.m. on Saturday, January 18, 2025 to 6:44 the next morning — 23 acts on a single night for the first time in a decade, in what Tony Rebel called a ‘strategic restructuring.’ The crowd was thinner than usual; the festival’s first overseas date, in Miramar, Florida, was announced for April 20.
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Nardo Ranks, the Deejay Behind ‘Dem A Bleach’ and ‘Burrup,’ Dies in New York
Gary ‘Nardo Ranks’ Henderson, whose 1992 hit topped the RJR chart for six weeks and whose early-90s run crossed dancehall into New York hip-hop radio, died in Queens on Sunday, December 22, 2024, colleagues announced. He was in his late 50s. No cause has been given.
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Robert ‘Ducksie’ Russell, Reggae Sumfest Co-Founder and Pier One Patriarch, Dies at 76
The Montego Bay businessman who helped found Reggae Sumfest in 1993 when Sunsplash left the city, chaired it for close to two decades and later sold the brand to Joe Bogdanovich died at Hospiten hospital in Rose Hall on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. He also co-produced the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival and served as assistant director on The Harder They Come.
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Shenseea Releases ‘Never Gets Late Here,’ Her Second Album, With Wizkid, Anitta, Coi Leray, Masicka and Di Genius
Out May 24, 2024 through Rich Immigrants and Interscope, the 14-track follow-up to Alpha is executive-produced by London on da Track and arrives with a Kingston-shot video for ‘Flava.’ ‘Still maintaining my Jamaican authenticity, I infused my affinity for other genres such as Pop and R&B,’ Shenseea says.
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JaRIA Honour Awards 2024: Beres Hammond Takes Lifetime Achievement, Teejay’s ‘Drift’ Is Song of the Year and YG Marley Is Breakthrough Artiste
The Jamaica Reggae Industry Association’s 15th-anniversary honours, staged March 27, 2024 at the Jamaica Pegasus, saluted Beres Hammond, Sister Nancy, Sean Paul, Pluto Shervington and Black Uhuru, named Stephen Marley’s Old Soul and Masicka’s Generation of Kings albums of the year, and introduced the Ibo Cooper Icon Award.
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Peetah Morgan, Lead Singer of Morgan Heritage, Dies at 46
Peter Anthony Morgan, the voice of ‘Don’t Haffi Dread’ and ‘Down by the River’ and frontman of the Grammy-winning family band founded with his siblings in 1994, died on Sunday, February 25, 2024. The family announced the death on social media without giving a cause. His father, Denroy Morgan, died in 2022.
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YG Marley’s ‘Praise Jah in the Moonlight’ Debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 — the First Reggae Entry Since ‘Bam,’ and a Sixth Marley on the Chart
Six weeks after its release, Bob Marley’s grandson enters the Hot 100 at No. 74 on the chart dated February 10, 2024, on 6.2 million US streams, as the song climbs the UK top 40 and tops New Zealand. Updated March 9 with its Hot 100 peak of No. 34 and UK peak of No. 5.
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Julian Marley Wins His First Grammy as ‘Colors of Royal’ Takes Best Reggae Album
Third time lucky: after nominations for Awake and As I Am, the London-born son of Bob Marley won Best Reggae Album with producer Antaeus at the 66th Grammy Awards on February 4, 2024, beating Buju Banton, Beenie Man, Burning Spear and Collie Buddz. Marley was on stage in Australia; Antaeus accepted and dedicated the award to ‘the people of Jamaica, who have accepted me as one of their own.’
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Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett, Bassist and Backbone of the Wailers, Dies at 77
The Kingston-born bassist whose lines anchor ‘Stir It Up,’ ‘No Woman, No Cry,’ ‘Jamming’ and ‘Could You Be Loved’ died on February 3, 2024 after what his family called a long medical battle. From the Upsetters to four decades leading the Wailers, Family Man defined how reggae bass is played.
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Rebel Salute’s 30th Anniversary Ends Abruptly as Police Stop the Show — After Capleton, Queen Ifrica, Etana and a First-Ever Sean Paul Set
The ‘30 for 30’ staging at Plantation Cove, St Ann, on January 19–20, 2024 was halted shortly after 7 a.m. on Sunday when police went on stage at the end of I-Wayne’s set, leaving Fantan Mojah and Turbulence unperformed. Before that: Capleton’s fire, Queen Ifrica’s 23rd Rebel Salute, a 40-minute Etana set and Sean Paul’s festival debut.
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YG Marley Releases ‘Praise Jah in the Moonlight,’ a Debut Single Built on Bob Marley’s ‘Crisis’ and Road-Tested at Lauryn Hill’s Shows
Bob Marley’s grandson — Joshua Marley, son of Lauryn Hill and Rohan Marley — self-releases his first single on December 27, 2023 after fans who heard it at his mother’s concerts pushed for it on TikTok. Written by Marley, Hill and his grandfather, produced by Marley, Hill and Johnny G, the four-minute reggae song samples the Wailers’ 1978 track ‘Crisis.’
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Masicka Releases ‘Generation of Kings,’ His Def Jam Debut, With Popcaan, Spice, Dexta Daps and Lila Iké
Two years after the independent 438, Masicka delivers a 17-track sophomore album on December 1, 2023 through Def Jam Recordings — led by ‘Tyrant’ and ‘Limelight,’ with Popcaan, Dexta Daps, Spice, Chronic Law, Lila Iké, Fave and Fridayy on the guest list.
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Michael ‘Ibo’ Cooper, Third World Co-Founder, Educator and Reggae Ambassador, Dies at 71
The keyboardist who co-founded Third World with Cat Coore in 1973, later led the popular music department at Edna Manley College and chaired the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association, died at his St Andrew home on Thursday, October 12, 2023 — weeks after the death of his wife, Joy, and months after losing his son Arif.
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Teejay’s ‘Drift’ Enters Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart — the Song That Was ‘Going in the Bin’ Is Dancehall’s Hit of the Summer
Released June 30, 2023 and pushed around the world by a TikTok dance, the Montego Bay deejay’s ‘Drift’ debuts at No. 47 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart dated October 7 — his first Billboard entry, landing on his 29th birthday, after the record earned him a deal with Warner Records and Warner Chappell.
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