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Dancehall.Mobi special update -Digicel and 12 Caribbean artistes – Shaggy, Sean Paul, Sean Kingston, Alison Hinds, Shontelle Layne, Edwin Yearwood, David Rudder, Kes Dieffenthaller, Destra Garcia, Tessanne Chin, Etana and Belo – united to create the inspiring single, “Rise Again (Haiti)”. Now you can pay to download “Rise Again (Haiti)” to your phone or computer [...]

Dancehall.Mobi video premiere – recently, we featured a behind the scenes video snapshot of the making of the music video for ‘Rise Again’, the Digicel-sponsored Haiti relief song. The uplifting and powerful song features Shaggy, Sean Paul, Sean Kingston, Alison Hinds, Shontelle Layne, Edwin Yearwood, David Rudder, Kes Dieffenthaller, Destra Garcia, Tessanne Chin, Etana and [...]

Dancehall.Mobi riddim update -TJ Records latest riddim production is called the D.N.A. Riddim, and features Beenie Man, Bugle, Assassin, Aidonia, Buju Banton, Flippa Mafia, G-Whizz, Laden, Louie Culture, Spice, Spragga Benz, Vybz Kartel and others. Check it out below.
Warning: Some audio clips below may contain extremely coarse language and are intended for adults only. If [...]

Dancehall.Mobi riddim update – producer / dancehall artiste, Delly Ranx has just released a new riddim called the Shaolin Temple riddim. The play list below features Delly Ranx himself, as well as ZJ Liquid (as a recording artiste for the first time ever), Buju Banton, Camar, Captain Barkey, Sizzla, Teflon among others.
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Dancehall.Mobi news update – two M-16 magazines, each loaded with thirty 5.56 cartridges, were seized by the police early Friday morning (February 5) outside the ‘Big Yard’ community [which is also home to Vybz Kartel's studio] off Mannings Hill Road in Kingston.
According to police reports, at about 4:40 a.m., police on patrol in the area [...]

From Dancehall.Mobi – on this day, February 6, in the dancehall / reggae world:
1939 – foundation reggae singer and music producer, Derrick Clinton Harriott, is born.
1945 – reggae legend, Robert Nesta ‘Bob’ Marley is born at Nine Miles, St Ann’s, Jamaica. His father is Norval Marley, an English marine officer, and his mother is Cedella [...]

Dancehall.Mobi special update – the annual Excellence in Music & Entertainment (EME) Awards took place last night, at the Gardens at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Below is the complete list of categories and winners (period of assessment: October 01, 2008 – September 30, 2009).
DJ OF THE YEAR (MALE) – Vybz Kartel
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Dancehall.Mobi events update – international dancehall deejay, Sean Paul, along with special VIP guests – popular rapper Busta Rhymes and model/actor Tyson Beckford – will lock down Revolution Live on West Broward Boulevard in Miami tomorrow night (February 6). Music by Jazzy-T (from Renaissance), GQ and VJ Elite. Check out the flyer below.

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Dancehall.Mobi video premiere – Natalie Storm’s latest single, and music video to go with it, is called “Look Pon Me”, and features ‘Sticky’ (a popular UK producer). The song is on the Funky UK Jumeirah Riddim, and the video was shot right here in Jamaica. Check it out below.

Dancehall.Mobi riddim update – the ‘Frog’ riddim, made popular in the mid-1990s by tunes such as Jigsy King & Tony Curtis’ “Any Man Yuh Want”, is back via Truckback Records, who’ve dubbed it the Steel Frog riddim. Check out the play list below, with a host of artistes, including Captain Barky, Wickerman, Capleton, Elephant Man, [...]

Dancehall.Mobi special update – while many of us were caught up on the nominations for the ‘Best Reggae Album’ at the 2010 Grammy Awards, and the eventual winner – Stephen Marley’s “Mind Control (Acoustic)” – an unfortunate oversight (by many, including Dancehall.Mobi) was that his brother, Ziggy Marley, had been nominated for a Grammy as [...]

Dancehall.Mobi special update – Ky-Mani Marley has issued a statement regarding unauthorized captions on his ‘Dear Dad‘ book which was released earlier today. The book is published by Farrah Gray Publishing, Inc., and according to Marley, Farrah Gray was unprofessional and malicious in twisting his words to create controversy in an effort to boost sales [...]