SUPREME VENTURES' "STING" SUFFERED A FATAL BLOW
Jamaica's dancehall peeped from behind its established predecessor Reggae, towards the end of the 1970s with the experimental touches...
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Yaawd Media
- Dec 21, 2022
- 5 min
BURNA BOY LIT UP "THE OFFICE" IN KINGSTON AND STAKED HIS CLAIM IN REGGAE-LAND.
The National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica is colloquially referred to as “The Office,” a moniker it earned during the qualification...
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Yaawd Media
- Dec 11, 2022
- 3 min
IS ARGENTINA'S WC TEAM AN ADVERTISEMENT OF THE COUNTRY'S SUCCESS AT RACIAL CLEANSING?
Education is a transformative process. This means that as we grow and develop, we should be increasing our exposure and by extension, our...
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Yaawd Media
- Oct 26, 2022
- 5 min
REMEMBERING REGGAE'S COOL RULER- GREGORY ISAACS
October 25th marked twelve years since Gregory Isaacs, one of Jamaica's most beloved vocalists passed away. Gregory was as pertinent in...
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Yaawd Media
- Oct 22, 2022
- 5 min
JAMAICA'S CRIME NEEDS MORE THAN THE BROADCASTING COMMISSION'S PUBLIC RELATION STUNT
This past week I came across a stomach-churning reminder of Jamaica's ghastly crime problem through a graphic video of two gunmen...
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Yaawd Media
- Oct 9, 2022
- 5 min
CHRIS BLACKWELL-Married to Jamaica's Music Success
The most far-reaching element of Jamaica’s culture has been its music and it is through this element that Jamaica has succeeded ahead of...
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Yaawd Media
- Oct 6, 2022
- 4 min
60 Biggest Jamaican Songs since Independence in 1962. The sixth 10 years: 2012-2021.
This is the sixth and final installment in the series "60 Biggest Jamaican Songs since Independence in 1962," and represents the Yaawd...
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Yaawd Media
- Oct 4, 2022
- 4 min
60 Biggest Jamaican Songs since Independence in 1962. The fifth 10 years: 2002-2011.
This is the fifth installment in the series "60 Biggest Jamaican Songs since Independence in 1962," and represents the Yaawd Media team's...
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Yaawd Media
- Oct 1, 2022
- 5 min
STONEBWOY, HERE IS SOME REGGAE EDUCATION 101
Jamaica’s first National Hero, The Right Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, ON; is on record stating “If you haven't confidence in self, you...
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Yaawd Media
- Sep 28, 2022
- 4 min
60 Biggest Jamaican Songs since Independence in 1962. The fourth 10 years: 1992-2001
It has been long established that Jamaica’s music is regarded ss the most impactful aspect of the island’s culture. In fact, the music is...
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Yaawd Media
- Sep 26, 2022
- 5 min
60 Biggest Jamaican Songs since Independence in 1962. The third 10 years: 1982-1991
It has been long established that Jamaica’s music is regarded ss the most impactful aspect of the island’s culture. In fact, the music is...
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Yaawd Media
- Sep 24, 2022
- 4 min
60 Biggest Jamaican Songs since Independence in 1962. The second 10 years: 1972-1981
Jamaica’s music is best described as the most impactful aspect of the island’s culture and is largely responsible for positioning Jamaica...
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Yaawd Media
- Sep 23, 2022
- 5 min
THE MORE TIMES CHANGE THE MORE IT LOOKS LIKE JAMAICA IS A LOST CAUSE
At the height of the campaign towards Jamaica’s national Elections in 1980, the late recording artiste Edi Fitzroy released one of the...
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Yaawd Media
- Sep 12, 2022
- 5 min
60 Biggest Jamaican Songs since Independence in 1962. The first 10 years: 1962-1971
Jamaica’s music is best described as the most impactful aspect of the island’s culture and is largely responsible for positioning Jamaica...
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Yaawd Media
- Aug 27, 2022
- 4 min
DESPITE ITS SCAPEGOATING, DANCEHALL TELLS JAMAICA’S STORY
Painting: Street Dance - Richard Hugh Blackford (C) 2008 Jamaica is often described by tourism and other travel interests as “the Pearl...
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Yaawd Media
- Aug 23, 2022
- 5 min
ARE WE UNOFFICIALLY DRIVING DANCEHALL TO OTHER SHORES
It may come as a surprise to many, but I am satisfied that here are forces at play in Jamaica that believes that the best way of keeping...
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Yaawd Media
- Aug 14, 2022
- 5 min
Delroy Wilson-The Child Prodigy
DELROY WILSON'S EARLY YEARS In 1957, the Jamaican music scene was just beginning to find its footing. The idea of having people record...
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Yaawd Media
- Jul 13, 2022
- 5 min
CONVERSATIONS WITH KLASSIQUE SOUNDS’ SENOR DALEY (THE SUNDAY NIGHTS AT RAE TOWN STORY)
It has been said that there is a kind of symbiotic relationship between the development of the music industry on the island and the...
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Yaawd Media
- Jul 8, 2022
- 3 min
THE DOORS OF DEVELOPMENT OPENS AS CLAYTON TWINS GO PRO.
Jamaica Gleaner photo The headlines in the July 7, 2022, edition of the Jamaica Observer newspaper screamed “Clayton twins goes pro with...
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Yaawd Media
- Jul 4, 2022
- 5 min
JAMAICA'S MEDIA LAMPOONS RIGHTS ADVOCATES AND PLAYS TO THE GALLERY ON CRIME & PUNISHMENT.
Las May Cartoon- The Jamaica Gleaner I would like to posit that we have reached a sorry situation when the island's two most popular...
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