You mean lila iké right and she does reggae not dancehall
so what about
Popcaan
Alkaline
Mavado
Kojo funds
Spice
Etc
bruh to say dancehall is done cmon. I’ll give you the political correctness about the lyrics though
do you even realize Dancehall is not just a genre it is a PLATFORM..a vehicle since the late 40s early 50s during the mento days
the same PLATFORM that gave birth to Reggae and Roots Reggae...Lovers Rock...and Ska
without DANCEHALL thier is NO REGGAE
it was the dancehall venues that REGGAE artists HAD TO RELY on to buss they music before the Record Labels and Record Labels even took an intrest in
Bob Marley ...Burning Spear....the Mighty Diamonds...Jimmy Cliff and virtually every REGGAE artist got their start in the dancehall
the phrase reggae didn't even become part of the daily lexicon of jamaicans till the Toots and the Maytals put out the jam ..
"Do the Reggay" which got it's first spin as record in the dancehall venue via the Voice of the People soundsystem operated by toaster/selector Prince Buster
in 1968 almost two decades after the first DANCEHALL Soundsystems started breaknig out the speakers and hosting dances and clashes
hosted by such landmark sounds as Duke Reid's Trojan sounds...Coxsone and the oldest running soundsystem in the western hemisphere Tom the Sebastian
now known these days as Metromedia
matter of fact Danny Dread spoke on his relationship with his good friend Bob Marley who use approach him with records to "test" records out for popularity with the masses or records the label didn't approve of with Danny who would spin them pon di turntables at his dances back in the 1970s in this clip he speaks about being the first to play "WAR" by marley
matter of fact here is a gathering a of the pioneers of dancehall REGGAE speaking on how Bob would always give them PRE RELEASED music before the labels and masses got them
