The Mavado controversy is not the first of its kind to afflict the Dance Hall industry either in Guyana or in rest of the region. Popular musical entertainment thrives on a lucrative niche in sex and ...

It’s somewhere around 1:30AM when we arrive at the weekly dance in Kingston known as Hot Mondays. The selectors are in full gear, yelling over a dancehall song here and there, but mostly over ...

The last time the Gully God passed through NYC we were a bit preoccupied, but when we heard Funkmaster Flex on Hot97 bragging about bringing him to "So Fly Sundays" at Prime this past Thursday, we ...

After all the controversy, Jamaican artiste David ‘Mavado’ Brooks, sang all of his hits, including those that had caused the Government of Guyana to earlier deem him a security risk at the National ...

Mavado's debut album, 2007's epic Gangsta for Life, introduced David Brooks to the world as a tormented dancehall visionary. On its followup, his eerie elegies again strike to the heart of the ...

Jamaican dancehall star compiles singles and new material into a lengthy album, using dirge-like martial beats to develop a persona as a remorseful, weary thug. Save this story Save this story Mavado ...