Popcaan braided hair performs on stage, holding a microphone, wearing a gray oversized shirt and jewelry, with a backdrop of lights. Spend enough time around Popcaan these days and you’re sure to hear ...

Popcaan and longtime collaborator Dre Skull speak with Billboard about the making of the dancehall titan's debut studio album. By Kyle Denis Between the triumphant, box office-topping Bob Marley ...

From the magazine: ISSUE 92, June/July 2014. This is the third of four covers from our annual Summer Music issue that we'll be revealing this week. Hayfield, the rural village in Jamaica’s Saint ...

Popcaan and Drake have another hit on their hands. On their new collaboration, “We Caa Done,” the two remind us that they are running the game, as Drake maintains his status as a genre-fluid hip-hop ...

“Wha gwaan Popcaan?” The first words uttered on the 2010 smash hit “Clarks” introduced the world to Vybz Kartel’s top protégé. Those same three words can be read as both a question (“What’s going on?” ...

Over four decades, dancehall has become one of the most vital and complex forms of music in the world. For most of that time the sound and culture, driven by riddims that have been weird and wild ...

2024 saw quick-moving song snippets, boosted by mystery-wrapped algorithms, turn into year-defining singles (but not necessarily lasting stardom). Beating the odds to capture attention looked ...

The Jamaican dancehall star/Drake ally/newly-minted Gorillaz collaborator Popcaan has been busy lately, cranking out singles like “Nah Idle” and “Stray Dog.” And this morning, he’s shared a warm, ...

Drake gave dancehall fans an early holiday gift. During a Sunday performance at Unruly Fest, Graham announced that Popcaan was officially a member of his label, OVO Sound. “This is something we’ve ...

Jamaican singer Protoje has dropped his new single “Like Royalty,” a collaboration with Popcaan that features on the Grammy-nominated reggae star’s upcoming album In Search of Lost Time. “This song is ...

The Brooklyn producer Dre Skull started out making spazzy DIY dance music, but he’s since become an unlikely hitmaker in the universe of dancehall reggae. And his new single “First Time” goes a long ...

Spend enough time around Popcaan these days and you’re sure to hear his catchphrase, “This is a lifestyle moment.” It could be anything—a toast to old friends, or the sight of a full moon rising over ...