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Dancehall music is facing heat in the United Kingdom. Authorities there associate the genre with violence, which has caused several nightclub owners to ban it from their venues.

One man in Bdos wrote an article on banning Dancehall music in Bdos and this msg board was full of comments.

I wonder why not now.

In reply to XDFIX

I listen to most genres of music. I do have some dance hall songs in my Playlist. But I must admit that the lyrics in some dancehall tunes are beyond deplorable. While each person has a mind of his own and is responsible for his own actions, I wonder what effect these lyrics have on young, impressionable minds.

So how difficult is it for dancehall artists to not sing any song about violence

In reply to XDFIX

UK is test market, if it works there, you can expect a similar ban in the US.

In reply to black

Dancehall music has never taken off in U.S., not even reggae, if u ask me.

In reply to XDFIX

A few fellas and I have that discussion almost every year.

The taking off in the US...Its there but general pop is not ready for the rawness of it.


Dancehall now though has degenerated to god knows what now.

I just welcome the good stuff and forget about the bad.

If you can get a good wine off it...who am I to complain

In reply to eXodus


Apart from Sean Paul, Shaggy, and perhaps a few others, the market offer can easily be flushed

In reply to XDFIX

coming in from the sound system sort of dancehall, not many in the current scene can make a US mainstream marketable album.

Busy Signal, Sean Paul, Shaggy, Christopher Martin, Konshens...is about it.

Dancehall in the US remains to be a feature act[and probably will for the most part]

Reggae on the other hand...well there's quite a few of those

In reply to eXodus

Only a pity that Robyn Rihanna Fenty doesn't stand for anything, she is the biggest thing we got coming out of the Caribbean! Don't even know if she play up the Bajan roots a la Bob Marley - Jamaica