DANCEHALL NICE: THREE GENERATIONS UNITE IN LANDMARK DEBUT COLLAB
Shaggy has done it again. The diamond-selling reggae icon drops a fresh single, Dancehall Nice, uniting legends Beres Hammond and hitmaker Dexta Daps in a landmark first collaboration. Three generations of Jamaican music. One track.
Co-produced by Shaggy and Lloyd “John John” James Jr, and released through VP Records and Shaggy’s Ranch Entertainment, the song is an open-hearted tribute to dancehall culture, celebrating those sweaty, joyful communal spaces that pulse at the heart of Jamaican life. It urges younger generations to carry the flame forward.
DANCEHALL CULTURE CELEBRATED AND PASSED FORWARD IN A SINGLE TRACK
The release follows recent team-ups with Sting on Til A Mawnin, and on Boom Body featuring Akon and Aidonia, cementing Shaggy’s reputation as reggae’s great connector.
And his ambitions stretch further still. This June, Shaggy steps onto the Metropolitan Opera House stage in New York, playing the Ferryman opposite Sting in The Last Ship. From Kingston dancehalls to Broadway opera houses, the man moves across worlds with ease.
ABOUT SHAGGY
Shaggy has driven reggae and dancehall onto the world stage for three decades. He burst through with Oh Carolina and Boombastic, fusing Jamaican sound system culture with global pop. Smashes like It Wasn’t Me and Angel made him a household name.
Two Grammys, a Brit Award and Jamaica’s Order of Distinction followed, cementing reggae’s reach far beyond its island roots.
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ABOUT BERES HAMMOND
Beres Hammond has shaped lovers rock for five decades, his grainy warmth and unhurried phrasing drawing from soul, jazz and rocksteady roots.
Solo hits like What One Dance Can Do made him a fixture on the Jamaican charts. Then Tempted to Touch carried his tender, understated groove to the UK and US. Holder of the Order of Jamaica, Hammond endures as one of reggae’s most commanding voices.
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ABOUT DEXTA DAPS
Dexta Daps has carved a singular space in modern dancehall, blending street-hardened storytelling with a sensual voice of real cinematic charge. Breakout tracks like Shabba Madda Pot pushed him across the Caribbean, while albums Intro, Vent, and Trilogy mapped his restless artistic growth.
Daps’ collaborations with M.I.A., Davido and Tory Lanez have carried his sound deep into global pop and hip-hop.
