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Magnum Kings & Queens of Dancehall

Well supported

Televised dancehall talent competition on TVJ that showcased emerging deejays and singjays competing for a cash prize and a produced single, with judges including Skatta Burrell, Professor Nuts and Miss Kitty.

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At a glance

Type: Event / dance →
Era: Dancehall and the digital turn →
Confidence: Well supported
Sources: Jamaica Star ('Magnum Kings & Queens returns', 2016).

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Story · Well supportedThe bar in the dance: how liquor built, named and paid for the music

A brewery, a rum house and a tonic wine have shaped Jamaican music as surely as any studio — and what the dance drinks has changed twice, from a crate at a man's foot to bottles held up in the video light.

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Debate

Corporate sponsorship of dancehall

One side

Resources, jobs & legitimacy

The other

Commercialisation & alcohol-culture concerns

A neutral statement of the sponsorship debate: brand backing of stage shows and TV contests is defended as bringing resources, jobs and legitimacy, and criticised as commercialisation, with particular concern over alcohol-culture associations. No verdict.

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