What is Dancehall?
{{Infobox music genre | name = Dancehall |bgcolor = green |color = white | stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[Reggae]]|[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]|[[ska]]|[[rocksteady]]|[[dub music|dub]]|[[Deejay (Jamaican)|toasting]]|[[Hip hop music|hip hop]]}} | cultural_origins = Late 1970s [[Jamaica]], especially [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] | instruments = '''Early dancehall:'''<br /> {{hlist|[[Drum kit|Drums]]|[[Bass guitar]]|[[Guitar]]|[[Electronic organ|Organ]]}}<br />'''Modern dancehall:'''<br /> {{hlist|[[Drum machine]]|[[Sampler (musical instrument)|Sampler]]|[[Synthesizer]]|[[Electronic organ|Organ]]}} | popularity = Since early 1980s in Jamaica, worldwide beginning in early 1990s. | derivatives = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[Grime music|grime]]|[[reggaeton]]}} | subgenrelist = List of genres of reggae | subgenres = {{hlist|[[Ragga]]|[[Reggae en Español]]}} | fusiongenres = {{hlist|[[Reggae fusion]]|[[Bhangragga]]|[[Oldschool jungle]]}} | regional_scenes = | local_scenes = | other_topics = {{hlist|[[Stop Murder Music]]|[[Slackness]]|[[Tempo TV|TEMPO Networks]]}} }} '''[https://dancehallevents.com/ Dancehall]''' is a [[genre]] of [[Jamaica]]n [[popular music]]. It started in the late 1970s.<ref>{{Cite book|title = DanceHall: From Slave Ship to Ghetto|url = https://archive.org/details/dancehallfromsla0000stan|publisher = University of Ottawa Press|date = July 10, 2010|location = Ottawa|isbn = 9780776607368|language = English|first = Sonjah Stanley|last = Niaah}}</ref> It is a mixture of [[reggae]], [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], and [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Reggae}} [[Category:Music genres]] [[Category:Reggae music]] {{music-stub}}