Gyptian isn’t a household name, but his crossover dancehall hit single “Hold You (Hold Yuh),” which is fast becoming 2010’s song of the summer could change that. The lyrics can be a bit hard to follow ...

Rating: 4 out of 5. Sure, plenty of people think that there is “something special” about their partner, but very few get to witness any supernatural abilities from them. Reggae fusion artist Gyptian, ...

After major success in 2010 with Hold Yuh (thanks to a remix guest vocal from one Nicki Minaj), Jamaican dancehall artist Gyptian veers off into markedly more pop/r’n’b territory for his fourth album.

Because the Jamaican music industry is so singles-oriented, artists there record with near-manic frequency. So when reggae singer Gyptian voiced a love song for New York-based producer Ricky Blaze in ...

In our newly minted FADER Five column, we ask the artists and producers orbiting our universe to riff on a theme and serve up five gems of their choosing. Gyptian is a figurehead of the roots revival ...