In\u00a0late 2025 the\u00a0WYFL\u00a0rhythm hit the scene like it had always belonged \u2014 tight, raw, unstoppable. DJ MAC, a fast-rising producer, handed the streets a rhythm that doesn\u2019t play favourites. And dancehall answered.<\/p>\n
From yard sessions to packed clubs, the beat has turned heads and pulled veteran deejays out from the shadows, bringing juggling back to the forefront \u2014 where it belongs.<\/p>\n
In a recent interview, multi-Grammy-winning international artiste Shaggy praised DJ MAC not only for crafting an infectious rhythm, but for letting it breathe and take on a life of its own.<\/p>\n
He noted that gatekeeping has never done the industry any justice and expressed his excitement at seeing\u00a0WYFL<\/em>\u00a0inject a fresh, electrifying pulse into the local music scene.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s good, I love the vibe. I love everybody jumping on it. I\u2019ve been on a play with\u2026 Sting from January, and that\u2019s the only reason I haven\u2019t jumped on it yet. I love the rhythm, but I love the energy it\u2019s bringing \u2014 it\u2019s back to dancehall; the juggling come back,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n While Shaggy is clearly impressed with\u00a0WYFL<\/em>\u2019s energy and its role in reviving the juggling culture, he admits he\u2019s still waiting for a breakout hit with international reach.<\/p>\n \u201cEverybody\u2019s song has its place, but I\u2019m still waiting for that song to break the ceiling,\u201d he said. \u201cEverything is under the ceiling so far. Every song we see, it a ketch a vibe, it inna di dancehall, but there\u2019s nothing that has broken that international ceiling \u2014 and that\u2019s the problem we keep getting. Everything hit a ceiling, and we need more action outside.\u201d<\/p>\n His words highlight the rhythm\u2019s undeniable impact locally while underscoring the challenge of translating that momentum to a global stage.<\/p>\n Shaggy reflected on the globally successful\u00a0\u2018Shake It to the Max\u00a0rhythm,\u2019<\/em><\/strong> which he believes could have broken international barriers but didn\u2019t, due to gatekeeping.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought that could have happened with Silent Addy and the\u00a0\u2018Shake It to the Max\u00a0rhythm.\u2019 <\/em><\/strong>We tried, and a couple people jumped on it, but I think the problem was Moliy. She didn\u2019t want anybody else to jump on it\u2026\u201d he said. \u201cI know Silent Addy himself was really pushing to do it, but I think she was the one blocking it, and that really hurt the culture because that was a gateway. Not allowing anybody else to jump on it \u2014 that\u2019s gatekeeping in my opinion\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cIf I had a rhythm and it jump off tomorrow, everybody haffi deh pan it,\u201d he added. He went on to name Skillibeng and Shenseea as young torch-bearers of the genre on the international stage, stressing that their efforts are needed to continue pushing dancehall beyond Jamaica\u2019s shores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In\u00a0late 2025 the\u00a0WYFL\u00a0rhythm hit the scene like it had always belonged \u2014 tight, raw, unstoppable. DJ MAC, a fast-rising producer, handed the streets a rhythm that doesn\u2019t play favourites. And dancehall answered. From yard sessions to packed clubs, the beat has turned heads and pulled veteran deejays out from the shadows, bringing juggling back to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":12220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-12228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-breakingnews"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12229,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12228\/revisions\/12229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}