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 ...

IT’S been five years since he shot onto the musical radar with the chart-topping and thought-provoking single Serious Times. Since then he has racked up a handful of minor hits including Mama Don’t ...

Rising dancehall king Gyptian has made a definitive bid for the song of the summer with “Hold Yuh,” his inescapable song built on that tinkling piano riddim coming out of seemingly every car. It’s ...

Not since Wayne Wonder‘s “No Letting Go,” which hit No. 14 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in 2003, has an underground reggae artist garnered as much attention in the United States… By ...

Whether you know it by name or not, if you’ve stepped outside in the last several months, you’ve heard Gyptian’s “Hold Yuh” flickering out of at least a few idling vehicles. The über-minimalist ...

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 ...

Fifteen years after his mega-hit single Hold Yuh was released, internationally renowned recording artiste Gyptian is setting the record straight behind the track, especially as it relates to ...

There’s a reason why the Jamaican singer Gyptian’s 2010 dancehall-inspired single “Hold Yuh” has more than 43 million listens on Spotify (and 23 million views on YouTube, but who’s counting?). Sure, ...

Spittle was leaking from the skies. The wind was damp. The queue zigzagged around puddles and across the parking lot. Summertime couldn't have felt farther away. But hundreds of umbrella-hoisting fans ...