There is No Such Thing as Reggae Dancehall -
Veteran Reggae artiste, Black Prophet, has cautioned fans to stop putting the two genres together in ignorance
Tanitoluwa J. Adedotun 
Black Prophet has blasted music fans that use the term "Reggae Dancehall" to describe what Shatta Wale and co do.
According to him, there is no such genre as reggae dancehall; a musician can only either be a dancehall or reggae artiste, he maintained.
He mentioned Bob Marley or Burning Spear while highlighting that there is no way they would have been referred to as dancehall artistes.
The veteran made this clear in an interview with KMJ on Joy Prime.
Black Prophet further stated that artistes who do not do dancehall will not get the opportunity when the two genres are put together.
He lamented the artistes of reggae roots are not heard when the awards are giving to dancehall artistes due to the genres being put together.
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s.
Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.
In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably, with digital dancehall (or "ragga") becoming increasingly characterized by faster rhythms.
Key elements of dancehall music include its extensive use of Jamaican Patois rather than Jamaican standard English and a focus on the track instrumentals (or "riddims").
