Razor B launches Bad Gal Time with global dancehall push

Razor B turned Bad Gal Time into a cross-border dancehall launch, pushing the song through radio and online previews in the UK and Canada before the official drop. The move gave the single the feel of a coordinated campaign, not a routine upload, and it put the Canada-based Jamaican deejay back in the center of dancehall conversation.

The track arrived on May 21, 2026, produced by UK-based Polabeatz with Picante Music in Kingston 20’s Duhaney Park. Sir DJ Ken in the UK and Spex Da Boss in Canada had already been spinning it in advance, a sign that the record had begun building real-world momentum before release day. In dancehall, that kind of early DJ support can matter as much as streaming numbers, especially when an artist is trying to break a song beyond one market.

Razor B framed the rollout with the mindset of a newcomer, even though his résumé runs deep. Born Roger Cassup in Portmore, Jamaica, before relocating to Toronto, he built his name on songs such as Hot Up, Bruk Fi Mi Back and Up In Deh, records that helped carry him onto stages and tours around the world. Bruk Fi Mi Back also landed on VP Records’ Strictly The Best Volume 55 compilation, another marker of how far his catalog has traveled.

The campaign around Bad Gal Time widened beyond the music itself. The wider team included Epik Jones of Epik Sound, Razor B’s daughter and manager Phelisha Cassup, and Kingston publicist Lesley Hayles, giving the release a structure that looked more like a full project launch than a lone single. The official video was shot across several Kingston locations and was set to arrive the same day as the track, keeping the visual side of the rollout anchored in Jamaica even as the push reached overseas listeners.

That blend of Toronto base, Kingston production, UK promotion and Canadian radio support is what makes Bad Gal Time feel bigger than a standard single release. Razor B did not treat it like a nostalgia play off old hits such as Hot Up. He treated it like a fresh run at the market, with the kind of global setup that can turn one dancehall record into a broader career reset.