Dancehall serves as the most popular music genre among youth in Jamaica. Despite dancehall’s popularity, the Jamaican government has enacted policies to censor dancehall songs that include violent content amidst high crime rates in Jamaica. This research explores the popularity of violent dancehall music and its relationship with homicide levels. The analysis of a sample of 1626 dancehall songs from 2013-2022 shows that there is a lack of evidence to support that violent dancehall is extremely popular with listeners, and a lack of evidence to support the claim that dancehall music is a driver of violence in Jamaican society. In conclusion, it is more important to view violence in Jamaica through a historical and economical lens rather than through a musical lens.