Dancehall artiste Chino has been on tour for more than two monthsnow, but that has not impeded his local success. In fact, his string of hit songs have continued to create havoc in the dancehalls, on the radio and on local and international charts. So successful are they that as recent as last week, Never Change (From Mawning) held the numberone spot on the RETV charts and was at the number four spot on the Zip FM Dancehall line-up, while […]
Energised from the local premiere of the movie Redemption Of Paradise, dancehall artiste Macka Diamond took to New York to let loose dancehall fury on the annual Soca Wet Fete in the Big Apple. The first dancehall artsite to ever be booked for the event, Macka Diamond performed to over 2000 people packed inside the CPAC in Brooklyn and had them moving to tunes like Bun Him, Dun Already, Hula Hoop and her current high-riding charting collaboration with song writer […]
LOS ANGELES – A judge on Tuesday sentenced Chris Brown to five years' probation and six months' community labor for the beating of Rihanna and ordered the R&B singer to stay away from his former girlfriend for the next five years. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg told Brown that he could be sent to state prison if he violated any terms of his sentence, including an order to stay 100 yards away from Rihanna unless they're attending music […]
The honor, given to a female recording artist that has inspired the music business with her success, leadership and new ideas, will be awarded to the singer for her accomplishments over the past 12 months. In the last year, Beyoncé kicked off her world tour "I Am..." in support of her third solo album "I Am...Sasha Fierce," which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart in November and features the hit singles "If I Were A Boy," "Single […]
A grand Vybz Kartel and Beenie Man performance ended a drawn-out Beenie Man Sizzle on a high note when it was held at the National Stadium on Saturday night. The sun was about to rise when Vybz Kartel was being introduced. At that point, people who seemed to find comfortable spots in the stadium stands quickly alighted from their seats and ran towards the stage to witness 'the teacha'. thrill the crowd Immediately, he began to thrill the crowd with […]
A crowd the size of Reggae Sumfest came out to the AICHI Reggae Breeze Festival to see Mavado on Saturday night. Thousands of Japanese reggae and dancehall fans flocked to the beach for what could be described as a cross between Sumfest and Fully Loaded. Thousands of miles away from home, Jamaican culture was alive and kicking as sound systems pumped out everything from Garnet Silk to Bounty Killer, surrounded by stalls selling jerk chicken and ital stew! Japanese dancehall […]
Soca star Destra Garcia is pregnant and expecting to deliver her baby sometime in January 2010. It will be the first child for her and the second for her boyfriend/manager/producer of the past nine years, Brian Morris. He is the father of a 13-year-old daughter who lives in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Garcia, known for hits like "Tremble It", "Sassiness", "Bonnie and Clyde", "I Dare You", "Obsessive Winers" and "Carnival", told the Express she had some "mixed emotions at first". "I've […]
Debates have begun in the streets as to who won the lyrical battle between deejays Vybz Kartel and former mentor Bounty Killer, following Kartel's counteraction titled, Bownty's Killa. Kartel's counteraction was recorded last Friday, lyrically combating Bounty's Chatta Box and UngratefulHell Boy. Last week Alliance fans got their long awaited wish when Bounty Killer went on the war path with not one, but two songs, insulting former Alliance member and protégé Vybz Kartel. The two have been at odds since […]
Craigy T, one part of the popular dancehall group, TOK, is seeking to assure his fans that he is well, despite reports that he collapsed on stage while performing at a show in Rome. The artiste recently revealed that he was diagnosed with a heart condition, which has forced him to make some changes to his lifestyle. He shared with THE STAR in an article published on August 3, that after having chest pains, he did an electrocardiogram (ECG) that […]
