Without a doubt, one of the hottest jams for the summer is the Hot 97 Summer Jam. Scheduled to take place on June 7 at the Giants Stadium in New Jersey, the organisers have made every effort to select artistes from every genre who are in keeping with the image of the show - HOT. Representing the dancehall, will be the energy god himself, Elephant Man, who bas been on a rollicking roll with songs such as Nuh Linga and […]
First he got a face full of Sacha Baron Cohen’s behind and now it has been revealed that Detroit superstar Eminem’s Los Angeles hotel room was robbed the same night. According to New York’s Daily News, Shady’s hotel room was broken into last Sunday night (May 31), after the infamous MTV Movie Awards incident. The assailants reportedly walked off with thousands of dollars worth of Em’s possessions including a $60,000 diamond necklace and Slim’s laptop. While rumors ran rampant after […]
Dancehall soul songstress Cherine Anderson has been very pleased with the public's response to her latest video, Talk If You're Talking, and single Shine On Jamaica. Shine On Jamaica remains at number one on the WAVS 1170 top 11 Charts, making it four weeks at number one. It is also number one for a second week on the South Florida reggae charts and it has jumped three spots from number 19 to 16 on the New York Reggae charts. The […]
Dancehall artiste Michelle 'D'Angel' Downer is today counting her blessings as she was involved in a motor-vehicle accident in Morant Bay, St Thomas, early yesterday morning. D'Angel, who was on her way to a show being put on by national footballer Ricardo 'Bibi' Gardner, said she was travelling in the passenger side of her 2004 BMW X5 when another vehicle collided in the side. The vehicle was being driven by producer Seanizzle. minor injuries "It (the accident) happened at about […]
Dancehall artiste Assassin is certainly more mature and has even developed into 'Agent Sasco'. The artiste, whose real name is Jeffrey Campbell, said Agent Sasco is a "more spiritually aware, socially conscious" version of himself. "It's just a new branch to the whole brand. As I get more mature I try to focus on music that is not only geared at entertainment," Assassin told THE STAR. "Agent Sasco is a mission and a movement that is giving people music that […]
Hip-hop maestro Swizz Beatz is finally admitting that he and Alicia Keys are an item  but he wishes his estranged wife, Mashonda, would leave the Grammy winner out of their divorce. For months now, Swizz has been trying to keep his thing with Alicia on the down-low. But he doesn't leave much doubt about who owns his heart on Drake's new "Best I Ever Had" remix. Wake up in the morning and my baby cooked me breakfast, A's naked […]
It almost reads like a rags to riches story - it's just that the story is nowhere near the end. But for singer I-Eye, it's the exciting, eye-popping, mind-boggling journey of transformation that has her all agog. A finalist in the 2008 Festival Song competition, I-Eye was then known as Versatile, but those of you who knew her by this moniker would hardly recognise her now. Exuding designer chic, she is wearing Steve Madden shoes, hat by Burberry, H&M jeans […]
Rapper Dolla (born Roderick Anthony Burton II), 21, was shot and killed while waiting in the valet area of the upscale Beverly Center mall in Los Angeles on Monday in a brash daylight shooting that had diners and shoppers diving for cover as shots rang out. According to The Los Angeles Times,the up-and-coming rapper, signed to Akon's Konvict Muzik label in 2007, had flown to Los Angeles on Monday morning to begin work on his debut album, which was slated […]
Dancehall artiste KipRich left the island Wednesday morning to do a number of shows in California. While speaking about one of the events, said: "Ah me say 'nuh behaviour' enuh, the response was great." The artiste who recently released his new single, Baby Mama Drama, has been promoting it locally. In addition to the new single, KipRich's song, Nuh Ugly So, featuring Black-er on the National Pride rhythm (produced by the Fresh Air Label), is steadily climbing the local and […]
