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Black Judah returns to Jamaica

Black Judah will return to the island next month to perform on Ice Cream and Chocolate Fest which will be held on May 24th in Mandeville. The duo’s last trip to Jamaica was back in December 2008 when they did a number of cameo appearances on several events held during the Christmas season and gave an outstanding performance on the greatest one night Reggae show on earth, “STING 2008” of which they were billed. The California base Reggae artistes are […]

todayApril 28, 2009 18

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Beyonce sets record with film 'Obsessed

Sony/Screen Gems sent out a Twitter "tweet" on Sunday that said the $28.5 million opening weekend for their Beyonce film "Obsessed" is the second biggest opening in the studio's history. The thriller stars Knowles and Idris Elba as a couple whose ideal marriage is threatened when a psychotic temp played by Ali Larter begins stalking the husband. "Obsessed" also holds the title of the biggest opening ever for a last-week-of-April release, beating previous record holder "Mean Girls" ($24.4M). It also […]

todayApril 28, 2009 14

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Vybz Kartel banned from Grenada

We saw a most interesting report on the Internet regarding controversial deejay Adijah Palmer, aka Vybz Kartel. The news coming out of the spice isle, Grenada, states that the deejay has been banned from performing there and a concert scheduled for this Saturday has been cancelled. And it has nothing to do with any homosexual campaign. According to a statement from the promoter published on the Internet, Kartel was scheduled to perform a "rap-it-up" concert in Grenville, St Andrews, on […]

todayApril 27, 2009 169

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Buju's 'Rasta Got Soul' launched at UWI

Not even end of semester exams, which start soon, could stop a large number of University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, students from apparently making up the bulk of Wednesday evening's launch of Buju Banton's 'Rasta Got Soul' album. It was presented at the campus' Undercroft, Professor Carolyn Cooper, who hosted in the stead of Dr Anthea Morrison, noting that Buju Banton's lyrics are used in the Reggae Poetry course. But while Rasta Got Soul was the focus […]

todayApril 24, 2009 7

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Mr. Vegas Electrifies France

To really experience the power of reggae/dancehall music, one has to witness the artistes on stage in a foreign land, especially in a country where English is not the mother tongue. It was nothing short of electrifying to see Mr Vegas in action last week Sunday, in the French city of Toulouse on the second night of a two-day French-Caribbean festival. The promoters estimated that there were over 11,000 fans inside the auditorium ready, eager and waiting to see, hear […]

todayApril 20, 2009 23

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Macka returns from St Croix show

After a marquis performance in St. Croix over the weekend where she unleashed the full range of her soca-influenced hits and dancehall classics for an energetic and enthusiastic audience, Macka Diamond returned to the island to focus on the promotion of her new hit single, Think About It. "It was a really good dance. There was a good turnout and the fans really responded well to the songs especially Groovy Soca and Hula Hoop - it had them going mad. […]

todayApril 20, 2009 16

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Mr Vegas heads to France

Mr Vegas heads to Toulouse, France, this weekend to perform at the Beach Party Festival that will take place on Easter Sunday. "I am looking forward to my performance in France this weekend; France ah mi place. I have a great time over there all the time and the thing is that it is a funny market. A song coulda hit three years ago and is just now it ah go hard inna France, so yu find songs like Tek […]

todayApril 9, 2009 12

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Etana sees positive future for dancehall

Dancehall has a very bright future, roots reggae singer Etana believes. The singer, who has emerged as one of Jamaica's biggest cultural acts on the back of songs like her inspirational hit Roots, says a lot of creative talent is emerging that will take the music to greater heights. "Dancehall is on the verge of being very creative," she said. "You are going to find some very talented youths coming up with some well-put-together songs." Emerging cry This emergence of […]

todayApril 9, 2009 23

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Jim Jones Arrested In New Jersey

Rapper Jim Jones was arrested Sunday night (April 5) in New Jersey, on an outstanding warrant, all while giving followers on his Twitter page updates during the incident. The 32-year-old rapper (real name: Joseph Guilermo Jones II) updated fans right from the beginning at around 9:20 p.m. "Just got pulled over by the boys," he wrote. "Of all days I decide to drive by myself ... let's see how this plays out." Jones was reportedly driving a 2007 black Bentley […]

todayApril 7, 2009 24

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