Popular entertainer Lutan Fyah, real name Andre Martin, was taken into custody on suspicion of arson by the Spanish Town police on Thursday morning. Martin resides at a Thompson Pen address in St Catherine. Reports reaching the Star are that earlier in the week a house was burnt in Beacon Hill near Thompson Pen and an investigation launched by the police resulted in the entertainer being taken into custody. On Friday when the Star checked at the Spanish Town Police […]
Portmore Empire artiste, Deva Bratt, is currently in police custody after he was held last Monday evening on carnal abuse charges. The Waterford police has confirmed that the Portmore-based deejay, whose real name is Sheldon Smith, was taken into custody in connection with an alleged case of carnal abuse, committed against a 14-year-old girl. Reports from the police are that the entertainer was picked up at his home in Westchester, Portmore. According to the investigators, on Monday morning, the 14-year-old […]
50 Cent recently appeared on Kay Slay's Streetsweeper Radio show on Sirius Shade 45 and spoke on Young Buck's noticeable absence from the latest G-Unit mixtape. The new mixtape "Return Of The Body Snatchers" release sparked controversy because, while Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks appear alongside 50 Cent on the mixtape cover, while G-Unit member Young Buck is nowhere to be seen. Buck only appeared on one track on the mixtape. Buck's absence from the cover and most of the […]
Jay-Z may be returning to his post as a label executive sooner than expected and at an unlikely place. Jay stepped down from his position as president of Def Jam in December of 2007 after failing to come to a salary agreement with Island/Def Jam chief, L.A. Reid. Now according to New York's Daily News, an industry insider is claiming that Jay is in talks to start his own label with the head of Warner Music Group and Reid's competitor, […]
Members of the anti-crime unit, Operation Kingfish, say that they will be speaking to two of the country's leading deejays, Vybz Kartel and Aidonia, before this weekend about a picture police have in their possession. The cops say that the picture they have show persons resembling the deejays Kartel, whose real name is Adidjah Palmer, and Aidonia (Sheldon Lawrence) posing with guns. Spokesman for Operation Kingfish, Inspector Steve Brown, who described the photograph as disturbing said, "We have a photograph […]
Kanye West has teamed up with search engine company Prodege to launch his own fan oriented search engine called www.searchwithkanyewest.com Searchwithkanyewest.com, which launched yesterday (February 4), rewards users with dollars called Swag Bucks which can be redeemed for Kanye prizes including autographed CDs, MP3 downloads, clothing, exclusive Kanye West merchandise and electronics. Every search on searchwithkanyewest.com gives us a user a chance to win more top prizes and users can increase their chances by also downloading the Kanye West toolbar […]
After already experiencing a wide array of mishaps at his New York locale, Jay-Z's newly opened Las Vegas 40/40 Club has experienced several setbacks and massive lay-offs, and the former employees are speaking out. According to Las Vegas Weekly, since its December 30th opening in 2007, an estimated 100 or more staff members of the club have been reportedly escorted off of the property or have voluntarily resigned from their posts. And the he former employees have gone public with […]
50 Cent is working as if he were broke and partying like a billionaire. And while, for the record, he didn't dis Paris Hilton at her own birthday party, as far as some of his peers go, the G-Unit general isn't being as generous. "There's no way they gonna survive me," 50 said Monday (February 4) at his G-Unit offices. 50 is back in New York after taking care of a full palette of activities outside the city: He was […]
Missy Elliott will be giving fans a chance to name her 7th solo album, set to hit shelves this spring. In a contest posted on her website, missy-elliott.com, fans can offer their suggestions to the five time grammy award winner. The contest, which has already launched on the site, will end on February 20, with the winner being announced on March 2. Along with being credited, the winner will also win a $500 Adidas gift card. In related Missy news, […]
