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(Kingston, Jamaica) Reggae's darling vocalist Sophia Brown who recently returned to the island fresh from a 3 week promotional stint in the U.S is turning up the musical heat with a steamy reggae rendition of famed R&B singer Betty Wright's 1978 hit single "Tonight Is The Night". A production of Brown's Music Mecka record label, the remake comes as a pleasant surprise to fans all across the world who can now relive one of the most memorably and controversial songs […]

(Kingston, Jamaica) With a career spanning more than 20 years, Jamaica’s acclaimed lovers rock singer Singing Melody on September 14th reintroduced himself to fans in a big way with the premier of the first official single from his soon to be released album "They Call Me Mr. Melody". Produced by Lynford "Fatta" Marshall the new single entitled "Collide" will lead the way for the highly anticipated 13 track album which the man best known for hits such as "Want You […]

REGGAE artiste Buju Banton will serve his ten year prison sentence at the Limestone County Correctional Institution in Groesbeck, Texas. Banton was moved from a holding facility in the state of Oklahama by air to the facility on Friday. He spent more than a month at the Federal Transfer Center (FTC) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma after being moved from the Pinellas County Jail in Tampa, Florida. Banton, whose inmate number is 86700-004, is set to be released on February 1, […]

Drizzy shows the cover art for his sophomore set. Much has been made of Drake's highly-anticipated second album, Take Care. Now, the Toronto emcee has released the album cover, along with the following statement from his blog: "Feels like it's been so long. Is life moving so fast in this generation that when we desire something it begins to move in slow motion? Are we just used to getting what we want right away? Or do we require one another […]

  Reputed Jamaican drug lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke has pleaded with a United States judge for leniency in his sentence. In a letter to Justice Robert P Patterson Jr of Federal District Court in Manhattan, Coke, described by prosecutors as 'one of Jamaica's most brutal drug lords,' said he accepted responsibility for his actions. Although he did not apologise in the letter for his actions, Coke, in his seven-page, neatly hand-written letter released to the media on Tuesday, asked Justice […]

Mark 'Buju Banton' Myrie, the reggae icon, who became one after converting to Rastafari, will be in prison until February 2019 according to the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons website. The Bureau's official release date set for February 2019 includes the time the prominent reggae entertainer served in prison prior to and between his two trials within the last year," the website reported. Buju has yet to officially begin serving his time. According to the prison bureau website, he […]

Root Reggae champion Junior Kelly spent much of the summer blazing a trail across Europe with powerful performances at the Chiemsee Reggae Festival in Germany, and the Sudoeste Festival in Portugal, where he shared the stage with American superstars Snoop Dogg and Kanye West, as well as roots legends Alpha Blondy, and Inner Circle. Kelly also gave rousing performances at the Garance Reggae Festival in France, Ruhr Festival in Germany, and the Oland Roots Festival in Sweden. The hectic tour […]

One of the secret of longevity in the entertainment business is to reinvent oneself, and such is the path that Alley Cat aka The Imperial has taken. Taking the reigns of his career in this ever changing modern times, Alley Cat has become a full fledged producer and up the ante as an artist. Under his Imperial Productions label, he has produced and created rhythms for the likes of Mavado, Monster Empire, Harry Toddler, Crisintie, Queen Ifrica, Tony Rebel, Lutan […]