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Lauryn Hill has been a fixture in the headlines for her recent child birth but now she's receiving attention for actions that are far less celebratory. The one-time Fugees frontwoman is at the center of a lawsuit, brought forth by a former band member who is looking for $23,600 in owed wages and damages. Jay Gore, a guitar player who worked alongside Hill on her 2007 European tour, has filed legal documents that reveal 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' creator […]

Wire Actress Pleads Guilty In Drug Conspiracy Case A case of life imitating art gone wrong as HBO's "The Wire's" Felicia "Snoop" Pearson plead guilty today to conspiring to distribute heroin. Like her hit TV series, the 31-year-old Pearson was caught by a wiretap in a joint federal-state drug probe of an alleged drug gang. "Snoop" plead guilty a day before her trial was set to begin and Judge Lawrence Fletcher-Hill accepted the plea, suspending a seven-year sentence with credit […]

As a musician, newcomer Jahdore has played on hits for a number of established acts over the years. Now as a recording artiste, he has scored his first solo number one single with the track This Love is Over. The song has taken over the coveted spot on the Jamaica Music Countdown Reggae Singles chart. The song’s chart action also extends to the Pree Dis Top Ten Singles chart which airs on TEMPO. The song is number three on that […]

Kingston, Jamaica: The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus will host its grand Alumni Reunion , August 10-14, 2011. Dubbed “Through the Decades’, Reunion Week, an initiative of Mona graduates, is geared at rekindling and strengthening connections amongst alumni, between the alumni community and the UWI. All proceeds from the week's activities will go directly towards funding scholarships, bursaries and meal vouchers for needy students. "Alumni Reunion 2011- organized by alumni, supported by UWI" is the first of […]

Kingston, Jamaica: Popular Jamaican Reggae-Dancehall Fusion artiste Sanjay, has a hot new single which is to be released on Monday, August 1 exclusively to his fans on facebook. The single “The Harder They Fall” is a remake/remix of Jimmy Cliff’s 1972 hit song “The Harder They Come.” The artiste decided to release the track on facebook to get all his fans and followers more involved in the making of his music. Sanjay says, “The fans are one of the main […]

While a few Jamaicans raise concerns over the growing number of Spanish hotels constructed in the tourist resort areas, the Gran Bahia Principe hotel management reaches out to all Jamaica partnering with artists. At their Runaway Bay location, general manager Miguel Cano recently met with Anthea McGibbon, to offer her a home for the Suite Jamaica Gallery promoting arts and culture. CEO of the hotel , Pablo Pinero, is a world-reknowned art collector himself with high appreciation for Jamaican art. […]