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It was a frightening experience for young Dancehall artiste Bramma, driving into his Duhaney Park home one night after leaving the studio and was pounced upon by a lone gunman; thinking quickly he sped off from his gate, turned onto a road close enough to his home to confront a waiting car with what appears to be more men. Upon making an alarm, the car sped off and the matter was reported to the police but it did not end […]

Kingston, Jamaica: - After a set of scintillating local performances, including an appearance at the Youth View Awards, dancehall artiste Munga signalled that he is undoubtedly back with a bang. The artiste, whose real name is Damian Rhoden, is ready to take the rest 2011 by storm. Still riding high on singles Clean and Fresh on the Supa Swag Riddim and Space Fi Di Gyal Dem on the Ska Vintage Riddim Munga is humbled by the fact that his resurgence […]

(Kingston, Jamaica) Female recording artist Sophia Brown continues to make significant strides in her dreams of one day taking home a Grammy award, this with her latest accomplishment being the upward movement of the smash hit "Lovers Rock" to #5 on both the New York and South Florida Top 30 Reggae Singles Charts. Brown who has consistently been releasing hit after hit over the last couple of months currently has a total of 3 songs in Chart contention. On the […]

REGGAE star Buju Banton was found guilty on three charges by a 12-member panel of jurors a short while ago. The artiste was found guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five or more kilogrammes of cocaine, attempted possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, and using the wires to facilitate a drug-trafficking offence. However he was found not guilty of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking offence. The artiste hugged his lawyer David Markus […]

3 Star is an artiste producing music with positive messages based on his life experiences in Jamaica, New York but also as a soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan. The song “No Badman” has a very important message especially to the youth. 3 Star is asking with his music “Why would you want to be bad and rob people and rape and go to jail? We want to say to the youths: Don’t get manipulated and brainwashed . Society plays a […]

Drummer and producer Cleveland 'Clevie' Browne says 'we' when talking about his latest project with late musical tag-team partner, Wycliffe 'Steely' Johnson. He is not being macabre or holding on to one who has passed, though. Clevie is simply acknowledging that the keyboard player - who died in New York in September 2009 - is key to their Memories album, due in May. "I promised Steely when he was in the hospital that he should not be worried about any […]

Great minds, the maxim goes, think alike. If that be the case then there may be some mental similitude between US rock/funk legend Prince and Jamaican artiste Bryan Art. It turns out that each artiste has a full-length CD by that title, and not only is the name similar, but the representation of the title, with its mix of numerical and verbal type, is pretty much identical. The matter of the similarity between the titles even made it onto Prince’s […]

Though it all started years ago with vocal legends like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Jimmy Cliff, decades later Reggae has evolved and become the most influential genre / culture in the history of music. Its unique sound has transcended many borders globally and now a new generation of artist and producers have risen on international soil. One such rising producer is Swiss born UK native, Nicou who has bravely released his 1st riddim, “Ganjah Flava” which features a host […]