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I-Cient-Cy Mau and his band, the Mau Mau Warriors will perform at the Concert celebrating the 80th Coronation Anniversary of HIM Haile Selassie I on Friday, November 5th, 2010. The concert will be held this Friday at the Bob Marley Museum in Kingston featuring also artistes such as Junior Reid, Andrew Tosh and Warrior King. I-Cient-Cy is an artiste from Trench Town and his music reflects the musical traditions of Trench Town. His new album “When Words Come To Life” […]

Heineken Good Times, Jamaica’s premier old hits party, puts a practical spin to the concept of partying with a purpose, and continues to so with admirable consistency. For over a decade, the brand has delivered quality entertainment, and in the same breath, has delivered well needed assistance to the less fortunate. With this final installment for 2010 scheduled for the Mas Camp in Kingston for Saturday November 27, the team is again making plans to donate part of its proceeds […]

Singer Danielle is upping her game with her new video Push Over. According to a release sent to THE STAR, the up-tempo track is produced by world-renowned music legends, Sly and Robbie. The infectious beat fuses elements of house, dancehall and rhythmic dance music, topped with seductive vocals. Already, the track has received excellent feedback, thus sparking the need for a first world music video to capitalise on the audios emerging success. Ace music video director Gareth Cobran merged forces […]

Another member of the Monster Empire has been brought before the court for ganja possession. Dancehall entertainer Dave 'General B' Parkes pleaded guilty to possession of ganja in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday. General B was fined $100 or 10 days plus $500 court cost. The court heard that on the day of the incident, General B was observed on Chancery Street upstairs a building with a white cigar in his mouth and smoke coming from his […]

Taylor Swift's "Speak Now" album spoke loud and clear last week, as it will debut at No. 1 on this week's Billboard 200 chart with a whopping 1,047,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's the largest sales week for an album since 50 Cent's "The Massacre" bowed at No. 1 with 1,141,000 in March of 2005 Since SoundScan began tracking music sales in 1991, there have only been 16 instances where an album sold at least a million copies […]

Another week and yet another rapper is headed to prison. Willie D of The Geto Boys plead guilty yesterday November 2, to wire fraud and received a sentence of one year and a day in prison. The Houston MC was originally arrested in May 2009. The case stems from a scam in which Willie used eBay to defraud customers out of money with a bogus phone company named Texas One Wireless. Customers would wire the company money for iPhones. In […]