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(VP RECORDS, NEW YORK) - VP Records recording artist Gyptian continues to rack up nominations this awards' season with his nomination for 'Best Reggae Artist' at this year's Soul Train Awards. The reggae singer will also be performing live at the awards ceremony, taking place on Wednesday, November 10 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia. Hosted by Oscar-nominated actors Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, the Soul Train Awards will premiere on both CENTRIC and BET […]

IN continuing its drive to promote entrepreneurship among tertiary students, Churches Co-operative Credit Union (CCCU) has awarded a $300,000 grant to University of Technology (UTech) graduate, Wayne Jones Jr, winner of the CCCU's Entrepreneurs' Award for 2010. Jones, who recently earned a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science, will use the money to establish a firm that will offer website development and cloud computing services. In addition to providing seed money for the venture, CCCU has linked the young […]

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz have welcomed their new son Egypt Dauode Dean. Reports confirm that Keys gave birth at New York's St-Luke's Roosevelt hospital late Thursday. The couple wed July 31. Back in May, Alicia Keys and her husband/producer Swizz Beatz announced their engagement and subsequent pregnancy, and now, the day has finally come. The couple welcomed a new child into the world this ... and it's a boy. According to reports, Keys checked herself into New York's St. […]

JAILED Reggae artiste Buju Banton was this afternoon offered $250,000 bail in the Sam M Gibbons Federal Court in the United States. But Banton, real name Mark Myrie, is still not in the clear as his lawyer David Oscar Markus will now have to seek bond in the immigration court to prevent his deportation to Jamaica. Banton’s entertainment visa was revoked when he was arrested last December. As part of Banton's bail condition, he will have to wear a monitoring […]