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For reggae singer Windel Edwards, more popularly known as Gyptian, the past few months have been extremely hectic and currently show no signs of slowing down. Cristy Barber, vice-president of marketing and promotions at VP Records, yesterday told THE WEEKEND STAR that the singer would begin touring with Nas and Damian 'Junior Gong' Marley come the end of the August on their Distant Relatives Tour. The news broke yesterday while on set of his video for his second single Nah […]

Fresh from a crowd-pleasing performance at Reggae Sumfest 2010, singer I Octane has wasted no time in heading back to the studio to record yet another powerful track, No More. Working once again with DJ Frass from XXX Productions with whom he found a winning combination with My Life, this next generation artiste has penned a rather pensive song. Tired fi a weep and wail and seeing his friends blood splash in the streets, the deeply penetrating lyrics which addresses […]

Ottawa Reggae Festival organisers have added a book signing to the list of activities offered to patrons at this years' festival. Dancehall and Reggae artiste, as well as philanthropist and author, Ky-Mani Marley, will autograph his novel, Dear Dad for fans. Since the announcement of Ky-Mani's performance, fans have been asking for a one on one session with the multi-faceted Marley in addition to his performance on Saturday August 21. "We immediately got a lot of feedback to Ky-Mani being […]

With one week to go before the 2010 Staging of the Premium Summer Party Fullyloaded organizers of the event are ready to bring the capital city of Kingston alive on Friday August 6th. According to Chris Campbell Promotions Manager for the event this years marks a new era in the shows development. "Fullyloaded means alot to us and year after year we have continued to stage easy the biggest and baddest party and this year we wanted to spread that […]

(Kingston, JAMAICA) It's Official, New York based Producer / Recording Artist Ricky Blaze will be the international headliner at this years staging of the annual Fully-loaded Summer Party slated for Friday August 6th at the Old Coal Wharf in Port Royal. Blaze who is best known for his mega hit "Feel Free" which last year leaped from the underground circuit of the New York Tri-state area onto the world stage as a certified club anthem will be performing in Jamaica […]

After being in the industry for about two-and-a-half years, one of dancehall's biggest young stars, Chedda, believes it has been the quality of his work, and the people who put effort in his music, which has resulted in his rise to prominence. Having scored a major hit in Germany with the single, Rifle, he is now focused on making his mark on the local dancehall scene. His latest hit with QQ, Cleanest, has been creating a stir since its release […]

The management team of deejay Mavado is tight-lipped on alleged negotiations with US record label Def Jam. "If and when negotiations are complete we will make an announcement," stated a source who declined to be named for fear of jeopardising possible negotiations. "We talk to many labels...and as a businessman I cannot comment on that." The source called the allegations "mere rumours" but at the same time would not deny that Mavado is exploring options for a new label. Def […]