Popular dancehall figure, Andrew Smith, also called 'Ice', was gunned down in a bar on Newark Avenue, off Waltham Park Road in Kingston, early yesterday morning. Smith, 36, a member of the Black Roses Crew based on Lincoln Road in Kingston, was shot in the head and other parts of his upper body by the gunmen who escaped in his rented Mitsubishi Lancer motor vehicle, police said. The cops have not determined a motive for his murder but said that […]
Deejay Vybz Kartel is ready and lyrically loaded to settle all arguments at Sting this Friday at the Jamworld Centre, Portmore. When THE STAR spoke with the deejay yesterday, he said that while he has no new songs prepared for the event, it will be "just hit song and hit slang". The deejay did not hold back when asked about his preparation for the clash against Mavado. "Me want them line up together fi me dun dem, 'cause they have […]
After a couple widely reportedly run-ins with paparazzi around the world, Kanye West is ready to make peace with the shutterbugs, and will do so beginning next year. The producer recently told TMZ that he's already made his New Year's resolution, and it's to make peace with photographers. "I love you guys. That's my New Year's resolution. Me and the paparazzi," he said. In November, West was detained, then arrested following an incident with a photographer in Newcastle, England. During […]
Popular deejay Bounty Killer, real name Rodney Pryce, was yesterday interviewed by detectives from the St Andrew Central Division in relation to a shooting incident which occurred on Old Hope Road early Friday morning. The deejay was interviewed in the presence of two lawyers. Another man, identified as David Channer, was also interviewed. They were not charged. reckless driving Reports are that about 4 a.m., the deejay and the other man were travelling along Old Hope Road, near Jamaica College. […]
Sting might be on everybody's lips but Mavado and Serani are making their marks on the Billboard Hot R&B Hip-Hop Airplay chart. Mavado's So Special is in its fourth week on the chart at number 53, while Serani is playing No Games at number 55. Previously, the two songs, which are on TJ Records' 'Unfinished Business' rhythm, enjoyed heavy rotation on New York's Hot 97. The artistes' manager, Julian Jones-Griffith, said a lot of promotion was done to help get […]
Growing up without a father didn't impact negatively on the life of 23-year-old Okeefe Aarons. He, however, developed a special bond with his mother despite having to relocate from Kingston to St Elizabeth at an early age. "My mother built a house in St Elizabeth and we moved there when I was young. My mother wanted to leave the garrison because of the violence. During that time I developed a special bond with my mother. Right now she's my biggest […]
When Lil Wayne found out he was named MTV News' 2008 Man of the Year, he responded in typical Weezy-ian fashion: He wished everyone happy holidays. To be fair, that's not all he said, but it's how he signed off in the e-mail he sent to MTV News, in between stops on his I Am Music Tour. He also thanked his fans and his pals here in the newsroom, and he promised bigger things to come in 2009, if that's […]
Time magazine has just named their Person of the Year, and it's not surprising that President-elect Barack Obama takes the prize, after becoming the first African-American to win the oval office. The magazine's managing editor, Rick Stengel, made the announcement during Wednesday's "Today" show. "He hit the American scene like a thunderclap, upended our politics, shattered decades of conventional wisdom and overcame centuries of the social pecking order," Time reports in its cover story. If Time wasn't enough, Obama graced […]
Singer is fined $350 and sentenced to 65 hours of community service. For the next year, Akon will have to split his time between rocking the stage and preaching about the evils of violence and the gang life. The "Troublemaker" singer appeared in court in Fishkill, New York, on Wednesday morning (December 17) to plead guilty for throwing a teenage fan off the stage at a concert in the summer of 2007, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal. Akon reached a […]
Dancehall artiste Moses 'Beenie Man' Davis says he will be playing an active role in the life of his first grandchild who was born in Florida last Sunday. When THE STAR spoke with Beenie Man yesterday, he said that his daughter Desha Gaye, 17, gave birth to a healthy girl who weighed five pounds seven ounces despite having being born premature at seven months. Desha Gaye stirred up controversy moths ago when it was reported that she was expecting her […]
