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 […]
Deejay Aidonia and his musical father, Vybz Kartel, are not 'at war', despite rumours of a rift between the two. The rumours began last week with the release of an Aidonia song, titled Matic Nah Laugh,in which the artiste supposedly 'disses' Vybz Kartel. Aidonia, however, is denying that there is any animosity toward Kartel. He cleared the air by saying, "there is no rift between me and Kartel. The song post online and since people a tell me seh Kartel […]
Maino is the underdog everyone in New York wants to win. He has the street cred, he's done jail time, and he's smacked a few different rappers. Overall, he's a guy you don't wanna mess with. He's one of the new guys in New York, but as he says in a recent interview with Complex, he's not trying to bring the city back. Maino wants to usher in new faces. "There's no representation of the new New York -- it's […]
With Sting high on the agenda, dancer/deejay Chi Ching Ching is gearing up with new songs. Chi Ching, real name Radion Beckford, said he recently recorded a song called Dribble And Score on Esco's 'Dribble' rhythm. He said it has been getting good airplay on local radio stations. There is also another song he did called Risk Expensive. In addition, there are two other singles, which will be on his upcoming debut album, Ghetto Classics, that he plans to release […]
One day after the Maricopa County Sheriff's office in Arizona offered a $5,000 reward for his capture, DMX was apprehended in Florida on Tuesday (December 9) on an arrest warrant issued in Phoenix after he failed to show for a scheduled appearance. According to a report from MTV, the rapper (real name: Earl Simmons) was picked up by FBI agents after patient-confidentiality laws prevented Miami police from confirming whether X was at a local rehab facility. "A call went out […]
This is no joke. Bounty Killer, the deejay known for being "cross, angry, mserable", says Jamaica needs to smile more. And, in fact, Rodney 'Bounty Killer' Pryce is leading the way. These days, the Killer has, in fact, been smiling more. a lot more. Actually, it was a laughing Bounty who we saw on Saturday night at the stage show Reggaelution where the ace deejay was out with friends and obviously having fun. "The dancehall is now totally about four […]
