There's not much going on this week on the Billboard charts in regards to new releases, but some of the albums already out continue to move more units. The story on the charts over the past few months has been Alicia Keys and her new album, As I Am. The album is still on a roll, holding down the no. 2 spot on the Billboard once again with 53,100 albums […]
Legendary soul singer Etta James recently spoke out publicly in response to news Beyoncé will play her in the movie Cadillac Records. After learning that Beyoncé had been cast to portray her in the upcoming picture Cadillac Records, James told the New York Post's Page Six she is pleased with the decision. "It's a privilege and an honor to have somebody like that girl," James said. "I don't think she […]
R&B crooner Ne-Yo was reportedly arrested earlier this week for reckless driving and driving without a valid license. According to TMZ, the singer - real name Shaffer Smith - was arrested on Tuesday (Feb. 19) in Cobb County, Ga., outside of Atlanta. Authorities claim the singer was speeding, driving well over 100 mph in his 2006 Range Rover. Cash bond was set at $1,300. In related news Ne-Yo's sophomore effort, […]
Deejay Mad Cobra is an unhappy man today after thieves broke the rear glass of his BMW X5 at a party in Portmore, St Catherine, yesterday and stole cash as well as thousands of dollars worth of equipment. According to Cobra who is christened Ewart Brown, the incident occurred sometime yesterday morning while his SUV was parked along Port Henderson Road. "Di event ('Full White') a gwaan a La Roose […]
Just when everyone was wondering what Dipset is up to these days, Jim Jones sat down with Complex magazine to us a brief update on the situation with Cam'ron and his "ill-willed" feelings towards Jay Z. Though Jimmy admits Cam is still in a leadership position amongst Dipset, he says he can't tell him what to do--even if it is doing business with Cam's rival rapper 50 Cent. "He can’t […]
Popular entertainer Lutan Fyah, real name Andre Martin, was taken into custody on suspicion of arson by the Spanish Town police on Thursday morning. Martin resides at a Thompson Pen address in St Catherine. Reports reaching the Star are that earlier in the week a house was burnt in Beacon Hill near Thompson Pen and an investigation launched by the police resulted in the entertainer being taken into custody. On […]
Portmore Empire artiste, Deva Bratt, is currently in police custody after he was held last Monday evening on carnal abuse charges. The Waterford police has confirmed that the Portmore-based deejay, whose real name is Sheldon Smith, was taken into custody in connection with an alleged case of carnal abuse, committed against a 14-year-old girl. Reports from the police are that the entertainer was picked up at his home in Westchester, […]
50 Cent recently appeared on Kay Slay's Streetsweeper Radio show on Sirius Shade 45 and spoke on Young Buck's noticeable absence from the latest G-Unit mixtape. The new mixtape "Return Of The Body Snatchers" release sparked controversy because, while Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks appear alongside 50 Cent on the mixtape cover, while G-Unit member Young Buck is nowhere to be seen. Buck only appeared on one track on the […]
Jay-Z may be returning to his post as a label executive sooner than expected and at an unlikely place. Jay stepped down from his position as president of Def Jam in December of 2007 after failing to come to a salary agreement with Island/Def Jam chief, L.A. Reid. Now according to New York's Daily News, an industry insider is claiming that Jay is in talks to start his own label […]
Members of the anti-crime unit, Operation Kingfish, say that they will be speaking to two of the country's leading deejays, Vybz Kartel and Aidonia, before this weekend about a picture police have in their possession. The cops say that the picture they have show persons resembling the deejays Kartel, whose real name is Adidjah Palmer, and Aidonia (Sheldon Lawrence) posing with guns. Spokesman for Operation Kingfish, Inspector Steve Brown, who […]
