Dancehall artiste Miguel Collins popularly known as "Sizzla Kalonji" is now a patient in the St. Ann's Bay Hospital after being injured in a traffic crash Wednesday night on the Runaway Bay Main Road. Sizzla was driving a motorcycle when he was hit by a car. It is reported that the entertainer had just left a rehearsal for a concert scheduled for this weekend. He sustained multiple injuries and was rushed to the hospital. Sizzla was listed as being […]
Earlier today (Aug. 24), MediaTakeOut.com claimed an anonymous source emailed the site, the self-styled "most visited urban website in the world," and offered up -- for a price, of course -- a sex tape said to feature Rihanna and rapper J. Cole. The would-be smut peddler even included screen shots, which reportedly show a woman with "fiery red hair" getting busy with a man resembling the North Carolina MC. While MediaTakeOut.com admits it can't verify the identity of either party, the site listed […]
Kingston, Jamaica: Sanjay’s new single “Harder They Fall” that is catching on and doing well on the airwaves, with hard-hitting lyrics seems to be throwing jabs at a certain popular dancehall artiste, namely Vybz Kartel. It has been asked if Sanjay has something against the popular artiste whose name was mentioned in the first verse of the song saying “Me bad like Kartel and Eminem in him prime”. The hard-hitting lyrics of the song may suggest a certain amount of […]
Kingston, Jamaica, August 23, 2011: Dancehall heavy-hitters Razz and Biggy, after playing music on the party scene and Dancehall Circuit for over 10 years, have sought to further expand their musical boundaries with several recent recordings. They have been featured on the smash cross-over hit “skip to my luu” with Serani and Ding Dong among others. They are now at it again with their latest recording of the DASECA produced track ‘Don Dadda’ with the label’s newest talent; Dexter Daps. […]
The Pittsburgh kid explains that he's flattered by the comparison but that people shouldn't take Trump's words so seriously. Donald Trump recently branded Mac Miller “the new Eminem” after the rapper’s video for “Donald Trump” crossed the 20 million views mark on YouTube. According to Mac, the co-sign was appreciated by didn’t think people should be so up in arms about the comparison. “I thought it was so ridiculous how people got so worked up over him being like, ‘You’re […]
Taking a cue from Jay-Z and Kanye West, Lil Wayne will release his highly anticipated album, Tha Carter IV digitally first. Difference is his LP will drop immediately following MTV’s Video Music Awards this Sunday, August 28. When the clock strikes midnight, C IV will be available on iTunes, Amazon and other online retailers. “I am extremely excited to be the first artist to utilize such an amazing idea,” Wayne said in a statement. “I hope that I can open […]
First there was the Yaad Swag rum, now Aidonia and Beenie Man will be endorsing Yaad Stout for Todd Industries Limited. Speaking with THE WEEKEND STAR yesterday, Aidonia explained that he was now one of the faces of a new drink, Yaad Stout, that will be on the market by next week. The other face for the product is Beenie Man. "It's a quality product. Mi nah just seh dat 'cause I am a part of it. Yesterday the whole […]
Dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel yesterday left a Caribbean Airlines plane minutes before take-off and has left the promoters of a show in Guyana in a panic. It is understood that Kartel was on board a flight destined to take him to Guyana where he would be appearing at the Jam Zone Summer Break show along with deejay Mavado. A source told THE WEEKEND STAR that; "Him pretend that he was ill and got them to allow him to leave the […]
18th August 2011: The Smirnoff Co. today launches the next Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project with the audacious goal of getting 10 million people to discover, share and swap the most original nightlife experiences in 50 countries. The Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project is an ambitious attempt to discover the world’s most unique and interesting nightlife, culminating in one-of-a-kind experiences on the same night all over the world. This year, Madonna joins the Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project to find the best dancer […]
It is with great sadness that VP Records must announce the passing of Joel Chin at the age of 35. Joel was shot last night (Tuesday, August 16) outside his home in Stony Hill, St. Andrew in Jamaica. The cause is not immediately known. The grandson of VP Records founder Vincent Chin, son of famed Reggae producer Clive Chin and nephew of the owners of VP Records, Chris and Randy Chin, Joel literally grew up in the Reggae business and […]
