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(Kingston, Jamaica) Dancehall's most energetic deejay Elephant Man is showing no signs of slowing in 2011 this as he swept thousands of fans off their feet at the 2011 Uppsala Reggae Festival in Sweden with a historic performance last Saturday evening. The Energy God as he is affectionate called made his presents felt in Scandinavian territory as he shared the main stage with other local entertainers including Gyptian, Queen Ifrica, Tony Rebel and Ken Boothe. Armed with a handful of […]

DJ KipRich is known for his no-holds-barred approach to deejaying, where he uses witty one-liners and heavy doses of sarcasm to document the various goings-ons with artistes in the local music industry. His latest single, Talk, which makes fun of various entertainers, is getting s lot of buzz all over FM radio. A snippet of the hard-hitting lyrics goes: the Teacha go circle the Embassy/and say, wait, oonu nuh memba mi/look how mi change all mi colour fi please oonu, […]

DANCEHALL Deejay Mavado, real name 'David Brooks', was ordered to return to court in late September when he appeared in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court to answer to charges of assault and malicious destruction of property this morning. Mavado's attorney, Martyn Thomas, filed an application before Resident Magistrate Coralin Tie, that the matter be referred to mediation instead of trial. But Tie postponed her judgement on the application until a full medical report was available. Mavado, whose real name […]

Krucial Konflict recording artiste Deva Bratt completed the final show of his European club tour with a high-energy performance at the NDSM nightclub in North Amsterdam on Sunday night. "It was a great show, mi shell it down wicked, they loved the Gussie Clarke song, it come in like it just soak in over foreign. Mi and Lutan Fyah gwaan good, Protoje was there as well, it is a good look fi reggae-dancehall music, the art form is global," Deva […]

If you got up hoping to grab tickets for the first of Beyonce's four concerts in NYC, chances are you were left disappointed. All 3200 seats for her August 14 show at the Roseland Ballroom were snapped up in just 22 seconds. Luckily B has three more shows planned for August 16, 18 and 19. Tickets are expected to go fast for those shows as well. Beyonce will be performing her new album '4' in it's entirety at these special […]

Beanie Sigel Admits To Tax Evasion, Faces Jail Time Who would have thought Beanie Sigel would ever head back to prison? And if you did think the Broad Street Bully would end up behind bars, chances are you assumed it would be for bullying, not tax evasion. Unfortunately, the government is becoming the Gooch in this scenario and Beans has admitted that he did not file his taxes between the years 2003 and 2005. The end result is the prosecution […]

Lauryn Hill has been a fixture in the headlines for her recent child birth but now she's receiving attention for actions that are far less celebratory. The one-time Fugees frontwoman is at the center of a lawsuit, brought forth by a former band member who is looking for $23,600 in owed wages and damages. Jay Gore, a guitar player who worked alongside Hill on her 2007 European tour, has filed legal documents that reveal 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' creator […]

Wire Actress Pleads Guilty In Drug Conspiracy Case A case of life imitating art gone wrong as HBO's "The Wire's" Felicia "Snoop" Pearson plead guilty today to conspiring to distribute heroin. Like her hit TV series, the 31-year-old Pearson was caught by a wiretap in a joint federal-state drug probe of an alleged drug gang. "Snoop" plead guilty a day before her trial was set to begin and Judge Lawrence Fletcher-Hill accepted the plea, suspending a seven-year sentence with credit […]