Deejay Beenie Man, buoyed by the success of his hit singles, Rum and Red Bull and I'm Okay, has tackled a new ambitious musical project which he hopes will help to re-define his legacy as a leader and innovator in the world of dancehall. Beenie Man has enlisted the help of his superstar friends on the musical project he has dubbed Beenie Man and Friends and the result is eight great combination singles, each featuring Beenie Man, on a bouncy […]
Singer Gyptian is coming to the end of a good year as he recently copped the 'Best Reggae Artiste' title at the Soul Train Awards. The show which was held on Wednesday, at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia, saw Gyptian performing a medley of his songs Nah Let Go and Hold Yuh. Gyptian won the award over nominees Mr Vegas, Damian 'Junior Gong' Marley, Gramps Morgan, Jah Cure and Vybz Kartel. Last year, Sean Paul walked […]
Digicel Jamaica’s Bigger, Better Network continues to up the ante as they take Downtown Kingston by storm with the launch of its ‘Loaded Christmas’ campaign on Friday, November 12th. Digicel ‘Loaded Christmas’ means its 2 million customers will be rewarded with well over JA$26 million in cash and prizes as they stay connected with family and friends this Christmas. Head of Marketing at Digicel, Donovan White, commented that, “With Downtown being the future home of our Group and Jamaica offices […]
(Kingston, Jamaica) - The self proclaimed "Mr. Swaggarific" aka Mr. G, has finally etched the term and title into film via RoadBlock Films! Along with Beenie Man and Khago, Mr. G's installment to the "One Day Riddim" produced by Seanizzle, is now available as an official video. Premiering, Friday, November 12th on Entertainment Report (check out another RBF production, Spice's "Jim Screechie" which is #4 this week) on Jamaica's TV J station, the "Swaggarific" video marks the first collaboration between […]
I-Cient-Cy Interview 1. For the people who are not so familiar with you as yet as a person and as an artiste, can you tell them a bit more about yourself. I and I come from Trench Town. From the town were all of the great, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Ken Booth and all these great ones are from. That is were I and I grew up from a small tender age, then moving to Central Village with […]
POPULAR Jamaican deejays Mavado and Vybz Kartel, have been thrown behind bars. Kartel, real name Adijah Palmer and Mavado, real name David Brooks, reported to the Police at the Constant Spring Police Station earlier today after they were last night named as persons of interest. Both deejays will be formally interviewed by detectives tomorrow. Their attorneys Valerie Nieta-Robinson and Christopher Tavares-Finson will also attend. Police say both men wield considerable influence in the communities of 'big Yard and Cassava Piece […]
POPULAR dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel, is now being questioned by detectives at the Constant Spring Police Station. Kartel turned himself in to the cops in the presence of his attorney Valerie Nieta-Robertson, a short while ago. He and his dancehall rival Mavado were last night named as persons of interest by the police who want to interrogate both men in relation to a series of crimes committed in the division recently. Kartel, whose real name is Adijah Palmer and Mavado, […]
DANCEHALL artiste Mavado turned himself in to the Constant Spring Police shortly before noon today. Mavado, whose name is David Brooks, was accompanied by his attorney Chris Tavares-Finson. He, along with his rival deejay Vybz Kartel, was last night named as a person of interest by the St Andrew North police in relation to serious crimes that have been committed in the division recently. Mavado hails from the impoverished community of Cassava Piece and has considerable influence there. Police say […]
THE trial involving popular dancehall deejay Bounty Killer accused of using a hammer, a gold chain and mosquito zapper to beat his girlfriend, was yesterday postponed for January 11, after the woman failed to show up for the trial. The entertainer, whose real name is Rodney Price, was arrested in September on a charged of unlawful wounding following an alleged incident at his Oaklands apartment in Kingston, where he reportedly attacked his 19-year-old lover, Raquel Smith. When the case was […]
