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Reggae's fastest rising cultural artiste, Byiome 'I-Octane' Muir, is poised to take his career to another level. The artiste boldly staked his claim on Dancehall Night at the recent Reggae Sumfest with a memorable performance and has consistently followed through since, entertaining his fans and silencing all detractors. Quite in demand leading up to and during the Independence season, the reggae act, who has been chosen by telecoms giant, Digicel, as one of the faces of the Next Generation, performed […]

(Kingston, Jamaica) Jamaicans observed Emancipation Day on Monday August 2nd and celebrated 48 years of Independence on August 6th, 2010. The celebrations came right after the suspension of a two month long State of Emergency in Kingston and St. Andrew. Entertainment was inevitable; the spirit of Emancipation and Independence was felt across the island like it has never been for the past 20 years. The artistes knew they had a role to play, they too felt the brunt of the […]

Kingston, Jamaica: - Negril was transformed into PARADISE at the Hedonism II Resort to celebrate Jamaica's 48th year of Independence and it was one crazy, wild & exciting weekend from August 5 to 8. The entire weekend was jam packed with events & activities hosted by Rockwildaz Entertainment, and one such exciting elements, was the rising singer Kimberly Nain who wowed her audience of visitors from all over the world with 6 breathtaking performances over 2 nights. Kimberly Nain in […]

For reggae singer Windel Edwards, more popularly known as Gyptian, the past few months have been extremely hectic and currently show no signs of slowing down. Cristy Barber, vice-president of marketing and promotions at VP Records, yesterday told THE WEEKEND STAR that the singer would begin touring with Nas and Damian 'Junior Gong' Marley come the end of the August on their Distant Relatives Tour. The news broke yesterday while on set of his video for his second single Nah […]

Fresh from a crowd-pleasing performance at Reggae Sumfest 2010, singer I Octane has wasted no time in heading back to the studio to record yet another powerful track, No More. Working once again with DJ Frass from XXX Productions with whom he found a winning combination with My Life, this next generation artiste has penned a rather pensive song. Tired fi a weep and wail and seeing his friends blood splash in the streets, the deeply penetrating lyrics which addresses […]

Ottawa Reggae Festival organisers have added a book signing to the list of activities offered to patrons at this years' festival. Dancehall and Reggae artiste, as well as philanthropist and author, Ky-Mani Marley, will autograph his novel, Dear Dad for fans. Since the announcement of Ky-Mani's performance, fans have been asking for a one on one session with the multi-faceted Marley in addition to his performance on Saturday August 21. "We immediately got a lot of feedback to Ky-Mani being […]

With one week to go before the 2010 Staging of the Premium Summer Party Fullyloaded organizers of the event are ready to bring the capital city of Kingston alive on Friday August 6th. According to Chris Campbell Promotions Manager for the event this years marks a new era in the shows development. "Fullyloaded means alot to us and year after year we have continued to stage easy the biggest and baddest party and this year we wanted to spread that […]