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Not even end of semester exams, which start soon, could stop a large number of University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, students from apparently making up the bulk of Wednesday evening's launch of Buju Banton's 'Rasta Got Soul' album. It was presented at the campus' Undercroft, Professor Carolyn Cooper, who hosted in the stead of Dr Anthea Morrison, noting that Buju Banton's lyrics are used in the Reggae Poetry course. But while Rasta Got Soul was the focus […]

Mr Vegas heads to Toulouse, France, this weekend to perform at the Beach Party Festival that will take place on Easter Sunday. "I am looking forward to my performance in France this weekend; France ah mi place. I have a great time over there all the time and the thing is that it is a funny market. A song coulda hit three years ago and is just now it ah go hard inna France, so yu find songs like Tek […]

Rapper Jim Jones was arrested Sunday night (April 5) in New Jersey, on an outstanding warrant, all while giving followers on his Twitter page updates during the incident. The 32-year-old rapper (real name: Joseph Guilermo Jones II) updated fans right from the beginning at around 9:20 p.m. "Just got pulled over by the boys," he wrote. "Of all days I decide to drive by myself ... let's see how this plays out." Jones was reportedly driving a 2007 black Bentley […]

There are a lot of great hits to come." That is the confident proclamation from dancehall artiste Erup, who scored big on Billboard charts with his Click My Fingers hit single. Having taken a brief break from the Jamaican scene, touring and doing shows abroad since November last year, Erup says he has been busy in the studio working on hit songs to run the summer. Bursting on to the scene in 2007 with the song Gal A Run Dem […]

Gargamel Music, Inc. is pleased to announce the North American release date for Jamaican music icon Buju Banton's highly anticipated roots reggae album, Rasta Got Soul. Recorded over a seven year period at Buju's own Gargamel Music studio, the long-awaited project is finally set for physical and digital release in the United States and Canada on April 21, 2009. Coincidentally, the date marks the 43rd anniversary of the late Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie's historic visit to Jamaica in 1966. His […]

Beer Company Red Stripe has apologised to deejay Assassin via a release yesterday for ending his set prematurely at the Red Stripe Live concert. In a release sent to THE STAR by the company's media contact, Kim Lee, Red Stripe expressed regret for what transpired on Saturday, March 28 at the concert. The short release said: "Red Stripe apologises to Mr Jeffery Campbell, aka Assassin, for the premature end to his performance on Red Stripe Live last Saturday, March 28. […]