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REGGAE artiste Buju Banton will serve his ten year prison sentence at the Limestone County Correctional Institution in Groesbeck, Texas. Banton was moved from a holding facility in the state of Oklahama by air to the facility on Friday. He spent more than a month at the Federal Transfer Center (FTC) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma after being moved from the Pinellas County Jail in Tampa, Florida. Banton, whose inmate number is 86700-004, is set to be released on February 1, […]

Drizzy shows the cover art for his sophomore set. Much has been made of Drake's highly-anticipated second album, Take Care. Now, the Toronto emcee has released the album cover, along with the following statement from his blog: "Feels like it's been so long. Is life moving so fast in this generation that when we desire something it begins to move in slow motion? Are we just used to getting what we want right away? Or do we require one another […]

  Reputed Jamaican drug lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke has pleaded with a United States judge for leniency in his sentence. In a letter to Justice Robert P Patterson Jr of Federal District Court in Manhattan, Coke, described by prosecutors as 'one of Jamaica's most brutal drug lords,' said he accepted responsibility for his actions. Although he did not apologise in the letter for his actions, Coke, in his seven-page, neatly hand-written letter released to the media on Tuesday, asked Justice […]

Mark 'Buju Banton' Myrie, the reggae icon, who became one after converting to Rastafari, will be in prison until February 2019 according to the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons website. The Bureau's official release date set for February 2019 includes the time the prominent reggae entertainer served in prison prior to and between his two trials within the last year," the website reported. Buju has yet to officially begin serving his time. According to the prison bureau website, he […]

Root Reggae champion Junior Kelly spent much of the summer blazing a trail across Europe with powerful performances at the Chiemsee Reggae Festival in Germany, and the Sudoeste Festival in Portugal, where he shared the stage with American superstars Snoop Dogg and Kanye West, as well as roots legends Alpha Blondy, and Inner Circle. Kelly also gave rousing performances at the Garance Reggae Festival in France, Ruhr Festival in Germany, and the Oland Roots Festival in Sweden. The hectic tour […]

One of the secret of longevity in the entertainment business is to reinvent oneself, and such is the path that Alley Cat aka The Imperial has taken. Taking the reigns of his career in this ever changing modern times, Alley Cat has become a full fledged producer and up the ante as an artist. Under his Imperial Productions label, he has produced and created rhythms for the likes of Mavado, Monster Empire, Harry Toddler, Crisintie, Queen Ifrica, Tony Rebel, Lutan […]

The brand new album “Dredrock Rising” by Plati and the Naykid-I is now available digitally on tunepro. The top singles are also available on Amazon, emusic, medianet, napster, iTunes, Zune and Nokia Music Store or via the website www.platiandthenaykid-I.com “Dredrock Rising” is the first globally released album by Plati and the Naykid-I out of the Bahamas, following various singles and music videos such as “Weego”, “I Want to be a Leader” and the brand new “Steamy Rider” which will be […]

Up and coming dancehall artiste Max Element has followed up his Wash Cook and Clean single with Pound a Carrot. the track was conceptualised from a choreographed dance piece that Max saw being executed in his community. "The response so far has been tremendous, it is well loved. I think more so because of the beat of the rhythm and the dance is phenomenal," Max said recently. He has so far been promoting the song with the assistance of dancers […]