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 […]
Popular radio jock and Darkcide International selector ZJ Wah Wa is now in St Lucia, as the specially invited guest at the finals of the Heineken Green Synergy competition. The finals of the annual summer long event hosted by the beverage company is set for tomorrow. Today, the radio jock also known as the Hamma General will play at the pre-green synergy party dubbed Green Zone set for Zayne Night Club in Bois D'Orange ahead of his official duties on […]
Damon Dash ran into some new issues this. Following all the talk about his financial struggles over the past several years, the once predominant hip-hop mogul has been hit with a lawsuit from the City of New York for serving liquor without a license. According to Village Voice, Dash's DD172 gallery space in New York City's Tribeca area -- which was touted as a gallery, photo studio, and rehearsal space -- was also used as an "unlicensed club," which residents […]
Lil Wayne Settles $5.6 Million Lien With IRS Lil Wayne apparently used some of that baby money to get himself out of trouble with the IRS. The Young Money CEO has squared a $5.6 Million debt to Uncle Sam over a tax lien filed back in March, according to Detroit News. As previously reported, Weezy was hit with the lien back in March. The millions owed stem from his $12 million dollar mansion, currently up for sale. Check out the […]
Dancehall artiste D'Angel has poured out her emotions in her latest single called Break Free. The artiste, who recently broke free from a rocky five-year relationship with fellow dancehall artiste Beenie Man, says that the song is not a diss to the self-proclaimed Dancehall King, but is rather an expression of how she feels at this stage in her life. According to D'Angel, music is a way of expression, and the song can be used as an inspiration for other […]
Though Percy "Master P" Miller has been celebrated for his many philanthropic initiatives over the last couple of years, the New Orleans rap pioneer is reportedly facing bankruptcy due to a lawsuit filed by former employees. TMZ reports that Miller was successfully sued for compensation by several members of the crew of his 2007 film 'Uncle P,' which he starred in, alongside cameo appearances by funnymen Cheech Marin and Ken Jeong. According to court documents, Miller apparently failed to pay […]
Kelly Rowland is covering the fall issue of Runway magazine, and in the issue she opens up about her struggles with being dark-skinned and dealing with peer pressure. “There’s so much peer pressure growing up, I had an identity crisis. I went to a predominantly white school and I was the only black girl. I can remember thinking: ‘I don’t want to be as dark as I am – I want to be a little fairer.’ I didn’t want to […]
Upcoming dancehall artiste Chedda says that he is not a part of J.O.P. This comes weeks after the group was alleged to have been involved in the assault of his fellow Darkcide affiliate, ZJ Wah Wa. According to the young artiste, he was never a part of J.O.P to begin with. "I am not and was never a member of J.O.P, Darkcide and J.O.P worked side by side but it's not the same entity," he said. According to Chedda, even […]
THERE is still uncertainty surrounding the whereabouts of Reggae artiste Buju Banton. The artiste – who is registered under his real name of Mark Anthony Myrie and whose inmate number is 86700-004 – is supposed to be housed at a holding facility in Oklahoma but the Federal Bureau of Prisons although acknowledging that he is their custody, has his status listed as in transit on its website www.bop.gov. A source close to the artiste said he has been in contact […]
