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After being banned from the country in 2008 due to the supposedly violent and sexually explicit content of his lyrical repertoire, the artiste was finally allowed into the island to perform last Tuesday. He headlined RF Promotions' 'A Better Tomorrow' concert that was held at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya. Promoter for the event, Roy Francis, said he had been trying to get the ban lifted for years and was finally given the permission merely days before the event. "For […]

Second release for King Dubbist Records called “ Roommate: Ras Vibes Riddim ” feat Ras Zacharri, Afrikan Simba, Jah Rueben Mystics. It's easy now to recognise the King Dubbist sound, or maybe is more accurate to say the Roommate style! Even in this second riddim Ep you will find three vocal version alongside the instrumental version, all folded in a designed cover with all the three tune's lyrics printed on it. After the great Jah Rule on Mercy Riddim, Ras […]

Rapper Jim Jones was busted earlier today for driving his 2011 Bentley in a SoHo bus lane with a suspended license, police said. Jones, 34, was cruising in his luxury sedan when cops spied him committing the traffic infraction on Broadway, just south of Prince Street, around 12 p.m., police added. Jones – born Joseph G. Jones – was pulled over in front of the Scholastic Auditorium. A check of motor vehicle records showed that his license had previously been […]

After the shocking news of Nate Dogg's death two weeks ago, the Doggfather honors his bandmate and 25-plus year friend with some arm ink. Long Beach, California emcee Snoop Dogg revealed that he has mourned the loss of longtime friend, 213 bandmate Nate Dogg with an arm tattoo, pictured to the right. Last week, Nate (born Nathaniel Hale) died after a series of strokes in the last three years. Along with a tribute concert a week ago today in Austin, […]

Los Angeles (AP) — Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen life was often upstaged by her stormy personal life, died Wednesday at age 79. She died of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she had been hospitalised for about six weeks, publicist Sally Morrison said. "All her children were with her," Morrison said. Taylor had extraordinary grace, fame and wealth, and won three Oscars, including a special one for her humanitarian work. But […]