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Buju Banton has been among the Dancehall stars who have had a mouthful to say about the United Independent’s Congress (UIC) president Joseph Patterson’s arrest and upcoming trial, after being charged for breaching the Disaster Risk Management Act.
Diana King, in a show of solidarity to Tanya Stephens, this morning pointed out that most of the men she encountered whilst pursuing her music career in Jamaica, except for a few whose friendship she treasures to this day, have tried to forcibly have sex with her.
Contending that Jamaicans should take the focus off of her own trauma, Tanya Stephens has again decried what she deemed Jamaica’s “Rape Culture” and concomitant “Code of Silence” especially when it comes on to rapes of little girls, echoing the sentiments of numerous State and civil agencies, that sexual abuse is rampant in the country.
Tanya Stephens has listed accusations of lying, public victim-blaming and shaming laid against victims of rape who come public, as the fundamental reasons she will never reveal the name of the artist who sexually assaulted her some 30 years ago.
Bounty Killer has appealed to his female fans to not misconstrue his analysis of the Richie Stephens rape allegations as biased, after a bevy of them accused him, yesterday, of taking sides.
General Ling’s rape allegations against Reggae artist Richie Stephens, have taken another twist, with the former Motown singer releasing a public video statement, once again repudiating the claims by the Chinese-Singaporean artist and beatboxer.
Buju Banton, on Friday morning, chided members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force for, according to him, allowing themselves to be used as State conduits to oppress the people of Jamaica.
Two years after he categorically denied rape allegations levelled against him in Australia, whilst on his Jamaican Flava tour, ‘Bad Bull’ singer Richie Stephens, is now under the microscope as the woman at the epicentre of the controversy, an ex-soldier who served in the Singapore Armed Forces, has revealed herself.
In the aftermath of Vybz Kartel pointing out that most of Jamaica’s entertainers are a set of “dunces,” from whom no health advice should be taken, Buju Banton has seemingly responded, pointing out that he was not among those who are intellectually deficient.
Action singer Nadine Sutherland says while she will not take back her Twitter post about Jamaican artists hiding and secretly taking the COVID-19 vaccine, contrary to a media report yesterday, she did not chide her musical compatriots, neither did she take sides in the vax vs anti-vax debate.
When Damian “Junior Gong” Marley’s representatives contacted Original Bembe selector Jigsy for him to sign off on the artist’s sampling of Buju Banton’s Me & Oonu (Bongo Cart) for the song R.O.A.R.
Rebelution artist Tanya Stephens had a caustic reproach for media houses which she says have been bombarding her team to get disclosure of the name of the Jamaican artist who raped her some 30 years ago.
Declaring that she has no respect for any of the women in Jamaica’s Parliament, Tanya Stephens has also condemned the Justice Minister Delroy Chuck, contending that he should have been forced to resign for utterances he made whilst debating the Sexual Harassment Bill last year.
Even though the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has denied that it has recently purchased a new fleet of armoured vehicles, Foota Hype is insisting that the organization has indeed done so, and is up to some form of ‘military mischief’.
When Usain Bolt shared on Monday that popular US game show Jeopardy! had used his famous To Di World pose—which he first unveiled at the 2008 Beijing Olympics—as the clue to a question, his fans became abuzz with excitement.
Following the detailed physical description that Tanya Stephens gave last week of the Reggae/Dancehall artist whom she accused of sexually assaulting her three decades ago, speculations have been rife on social media about who the culprit could be.
A daring Dexta Daps, took his sex symbol status to another level last week when he strutted onto Philadelphia and DC stages to perform while rocking trousers that might hold the record for being the tightest worn by a male artist in Dancehall history.
Dancehall stars Mr. Vegas and Bounty Killer clashed again on Instagram a few days ago, after a fan of the Warlord tagged him underneath a post which the Heads High singer had made, mocking the upcoming King of Kingston album.
Another Level artist Cham has joined his counterpart Elephant Man in cautioning new Dancehall artists to undertake physical training to keep their fitness levels up, in other words: train like elite athletes such as Usain Bolt.
A bemused sprint icon Usain Bolt has pointed out that his recent “say less, work harder” advice to US sprinter Sha’carri Richardson, was merely a response to an “aside” question posed by a New York Post reporter, during an interview which also included, among other things, his Country Yutes album.