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Dancehall star Elephant Man says he had orchestrated the mini dance-off between two of R&B’s biggest stars, Usher and Chris Brown, at the 2010 Reggae Sumfest in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
The Internet has been buzzing about Mad Cobra’s emotional speech during a recent performance in the USA, in which he spoke candidly about the loneliness and betrayal he felt after his arrest on drug trafficking and weapons charges a few weeks ago.
Reggae songstress Etana has suffered another setback in the lawsuit she filed against her former label VP Records and Greensleeves Publishing Ltd (GPL), days after publicly slamming an employee of the company.
Declaring that the police force has his full support, Bounty Killer has ordered marauding gunmen in his native Seaview Gardens community to leave, and called for residents to “push them out” as they are traitors to the area, which has birthed some of Jamaica’s most iconic Dancehall stars.
Chase & Status and Bou’s Baddadan, featuring regular collaborators IRAH, Flowdan, Trigga and Takura, is making moves on the UK Singles Chart.
Timoy “Teejay” Jones is thanking Trinidad and Tobago for supporting his music and career, and promises “a performance like never before seen” when he headlines the Magnum Xplosion ‘Summer Stage’ concert, scheduled for next Saturday, August 19, at the Queen’s Park Savannah.
Morna Dodd, the biological daughter of Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd, wants the administration of the Attorney General to sell the legendary producer’s estate before its value depreciates significantly.
Minister Marion Hall has launched a US$2-million GoFundMe campaign in aid of building her church. The gospel artist, who hung up her secular shoes as the formidable Lady Saw in 2015, founded the Holy Ghost Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ in 2020.
The Strong One Etana has come out swinging at Orgasm riddim producer Richard ‘Shams’ Browne, after he approached her asking to record a Christmas song for VP Records, with whom she has an ongoing multi-million dollar breach of contract and copyright infringement lawsuit.
Rohan Marley and his company Shashamane Group LLC have responded to a US$18.7 million lawsuit from their former employee Chloe Villano, who claims she was subjected to quid pro quo harassment, unlawful discrimination, and wrongful termination.
It appears that Popcaan wants to remind everyone that he’s responsible for giving some former Unruly members their break in the industry.
Jamaican artists Shenseea and Byron Messia have made their first appearances on three Billboard charts, released this week.
Dancehall artist Popcaan has come out in support of convicted Canadian rapper Tory Lanez who was yesterday sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the feet.
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has implicitly responded to criticisms of its soldiers’ performance during the Independence Day Gala on Sunday, where they combined traditional drill movements and rifle techniques with popular Dancehall dance moves, including the Rifle Walk dance.
British/Jamaican rapper Stefflon Don has made it clear that she’s no longer affiliated with Donatella Panayiotou and Eugene Church of the talent management agency, Connect The Dots International.
Gospel singer Acacia Islands believes that it was nothing less than divine intervention that she is still alive today after narrowly avoiding death in a horrific three-vehicle pile-up over 11 years ago.
Some Jamaicans are up in arms after the Government presented the Keys to the City of Kingston to Trinidadian Soca artist Machel Montano at the National Gala on Independence Day, many contending that while it was a good gesture, it was done at the “wrong place and at the wrong time.”
Two-time Grammy Award winner Burning Spear will performing in Israel on August 14 and 15, for the first time in 30 years.
Three months after it was announced that he will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, New York-based DJ Kool Herc who has the distinction of being the Father and founder of Hip-Hop, is set to get another accolade, this time national honours in the country of his birth, Jamaica.
Steely & Clevie Productions has firmly responded to five motions seeking to dismiss its massive copyright infringement lawsuit against nearly all of Reggaetón’s biggest stars, including Bad Bunny, Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Pitbull, Drake, and Justin Bieber.