Bounty Killer has finally respond to a recent jab at him from Mavado in the form of two new hard hitting diss tracks. As most of you may have already know Mavado and Bounty Killer fell out in 2012 after an incident at the dancehall legend’s birthday bash at a night club in Kingston that left Mavado’s close friend dead. Since then Mavado drop a few subliminal shots at Bounty Killer in a few new s... »
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Perhaps dancehall fans want to hold on to a piece of Vybz Kartel’s legacy before he begins his lengthy prison sentence. Industry sources are saying there is a huge jump in demand for Vybz Kartel music. “Producers coming out with new riddims are requesting Vybz Kartel features like hot break,” a source inside the incarcerated deejay’s camp told Urban Islandz. “So far we have several previousl... »
A Jet Blue flight which had just taken off from the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston was forced to turn back and make an emergency landing this evening. Alfred McDonald, senior director of commercial development and planning at the Airports Authority of Jamaica, told the Gleaner/Power 106 News Centre that the flight, with 98 passengers and four crew members, landed safely. Ho... »
Vybz Kartel murder trial saga continues with a corrupt juror facing prison time. Football coach Livingston Cain says he is an innocent man after been slapped with half a dozen charges of conspiracy in Vybz Kartel murder trial. Cain was the only juror from the 11-member panel to return a not guilty verdict in the high profile trial. Cain and his attorney, Dian Watson, appeared in court on Friday to... »
Vybz Kartel eldest sister Maureen Palmer-Nelson continues to speak out against the deejay’s murder conviction. Vybz Kartel, born Adidja Palmer, along with protege Shawn “Storm” Campbell, and close friends Andre St John, and Kahira Jones were found guilty of the 2011 murder of Clive “Lizard” Williams. Speaking with Irie FM, Maureen Nelson says the dancehall deejay’s family is deeply hurt by the con... »
Love & Hip-Hop Atlanta’ star Benzino, real name Raymond Scott, was shot and injured at his mother’s funeral on Saturday afternoon. According to the NY Daily News, the hip-hop mogul was shot in his right arm while in his mother’s funeral procession. The funeral was taking place at St. Peter’s Church in Plymouth, Massachusetts when the incident took place. Benzino was shot once in his left arm a... »
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar. 30, CMC – The police here have been questioning Tourism Minister Chandresh Sharma following reports that he assaulted of his former girlfriend,Sacha Singh. Singh, the managing director of AMS Biotech Security Concept and AmSure T&T Ltd, met with officers of the St Joseph Police Station on Friday and gave a statement of Sharma’s alleged physical abuse during ... »
Calabar supporters in the stands at the National Stadium, Kingston. – Ricardo Makyn Photo Girls from the Edwin Allen High School Supporters of Champs winners Calabar and Edwin Allen. Ricardo Makyn photo Melton Williams, Gleaner Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica: Calabar High and Edwin Allen, as easily won the respective titles as the 2014 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Champ... »
Is Sean Kingston going broke? This is the big question waging on everyone’s tongue right now after the reggae/pop singer’s Bentley got repossessed last night. According to TMZ, the embarrassing incident took place at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood last night. Sean Kingston pulled up in his white Bentley and the valet parked it at the front of the hotel. But a repo crew quickly pulled up in t... »
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Notorious ex-police officer Reneto Adams is calling for a hefty sentence for convicted dancehall star Vybz Karel. Vybz Kartel and three of his four co-accused are facing 25 years to life imprisonment for the murder of Clive “Lizard” Williams. The accused men was found guilty by a 10:1 jury last week Thursday in the Home Circuit court in Kingston. Speaking with the Observer, Reneto Adams expressed ... »
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BY KARYL WALKER Editor – Crime/Court Desk walker WILLIAMS… his murder lead to Kartel’s conviction NEXT week Thursday the nation will know the fate of convicted entertainer Vybz Kartel as Justice Lennox Campbell will sentence him and his three co-accused. After being found guilty of murder on Thursday, the glamourous side of the life of this controversial but phenomenal dancehall practi... »
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Tessanne Chin is getting ready to perform at the Women of Soul concert at the White House hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama. The Jamaican songstress and the winner of The Voice season five will be sharing the stage with the likes of Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, Jill Scott, Ariana Grande, Janelle Monae, and Melissa Ethridge. The purpose of the concert is to highlight the struggles of women in ... »
