Dancehall artiste Gully Bop is on his first international tour. The deejay left the island earlier this week and is and now settling down after a long flight to the UK. “Well, them say me never ah go make it at Jamworld. Say me can’t pass Christmas to the New year, but who God bless, no man curse,” Gully Bop said upon his arrival at the Gatwick Airport. His first performance is set for this Saturd... »
This is perhaps Rihanna’s biggest fan. Sarah Ridge, 23, has a total of 14 tattoos on her body of the Bajan pop star. Seven of those tattoos are images of Rihanna herself and the others are song lyrics and other stuffs related to the “FiveFourSeconds” singer. “I have loved Rihanna for nearly 10 years, and I’ll love her forever,” Sarah said. “Some people say I’ve ruined my body, but I just laugh it ... »
Sean Kingston’s financial woes continues after Avi Da Jeweler slapped the Jamaican-born singer with a lawsuit over some diamond jewels. TMZ reported that Kingston bought $226k worth of jewelry between 2008-2013, but the problem is he never paid the jeweler a dollar. However, his reps are saying his paid over $300,000 last summer and had his receipts to prove it. Despite this claims, Kingston never... »
A jury agreed that Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams copied Marvin Gaye’s classic single “Got to Give It Up” in their mega hit single “Blurred Lines” which also featured rapper T.I. Marvin Gaye’s estate has won a multimillion dollar lawsuit against Thicke and Williams and was awarded $7.3 million. The mega hit single earned a profit in the ball park of $17 million after selling millions of copies... »
BY BRIAN BONITTO Associate Editor MOTHER Nature halted a pretrial hearing involving flambouyant dancehall deejay Flippa Mafia at the Camden County Superior Court in New Jersey, last Thursday. “New Jersey had a major snowstorm on March 5 and that hearing was cancelled. It has not been resheduled yet,” Peter Aseltine, press officer in the Division of Criminal Justice, told the Jamaica Ob... »
Rihanna and Leonardo DiCaprio are not dating although the signs shows that they are clearly more than just friends. Perhaps the two superstars are taking things slowly and avoiding the public eye. But the 40-year-old actor did threw the 27-year-old pop star a lavish birthday bash in Los Angeles last month. Sources connected to the Bajan pop star exclusively told Urban Islandz that she is working o... »
Sabrina Cammock, a senior track and field star at Syracuse University, was visiting the city on spring break with a group of friends. They all went out together Friday night, then returned to their rooms at the Edison Hotel to sleep. Cammock passed away sometime over night and was found around 9:30am Saturday, the cause of death unknown. Police say there were no signs of forced entry, no signs of ... »
Global sprint star Usain Bolt will run the 200 metres at the Athletissima Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 9. It will be Bolt’s second big race of the summer, with the six-time Olympic champion from Jamaica also set to line-up in the 100 meters at the Areva meeting in Paris five days earlier. Bolt has yet to finalize the remainder of his summer program before the world champ... »
Reggae singer Etana, whose A Better Tomorrow has been selected as the ‘Stop Ebola’ campaign’s official anthem, delivered a sizzling performance at the United Nations recently. Better Tomorrow was re-released on March 3 and all proceeds of the song go towards children orphaned by Ebola. Etana and VP Records have joined the effort – led by the United African Congress, Give Them a Hand Foundation and... »
Jamaican model Alexia Palmer is suing Donald Trump, as well as, his Trump Model Management agency. The lawsuit came after Palmer said that Trump modeling agency stiffed her out of more than US$200,000 in salaries between 2011 and 2013. Lawyers representing the 5-foot 10-inch model says that Trump company lied to the federal government when they document on her work permit that her annual salary wi... »
The final day of the Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association (JAAA) National Carifta Trials was highlighted yesterday by some super fast performances, chief among them a stupendous 45.69-second clocking by Calabar’s Christopher Taylor in the boys’ Under-18 400-metre event at the National Stadium. Running out of lane seven, the impressive Taylor blew away the field and sent the mod... »
Statistics provided by the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) last year show a 50 per cent reduction in the number of children reported dead, moving from 14 in 2013, to seven in 2014. But in the first three months of this year, that number has already more than doubled. As of Friday, March 6, Jamaica was thrust into despair once again when another child became part of the chilling murder stat... »
Apollon, which has partnered with Jamaican medical marijuana company, JAMED, is developing a breathalyser which will help police determine if motorists are driving under the influence of ganja. Testing drivers for ganja can be tricky because the effect of smoking the drug can take up to three hours to wear off, but the ingredient which causes impairment – Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) – can take up t... »
Old school dancehall artiste Glendon Bailey, popularly known as Admiral Bailey is now slapped with several fraud charges after he went to the Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) office and attempted to renew a passport which posed the identity of a Michael George Sullivan. It wasn’t long before officials from PICA discovered his true identity and arrested him on the following charge... »
Nick Cannon was in Jamaica last week getting Wild ‘N Out. The Actor was spotted at the popular Mojito Monday’s in Kingston dancing his pants off. In one of the videos you can see the Wild ‘N Out host dancing with a group of guys to Vybz Kartel’s song “Money Pon Mi Brain (C-T Scan).” In another video you can see Nick Cannon getting down with a bunch of females who lined up to dance with the actor. ... »
Even if he is released from the case, life for Zip Jockey ZJ Wah Wah will never be the same because he will be branded as a snitch. ZJ Wah Wah was arrested at a Florida airport in November 2013 before being extradited to North Dakota where he and several others were slapped with money laundering and scam charges. ZJ Wah Wah, whose real name is Deon-ville O’Hara, took a plea deal in September last ... »
Nicki Minaj ex-boyfriend Safaree Samuels definitely has a type because just after he was spotted out with K. Michelle he was on Instagram flirting with dancehall diva Spice. Spice had one of the hottest new music video in dancehall last year “So Mi Like” and Safaree is digging it. The Jamaican-born rapper posted a clip of the video on Instagram with the caption, “Yowwwww, Jamaican people are sooo ... »
Dancehall star I-Octane is eagerly anticipating his first trip to the “Motherland”, the African continent. According to a press release, I-Octane will perform at the Independence Stadium in Bakau, Gambia on March 6. He will be the special guest of T Smallz Suso, the entertainer who is being hailed as The Gambia’s finest reggae, hip-hop cum Afro beat artiste. The event, which is organised by Katato... »
Kingston, Jamaica- Tyquendo Tracey ran a splendid anchor leg to hold off the late surge of the world’s fastest man Usain Bolt to give the University of Technology (UTech) victory over the Racers Lions in the Mens’ Clubs and Institutions 4X100 metre relay at the ongoing Gibson/McCook Relays at the National Stadium. Julian Forte ran a brilliant third-leg for UTech to keep Warren Weir of ... »
FLAMBOYANT dancehall deejay Flippa Mafia was given a March 5 pre-trial date to return to the Camden County Superior Court in New Jersey, when he appeared earlier this week. Flippa Mafia — given name Andrew Davis — is facing conspiracy to distribute cocaine, leading a narcotics organisation, possession with intent to distribute cocaine and money-laundering charges. He has been incarcerated since Se... »
Vybz Kartel is still the man of the moment in dancehall despite being incarcerated for over three years. The embattled dancehall deejay won four awards at the recently held Youth View Awards at the National Indoor Sports Center in Kingston. Kartel won the top award of the night Favorite Male Local Artiste of the Year. The entire audience erupted in loud applause as the deejay’s two sons and his wi... »
When reggae superstar Etana didn’t turn up for a performance in Jamaica last night, a wild rumour started that she had collapsed and had been admitted to a hospital in Miami where she was on life support. However, the rumour was only partly true. Etana, who just completed a gruelling three week tour in Europe, had indeed fell unconscious after complaining of dizzy spells. “She is ok now, she kept ... »
What’s in 2 ounces of ganja? Sean Paul seh ‘it small bad’ Jamaica on Tuesday gave the green light for the decriminalisation of ganja. The amendment to the law will remove the possession of two ounces or less of ganja as a criminal offence and instead make it a ticketable one. This means persons caught with a small quantity of the herb will no longer be thrown behind bars. this is two ounces of wee... »
National Commercial Bank (NCB) chairman Michael Lee Chin and NCB Foundation on Wednesday handed over $30-million to the MVP Track and Field Club at the University of Technology in St Andrew. “We have to take the bull by the horn and build a better Jamaica,” Lee Chin said at the hand-over ceremony. “Our interest harks back to 2005. We saw a club that was training high potential, young Jamaicans to ... »
A special prosecutor has been assigned to investigate a juror who allegedly violated court procedures during the trial that ended in reggae star Buju Banton being convicted for gun and drug charges. Jury forewoman, Terri Wright allegedly broke the rules of the court by conducting outside research as the trial was ongoing The US Department of Justice has been tasked with leading the case against th... »
