After his car was shot at while leaving an event in the Riverton community on Sunday night, dancehall artiste Radijahsays he is lucky to have escaped the attack with his life. Speaking with the media yesterday, Radijah explained that he is stillsurprised by the incident as he has no beef with anyone. “I don’t have any issues with anybody. I used to work with a label from there and we don’t work no... »
Viral dancehall deejay Gully Bop will be going on tour in the United States this summer after securing his US work visa. The “My God Dem Nuh Bad Like Me” deejay’s reps told us that he will be kicking off the North American leg of his Rags to Riches tour on July 17 at Amazura nightclub and Sept. 6th at the Roy Wilkins Park, Queens, New York “After a few delays beyond our control the Bop now ... »
Dancehall legend Bounty Killer brother, Wayne Price, is giving the deejay a bad name. Killer’e brother appeared in court yesterday where he pleaded guilty to charges of larceny. A Basseterre Magistrate’s Court judge in St Kitts fined him EC$3,000 which is approximately US$1,111. He also had to pay the fine before leaving court. According to reports, Price was among Bounty Killer’s entourage... »
Remember the days of “gaza /gully” feud? Who would have ever guessed that once rival entertainers [Vybz Kartel and Mavado] children would be caught hanging out together? On Sunday June 28, Mavado shared a photo of his son on Instagram enjoying a playdate with his former rival’s children, Little Vybz and Little Addi Mavado captioned the photo, “Take a good look at the future young gully young Gaza ... »
DIANA KING wants JAMAICA GOVERNMENT to legalise SAME SEX MARRIAGE DIANA KING TOOK TO HER FACEBOOK PAGE AFTER SHE LEARNT THAT SAME SEX MARRIAGE WAS LEGALIZED IN AMERICA HOPING THAT IT WOULD BE LEGALIZED IN JAMAICA WHERE SHE WAS BORN : »
Rapper DMX has been arrested for failure to pay child support just as he was going to perform at Radio City Music Hall. A spokesman for the New York City Sheriff’s Department tells WPIX-TV that the 44-year-old rapper was taken into custody Friday for several “issues outstanding.” He said those included $400,000 worth of unpaid child support, a warrant issued by the city of White ... »
The brother of Jamaican deejay Bounty Killer was arrested in St Kitts and Nevis on Saturday after allegedly being caught on camera stealing a cell phone. Mark Price, according to the West Indies News Network, was part of a 10-man entourage with his famous brother at the RLB International Airport on Saturday morning, about to board a flight from St Kitts, when the incident happened. Accordin... »
Diddy legal troubles are far from over because the rap mogul was charged with assault following an incident with strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi earlier this week. The Bad Boy rapper, whose real name is Sean Combs, was taken into custody and is now out on bond. He was charged with three counts of assault with deadly weapon, one count of battery, and three count of making terrorist threat... »
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce clocked the fastest 100 metres of the year at the National Senior Championships at the National Stadium on Friday. Fraser-Pryce, got her usual bullet start and left all in her wake from then to win in 10.79 seconds with her MVP teammate Natasha Morrison surprising the field to take second in 11.03, as former World Championships gold medallist Veronica Campbell-Brown finishi... »
Asafa Powell crowned himself king of Jamaica’s sprinting on Friday at the National Senior Championships, securing victory in the 100 metres at National Stadium. Powell with a slower than usual start, caught early risers Nesta Carter and Nickel Ashmeade at the 30 metres mark. Under pressure from Ashmeade, Powell maintained his form and powered to victory as Ashmeade got home ahead of the fast finis... »
Mavado is not the only dancehall celebrity to be accused of being a deadbeat dad. Elephant Man is also under fire from one of his daughters for being less than a father to her. The female, who is allegedly the daughter of “Pon Di River” deejay, wrote a message on Facebook on Father’s Day and tagged the dancehall star. “All some man supposed to feel like sh** on dis day… Like Elephant Man,” she wro... »
Rapper Rick Ross is facing kidnapping and assault charges after a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force and deputies arrested him at his mansion outside Atlanta. Jim Joyner, a supervisor with the Marshals’ Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, tells The Associated Press that Ross and a man described as his bodyguard were taken into custody Wednesday morning. Joyner said Ross, wh... »
Dancehall artist Deva Bratt is on the run in the United States after a warrant was issued for his arrest. Bratt, who has been based in Florida for the last few years, has his legal troubles grew deeper when he missed a court date earlier this month. A judge immediately issued a warrant for his arrest but cops have been unable to find him ever since. Deva Bratt, born Sheldon Smith, was to appear in... »
Tommy Lee Sparta is preparing legal documents to settle his deportation case with the Dominican Government out of court. Last year February, the dancehall artist was detained upon arrival in the Caribbean island for a concert. He was deported the following day after Dominican authorities says posed a security risk to that country. Tommy Lee’s attorney, Bert Samuels, says that his client was held i... »
Skinny jeans can seriously damage muscles and nerves. Doctors in Australia report that a 35-year-old woman was hospitalised for four days after experiencing muscle damage, swelling, and nerve blockages in her legs after squatting for several hours while wearing tight-fitting denims. “We were surprised that this patient had such severe damage to her nerves and muscles,” said Dr. Thomas ... »
Most dads spent Father’s Day receiving hand-crafted gifts, hugs, kisses and lots of praise from their daughters and sons. However, one Jamaican celebrity dad wasn’t as lucky, as he spent Father’s Day staunchly defending himself. Popular Jamaican deejay, Mavado, used Instagram on Father’s Day to say why he is a “good” dad. Mavado’s comments came on the heels of his former girlfriend’s comment on so... »
Former Tivoli Gardens strongman, Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, reportedly hightailed it from his upper St Andrew home into Tivoli Gardens minutes after former Prime Minister Bruce Golding was informed of an extradition request for the now incarcerated don. This was revealed during the fifth sitting of the Tivoli Commission of Inquiry at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown, Kingston on Monday. Fo... »
Hip-hop music mogul Diddy was arrested Monday on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, where his son is on the football team. Diddy, 45, whose real name is Sean Combs, was arrested at UCLA’s Acosta Athletic Training Complex on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon shortly after 12:30 p.m., according to a statement from campus police. The deadly weapon was a kett... »
***Now this young man was being gay for pay..a battyman pick him up and did a mine him..not him gone to a woman…video coming after this dem too nasty man..all di girl she smh***…Him tell di girl him neva know di man whey him did deh wid 5 years was a man..him did confuse bout di hole him did a go ina have done nothing but make sure Prezzi has everything that he needs, he does not work he does noth... »
The recent Summer Rave show in Philadelphia in The United States was sold out! The show which featured Alkaline, Dexta Daps and D ‘Angel was a hit but left a few patrons disappointed. With the highs and lows from his last performance at the Best of The Best concert in Miami Florida, Alkaline proved to have more lows than highs on this show, with D Angel taking the show for the night. The First Lad... »
Jamaican reggae artiste Chronixx fueled a debate on race and religion on social media Thursday when he appeared to suggest that blacks are lost in their pursuit of justice. “Will the white God save you from white man oppression?” Chronixx wrote on Instagram, quoting a line from Sizzla’s popular song No White God. “We looking for justice in the wrong places, from the wrong p... »
Thousands of people began preparing Thursday for deportation from the Dominican Republic after failing to obtain legal residency as part of a government program to crack down on migrants, most of them from neighboring Haiti or of Haitian descent. The government urged people to start carrying documents to prove they’re residents and avoid deportation in case immigration agents stop them. Many... »
Jodi-Ann Gray, the former KOOL FM personality who survived a vicious gun attack while pregnant, says she will be deleting her social media account because of hate messages she has received. Gray was shot three times – once in the face and twice in the shoulder – in April 2012 as she attempted to enter her Portmore, St Catherine home. She was seven-month pregnant at the time of the atta... »
Dancehall artiste Potential Kidd has denied police reports that he is involved in the ongoing violence in the west Kingston area. “I am not influencing any violence in Trench Town, the police themselves say is a misunderstand g. I went to the police station on Wednesday night, and I was questioned and released, I am not involved in any shootings, or any criminal activities. I am not a crimin... »
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Eleven-year old, Tariq Wright, a student at the Holy Childhood Preparatory School, will be attending the Wolmer’s Boys’ School in September after receiving perfect scores in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). Results for GSAT were released to primary and preparatory schools across the country today. A very happy Tariq told JIS News that he received 100 per cent in mat... »
