Beenie Man is making one thing clear to Vybz Kartel massive fan base and that is dancehall is not in prison. The dancehall legend sat down for an interview with Nightly Fix where he opened up about dropping a new album and the current state of the genre. “No one man never run dancehall,” Beenie Man said. “Music bigger than Kartel, music bigger than me, stop the foolishness.” Beenie Man added that ... »
Peter Bunting , The Prime Minister & Other Comrades Rocks To Vybz Kartel At People’s National Party Rally When National Security Minister Peter Bunting launched his Unite for Change Initiative months ago, he showed apicture of now imprisoned dancehall entertainer, Vybz Kartel, and said Kartel was a negative influence on society. Particularly troubling to Bunting was a song voiced by the contro... »
Dancehall artiste Khago released his new single ‘True Feelings’ recently and the song, which many believe is for the mother of his child, has been causing tension in his relationship, as his current girlfriend is against its promotion. Khago says the situation has gotten so out of hand that his girlfriend has even moved out of their home, the star reports. “Me write True Feelings about a general s... »
It was only a little while ago when they were seen making out and now things are getting steamingly hotter!! Following Serena Williams’ big win at Wimbledon in July, the tennis pro was reportedly caught locking lips with Drake, 28. The rapper has beenunattached for a while, but those romance rumors are on again. Although the two have yet to say anything about their speculatedrelationship, we just ... »
Vybz Kartel who is serving a life sentence for murder continues to run dancehall the way he did before he was incarcerated. Kartel shot to fame in the early 2000’s as part of the Bounty Killer led Alliance. After leaving the Alliance and forming is own Gaza Empire, the artist gained a following unlike no other in Jamaica. Even from behind the prison walls, Kartel has maintained his dominance in d... »
Christopher Martin premiered the video for his single “Hideaway.” The track is the official soundtrack for the motion picture Destiny starring Martin. The music video features clips from the movie as well as clips of Christopher Martin recording the Clive Hunt-produced single in the studio. The dancehall singjay has had a great year with his movie doing with in theaters locally and overseas. He al... »
MOONIE BRITISH, A MEMBER OF THE POPULAR DANCEHALL CREW, BRTISH LINKUP WAS SHOT AT HIS BAR ON MOLYNES ROAD A LITTLE BEFORE MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. »
As a frigid Saturday night in December 1993 becomes Sunday morning, homesick radio listeners in New York are greeted with the pulsating sounds of reggae music coming live and in stereo from the White River Reggae Bash concert in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. In between live music, jocks Milford Edwards and Pat McKay in New York take time out to ‘big up’ listeners tuned to Irie FM, the 24-hour al... »
Reggae artiste Fantan Mojah defended wearing skin tight jeans as that of following the ‘sexy pants’ tradition of Bob Marley. In his performance at DubWise in Kingston on Thursday morning, the artiste also lyrically challenged Tony Matterhorn. Fantan Mojah started by telling patrons that, in his global travels, only Jamaicans have an issue with men wearing tight pants. “Any boy who a use dem eye an... »
Rihanna almost ended Jay Z and Beyonce relationship back in the early part of her career thanks to a stunt pulled by her publicist. A new tell-all book is out titles Becoming Beyoncé: The Untold Story written by J Randy Taraborrelli.The biography details how Beyonce dumped Jay Z for one long year after the Rihanna cheating rumors came out. Jonathan Hay, Rihanna’s then publicist, says that he help ... »
Dexta Daps drop the video for his single “Slavery” produced by Daseca Productions. The dancehall singjay premiered the video on Worldstarhiphop on Monday. The Peter Hatch-directed cut was shot in Toronto, Canada and saw the dancehall hitmaker driving through the streets in his Mercedes G-Wagon before being in the back of a limo with some banging ladies while he reminisce on missing his girl. Watch... »
Dancehall singjay Flexx is launching his own solo career following a split from iconic dancehall group T.O.K. Flexx says that he parted ways with the group because other members were focused on their own personal endeavors and not giving the group any attention. “A chain is as strong as its weakest link, and I think every man a duh them owna thing right now. When you talk to them, they say T.O.K i... »
It is no secret that the fastest man alive is a fan of the popular incarcerated entertainer Vybz Kartel. Usain Bolt, who also, frequents parties, enjoys dancing with the crowd and singing along to the most popular lyrics…especially those by Vybz Kartel. In the video below, we hear where he disses Alkaline who has been accused, on many occasions, of trying to steal Kartel’s style- from lyrics to im... »
RR is crazy for Mavado in the video for their duet “Crazy In Love.” RR is new on the music scene and has been creating a buzz with her new single. The RD Studios clip saw RR hanging out by her poolside while painting a portrait of Mavado. He was blown away when he walked in and saw it. The dancehall singjay is currently touring overseas and working on his upcoming mixtape. Peep the video for RR an... »
Just days after it was reported that Alkaline could be banned from Suriname following his controversial incident with a Surinamese dancer on stage during his last event in the country, as a women’s group now wants the “ATM” deejay to face the music for his actions. Yet another stage fiasco has surfaced with the 21-year-old Dancehall Artiste, real name Earlan Bartley. In this episode of “Alkaline v... »
SINGER Osbert ‘Madoo’ Maddo, who had big hits in the early 1980s with Jamming So and Coming From Town, died Sunday in the United States. His brother, singer Hugh ‘UU’ Maddo, said he died at age 56 at his home in Bangor, Maine. He did not give a cause of death but said Madoo had a history of heart problems. Born in Dalvey, St Thomas, Maddo attended Excelsior High School and ... »
When Loop News jokingly asked a correctional officer who was stationed inside the New Horizon Adult Remand Centre how popular dancehall entertainer, Vybz Kartel was doing, he had the perfect answer. “Kartel is quite okay. Three meals a day, no bills to pay. He is quite okay,” the warden explained with a broad smile etched on his face. Loop News visited the prison to view an exhibition of items pro... »
Josef Bogdanovich says he will appeal the court’s decision to award producer Andre ‘Rookie’ Tyrell close to $15 million in damages for use of Tyrell’s ‘Superstar’ rhythm on Specialist’s 2011 song ‘Street Hustle’. “My lawyers are dealing with it, he didn’t win anything. The matter is still before the courts, they didn’t win any... »
Usain Bolt ran fast but he also party hard. The Jamaican sprint legend was in Miami last weekend partying with the likes of Lil Wayne, Scottie Pippen and more. Bolt was spotted at FDR nightclub dropping stacks on strippers. Sources said that the fastest man in history and his entourage dropped over $5,000 on strippers and he looked like he had a very good time spanking females on their rear. In th... »
Shabba Ranks and Beenie Man are still beefing. The feud between the two dancehall heavy wights spill over into a concert last weekend in Trinidad where they were both scheduled to perform. Shabba reportedly told the promoter of the event that Beenie Man could not perform. The Doc was added to the roster of the “Unplugged” concert after Barrington Levy fell ill a few weeks ago with Dengue Fever. Bu... »
Livern Barrett, STAR Writer Downsound Records and popular music producer Cordell ‘Skatta’ Burrell have been ordered to pay close to $15 million in damages for use of the rhythm on Specialist’s 2011 song ‘Street Hustle’, a street anthem that paid tribute to phonecard and banana chips vendors. The multimillion dollar award was made in a breach of copyright suit filed ag... »
When Fabian Marley got the opportunity to cover a Bob Marley song with producer Clive Hunt, he chose ‘Concrete Jungle’, the angst-ridden track from The Wailers’ 1973 album, Catch A Fire. “Its one of my favourites; is like mi live dat life,” said Marley, 47. His version has not yet been released. It’s one of the songs he worked on with Hunt, one of modern reggae&... »
Another Vybz Kartel brand new is about to drop this month. “Boss Lady”, single off “Boss Lady Riddim” produced by Short Boss Muzik is already available for pre-order on iTunes and it will be released on october 23th. VYBZ KARTEL big up Lisa Hanna and the Prime Minister in new track title “BOSS LADY” [LISTEN NOW] »
Dancehall diva Spice posted a fewpictures on her Instagram earlier today and asked her followers what do they think about the pictures. In the photos, her partner was seen whispering in a female’s ear, hugging the female and dancing with the female. Spice captioned one the pictures ” Needle Eye Cant Stop Man From Cheat.” While some of her followers became upset about the pictures, some said they f... »
Una Morgan daughter of Denroy Morgan and a member of the sibling group Morgan Heritage, fell gravely ill while on the Catch A Fire tour which united the Morgan Heritage and Marley families. According to a press release, Una, 43, left the tour when her organs shut down and she suffered a cardiac arrest. It is understood that she was suffering from a pre-existing thyroid diseasewhich caused the sing... »
