JUNE 2014

Male jogger gang-raped in Jamaica

Male jogger gang-raped in Jamaica

PEOPLE who flock Queen Hill in St Andrew to jog or walk in the mornings are now apprehensive following the brutal gang-rape of a male jogger in that community early Monday. The man, the Jamaica Observer was told, is now suffering from serious injuries and mental trauma after the harrowing experience. A group of joggers reportedly found the victim naked, with his hands and feet bound, sitting on th... »

The Reputed Clansman Gang Leader, Tesha Miller sentenced in the US

The Reputed Clansman Gang Leader, Tesha Miller sentenced in the US

Miller KINGSTON, Jamaica — Notorious Spanish Town gangster Tesha Miller has been sentenced in the United States for illegal entry, OBSERVER ONLINE has learnt. Miller, the reputed Clansman gang leader, was sentenced to two-and-a-half-years. He fled the island late last year and was apprehended by US authorities after he arrived there enroute from The Bahamas. Miller, in April 2011, was senten... »

“We Have Been Watching ZJ Wah Wa & Others For over 2 Years” – Says Police (Video)

“We Have Been Watching ZJ Wah Wa & Others For over 2 Years” – Says Police (Video)

In a news video clip aired on Jamaican television earlier this week the Police say they have been watching popular radio jock ZJ Wah Wa and others alleged involved in the infamous lottery scam for over 2 years. The scam involved the perpetrators luring unsuspecting victims to the island’s shores and defrauding them large sums of cash through promises of lottery winnings. According to Detective Cor... »

Dancehall Artiste Popcaan On Vybz Kartel Life Sentence, “Its’s Sad”

Dancehall Artiste Popcaan On Vybz Kartel Life Sentence, “Its’s Sad”

Popcaan is perhaps the biggest artist to rise from under Vybz Kartel wings. But the former Portmore Empire deejay has been getting some bashing from Gaza fans in recent months for abandoning his mentor after his arrest in 2011. Earlier this year Vybz Kartel released a statement condemning Popcaan and Tommy Lee for what he called a betrayal. In the lengthy statement, Vybz Kartel says both artists a... »

Monique Year To Year Reggae Dinner Dance Feat. Ed Robinson @ Macedonia Center, Mt.Vernon Ny

Monique Year To Year Reggae Dinner Dance Feat. Ed Robinson @ Macedonia Center, Mt.Vernon Ny

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Usain Bolt Stars In Visa World Cup Commercial (VIDEO)

Usain Bolt Stars In Visa World Cup Commercial (VIDEO)

Usain Bolt will not be leaving his Visa card when he goes to Brazil this month for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The world fastest man stars in the new Visa World Cup commercial. The sex-time Olympic champion started training on a grass track in Jamaica while pausing to go check on the game in a small bar. The sprint legend then hopped on a flight straight to Rio for the World Cup where he played socce... »

Shabba Ranks On Vybz Kartel Life Sentence & Dancehall Image (VIDEO)

Shabba Ranks On Vybz Kartel Life Sentence & Dancehall Image (VIDEO)

Shabba Ranks converged on Jamaica last month to record his first single in Jamaica in over a decade. The dancehall legend drew a large crowd of spectators everywhere on the island that he popped up. Winford Williams of OnStage caught up with the Ranks at the old skate land in Kingston. In the interview Shabba opened up about his thoughts on Vybz Kartel conviction and the current state of dancehall... »

Actor Tracy Morgan In Critical Condition Following Deadly Car Crash

Actor Tracy Morgan In Critical Condition Following Deadly Car Crash

Actor Tracy Morgan is currently in critical condition in a New Jersey hospital following a deadly car crash on Saturday morning. According to TMZ, Morgan was riding in the back of a limo bus on the New Jersey Turnpike early Saturday morning when a tractor trailer rear ended the vehicle causing a 6-vehicle pileup on the busy road. One person was reportedly killed in the limo bus while two others ar... »

Rihanna & Drake Totally Ignored Each Other In Same Venue

Rihanna & Drake Totally Ignored Each Other In Same Venue

Are Drake and Rihanna now bitter exes? That’s the question everyone has been asking this week. After rekindling their old flame earlier this year, Rihanna and Drake seems to have parted ways in an unfavorable way, because now they are not even saying hi to each other. Drake performed with Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne at last weekend’s Hot 97 Summer Jam concert at the MetLife stadium in New Jersey. Ri... »

Sean Kingston Beat Up A Promoter In Hollywood

Sean Kingston Beat Up A Promoter In Hollywood

Sean Kingston is under investigation for allegedly orchestrating a beat down of a club promoter in Hollywood last night. According to TMZ Kingston and the club promoter got into it over his appearance fee for a hosting and appearance gig at Avalon in Hollywood Wednesday night. Carmen Electra and The Jazmin Sisters were also performing at the club. Kingston was reportedly paid half of his $11,000 a... »

Busy Signal Blast Mavado For Dissing His General

Busy Signal Blast Mavado For Dissing His General

Busy Signal is disgruntle because he feels that Mavado and his associates are dissing his general Boiunty Killer. According to Busy Signal, he is just correcting Mavado for dissing Bounty Killer. “This situation in terms of Mavado now, I was just correcting little Mavado, because we know little Mavado from Singing Blacks, it was Alliance, it was Bounty Killer, Bling Dawg, Vybz Kartel, Wayne Marsha... »

Mr. Vegas Sets The Record Straight With I-Octane Beef (VIDEO)

Mr. Vegas Sets The Record Straight With I-Octane Beef (VIDEO)

Mr. Vegas and I-Octane has reignite their year long feud with each artist taking a jab at the other over who should close Reggae Sumfest Dancehall Night. The “Bruk It Down” deejay has released a video addressing the feud and where he stands. According to Mr. Vegas, I-Octane is using him being on Sumfest lineup as an excuse not to close the show after building up the hype. “Coming out now when Mr. ... »

Beenie Man Talks D’Angel Cheating, Vybz Kartel Life Sentence (VIDEO)

Beenie Man Talks D’Angel Cheating, Vybz Kartel Life Sentence (VIDEO)

Beenie Man  is the girl them sugar but that doesn’t stop his girlfriends or wife from cheating on him. Beenie Man stopped by the Breakfast Club on Power 105.1 with Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy and Angela Yee last week where he opened up about women cheating versus men cheating, as well as, his thoughts on Vybz Kartel conviction and subsequent life sentence. When asked by Angela Yee if his ex-wife ... »

Beyonce Attacked 50 Cent Over His Beef With Jay Z

Beyonce Attacked 50 Cent Over His Beef With Jay Z

Beyonce is a ride or die chick and she will protect her man down to the very end. 50 Cent says Beyonce once confronted him over his beef with her husband Jay Z. The G-Unit head made the revelation in an interview with Power 105.1 Breakfast Club. This is what 50 Cent said: “One time [Beyoncé] jumped off of a ledge and came running over cause she thought me and Jay had issues. And I’m like, ‘What th... »

American Gospel Singer Donnie McClurkin donates $60m in medical supplies to Jamaica

American Gospel Singer Donnie McClurkin donates $60m in medical supplies to Jamaica

The public health sector received a gift of medical supplies valued at more than $60 million from well-known American gospel singer Donnie McClurkin Monday afternoon. Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson accepted the donation of syringes, medication, surgical tools and equipment which, he said, will be supplied on a demand basis to hospitals and health centres across the island. Addressing the prese... »

Court dismisses record company’s claim to Marley songs

Court dismisses record company’s claim to Marley songs

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A British High Court judge on Wednesday dismissed a record company’s claim to the rights to 13 Bob Marley songs, including the 1974 classic No Woman, No Cry. The judge, who heard evidence at a trial in May, delivered the ruling on the dispute involving Cayman Music and Blue Mountain Music at a hearing in London, Ireland’s RTE News reported. No Woman, No Cry, o... »

Justin Bieber Issue Apology For Racist N Word Video

Justin Bieber Issue Apology For Racist N Word Video

Justin Bieber is sorry that he was ignorant when he was 15 years old and his black associates are also running to his defense. The distasteful video was posted last week by a British tabloid showing a young Bieber making a joke about why black people are afraid of chainsaws. He then repeat the infamous punchline “Run ni–er ni–er ni–er ni–er.” But now the pop star has issued an apology. “Thanks to ... »

Gays Protesting Capleton In New York Goes In Vain

Gays Protesting Capleton In New York Goes In Vain

Capleton was in fine form at BB King Club and Grill in New York last weekend despite a massive protest from gay rights group to axe him off the show. The protest comes only days after gays protest against Queen Ifrica causing the promoter of a show in New York to take her off the roster. The Jamaica Anti-Homophobia Stand (JAHS) issued a statement condemning Capleton’s performance. “The protest cal... »

Tarrus Riley  Love Sityation Pop Up Shop Meet And Greet @ Ms Lilys Nyc

Tarrus Riley Love Sityation Pop Up Shop Meet And Greet @ Ms Lilys Nyc

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Mavado Says Bounty Killer Mixing Hennessy With Crack, Talks Feud (VIDEO)

Mavado Says Bounty Killer Mixing Hennessy With Crack, Talks Feud (VIDEO)

Mavado is strongly defending himself against harsh criticism that he betrayed his former mentor Bounty Killer. Bounty Killer recently reignite his beef with the his former protege with a slew of hard hitting diss tracks. But Mavado called the tracks garbage and says he will not be responding to the dancehall legend. Winford Williams of OnStage caught up with Mavado last week at DJ Khaled’s studio ... »

Beyonce & Jay Z Divorcing Over Cheating With Bodyguard Rumors

Beyonce & Jay Z Divorcing Over Cheating With Bodyguard Rumors

Hip-hop’s royal couple, Beyonce and Jay Z, made tabloids headlines this week over more divorce and cheating rumors. Since video footage leaked of a fight between the rap titan and his sister-in-law Solange Knowles leaked online over a month ago, the family have been constantly in the news. Now a British tabloid is claiming that Jay Z is considering divorcing Beyonce after more rumors surfaced clai... »

I’m not homophobic, Queen Ifrica insists

I’m not homophobic, Queen Ifrica insists

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Reggae singer and deejay, Queen Ifrica, on Monday sought to clear the air regarding her ongoing contentious association with the gay community. Queen Ifrica told OBSERVER ONLINE that she is not homophobic, insisting instead that she has love for everyone in spite of their beliefs. “One thing that a lot of people don’t know about me is that I love people, regardless of the... »

DJ Khaled Call For Peace Collabo Between Mavado & Bounty Killer (VIDEO)

DJ Khaled Call For Peace Collabo Between Mavado & Bounty Killer (VIDEO)

DJ Khaled says bury the beef. The We The Best Music head sat down with Winford Williams of OnStage in his studio in Miami last week. Khaled opened up about his thoughts on the Mavado and Bounty Killer feud which has flared up in recent weeks with diss tracks from the dancehall legend. “Mavado is my friend and I heard things in the street that there is a little vibe going on… But at the end of the ... »

Tommy Lee Protege Tattoo 666 On His Forehead

Tommy Lee Protege Tattoo 666 On His Forehead

The guy in this picture says he is Tommy Lee Sparta protege. Once upon a time in reggae land devil worshipers in dancehall use to be condemn by some of the most passionate fans of any genre of music. But these days they are welcomed with open arms, at least by a sub segment of dancehall called the Gaza/Spartans.  An aspiring dancehall artist who goes by the name Lee 2 Sparta shared this photo on T... »

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