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... »
American rapper Foxy Brown still loves her ex-fiance, Spragga Benz. In fact, she has described the Jamaican dancehall veteran as the only man to have ever stolen her heart. The Brooklyn emcee bared her soul in a lengthy post on social media last night, revealing intimate details of her relationship with Spragga, whose birth name is Carlton Grant. “(Sixteen) years ago in Trinidad, God sent me the o... »
Viral video star Demarjay Smith and sprint legend Usain Bolt ran a race for the world to see. The 8-year-old fitness star was invited on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Tuesday to speak about his viral video on what inspired him to begin helping others to get in shape, and was surprised when Olympic gold medalist sprinter Usain Bolt showed up and challenged him to a race. Bolt announced on his socia... »
Foota Hype has been the topic of much controversial discussions over the past couple of weeks. From his stroke, to proclamations of seeing extra-terrestrial beings, but now a new videohas been circulating. The video depicts a young woman being beaten by an older woman who appears to be her guardian. It was after being slapped repeatedly across the face that the young lady began screaming that she ... »
Dancehall star Beenie Man was reportedly barred from performing in Trinidad on Saturday because veteran deejay Shabba Ranks allegedly threw a tantrum when he heard that Beenie had been added to the lineup. The King of the Dancehall was contacted by Island Mix promoters to cover for Barrington Levy who was forced to cancel the event due to illness. Shabba, who was originally billed for the event du... »
“Tommy Lee You can’t kill me remember that” – Jr Dillinger, producer after alleged attempt on his life. It seems the feud between Dancehall Artiste Tommy Lee Sparta and Trinidadian producer Jr Dillinger is far from over and it’s getting more serious by the second. After leaked voice notes surfaced online last week, it’s being reported that an attempt was made on the producer’s life early this morn... »
Bogle’s Baby Mother Shot In Atlanta Tanya — The baby mother of Jamaican Dancing Legend Bogle was reportedly shot in Atlanta. Information surrounding the incident is sketchy but many post could be seen on social media wishing her a speedy recovery by fans of Bogle who is now deceased after being shot in 2005 at a service station along Constant Spring Road, St. Andrew. Others close to her are still ... »
Wedding bells? More Ishawnarumours started on Monday after yet another instagram post Ishawna knows how to make headlines the “Vroom Vroom” singer uploaded aphoto rocking some new bling sparking talks of possible engagement. Ishawna is currently off the island in Miami, around 1pm on Monday she took to instagram to post a caption-lessphoto, the Artiste can be seen rocking a dress decked in all blu... »
