Dance Jamaica Academy’s Latonya Style says a lack of opportunites for up-and-coming talent has inspired a new venture called Premiere Wednesdays. The dancer has joined forces with professionals in the entertainment industry, including recording artiste R-Tadax, who has taken on the role as the executive producer for the event under his brand Talent Promotion and […]

TODAY, fathers across the world will be recognised for their contributions to their families. Reggae singer Warrior King feels the celebration of dads shouldn’t be reserved for only a day. “I love my father very much not only on Father’s Day but all-year-round. He is a very special person in my life,” he told the Jamaica […]

A real estate company in The Gambia has given deejay Mavado land in an upscale area of the West African country.The self-acclaimed “Gully God” performed in The Gambia for the first time on May 13 at a sold-out concert at Independence Stadium in the city of Bakau. The show reportedly drew 50,000 fans. According to […]

Lindo died at a London hospital on September 4 at age 64, from acute cardiac failure and arrhythmia. A press release from The Wailers said the service will be held at Ruach City Curch in Brixton Hill. Interment follows at Lambeth Cemetery in Brixton. Lindo started as a session musician while still a student at […]

prison. An officer at the McRae Correctional institution, where Buju spent the last eight years, said the entertainer was let out on Friday. The United States embassy in Kingston is tight-lipped about when reggae superstar Buju Banton will be returned to the country. Buju, 45,was arrested in December 2009, months after he was met by […]

Spice’s lawyer set for legal showdown Ayisha Robb, attorney-at-law representing Spice, says her legal team is ready to defend the Grammy-nominated dancehall act in court against any allegations by the Chug It team. “If they’re suing, they just have to do what they have to do. We can’t do anything about that. We’ll just defend […]

In the late 1990s and 2000s, dancehall entertainer Merciless engaged in several high-profile lyrical battles with fellow deejays Beenie Man, Ninjaman and Bounty Killer that made him an instant legend in the world of dancehall. Clad in full military gear and using his legendary catchphrase, ‘bad man no tek bad up’ at Sting 2000, he […]