Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have gone with a different surrogate to deliver their new baby — but it ain’t because they didn’t like the last one … she was simply unavailable. Sources close to the couple tell TMZ … Kim and Kanye hired a new woman to carry their fourth child, a boy … not the 20-something-year-old […]

Incarcerated reggae superstar Buju Banton says he only  wants to be associated with music after he is released from prison. Buju, who is scheduled to be released from US federal prison by December 8, yesterday released a statement saying: “I only want to be associated with my craft.” Buju, real name Mark Myrie, was convicted […]

MICHAEL Prophet, one of the many roots singers who emerged from the Jamaican dancehall during the 1980s, died in London last Saturday at age 60. Best known in Jamaica for the 1980 hit song Gunman, Prophet (real name Michael George Haynes) succumbed to cancer. Typical of artistes who worked the dancehall circuit, Prophet recorded for a […]

It’s kudos and commendations all round from organisers and participants in the Calabash Literary Festival, which was held in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, on the weekend. The three-day event — which was founded in 2001 — has seen a raft of noted acts perform on the seaside stage at Jakes Boutique Hotel in the quaint, […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Veteran Dancehall deejay Ninjaman was a short while ago given a life sentence in the Home Circuit Court for the March 2009 murder of Ricardo Johnson. He is to serve 25 years before being eligible for parole. He was given 20 years for shooting with intent and life imprisonment for murder. The […]

Italian reggae artiste Alborosie debuts at 13 on the sales-driven US Current Reggae Albums chart with his latest effort Back a Yard Dub . Released April 23 via VP Records, Back a Yard Dub has eight songs. It is the first charting title for Alborosie since 2018’s Unbreakable: Alborosie Meets the Wailers United peaked at six. To date, Alborosie has charted eight […]

Sean Paul rocked the house at Sandals Ochi Beach Resort in St Ann Saturday. The Grammy-winning deejay gave a thrilling hour-long performance. The event dubbed Mad Love: The Sean Paul VIP Experience was held in collaboration with the hotel chain. “His performance was absolutely unbelievable. For a long time I haven’t seen so much energy on […]