Articles Posted in the Celebrity Gossip Category
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JEEZANAGES!!! Toots sues bottle thrower for US$21 Million!!!
Reggae musician Frederick Toots Hibbert is suing the man accused of throwing a bottle at him during a concert in Virginia. Hibbert has filed a lawsuit in the Richmond Circuit Court against 19 year-old William C. Lewis, who is charged with felony malicious wounding. JEEZANAGES!!! Toots Hibbert sues former manager for scamming him out of [...]
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Lil Rick will not perform during Crop over 2013!
ONE OF BARBADOS’ most popular and entertaining artistes will not be competing in any of this year’s Crop Over Festival events. Ricky Li’l Rick Reid announced to hundreds of partygoers at Brewster’s Road Crew’s first fete for the season that he would be sitting out this year’s contests. “I will not be competing in the [...]
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Inner Circle resumes tour after bus crash!
Reggae band Inner Circle resumed its United States tour on Monday in San Diego, California, two days after their tour bus crashed in Louisiana. The band is scheduled to play the Chapparal Auditorium. According to a report from NBC affiliate television station NBC33, the Inner Circle bus crashed just outside the city of Baton Rouge [...]
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Duane Stephenson offered 3-year booking deal with South American company
Recently returned from a mega-successful mini-tour of Brazil, reggae singer Duane Stephenson is basking in the glowing aftermath of that trip. At the end of the tour, he knew three things for a fact: one – he had performed well; two – his audiences had been thrilled; and three – the promoters were all smiles. [...]
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Marcia Griffiths the voice of Caribbean soft drink – Ting
Reggae icon Marcia Griffiths is the new voice of Ting. The best selling female reggae artiste of all time, has lent her magical voice to one of the Caribbean’s most renowned soft drinks. Almost four decades later, as Pepsi Jamaica launches a new advertising campaign for its world-famous soft drink, all that was needed was [...]
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RUMOR CONTROL: Did Vybz Kartel sleep with Chuck Fenda’s baby mother???
Jamaica’s Worl’ Boss aka Vybz Kartel is the subject of yet another rumor but is it true??? According to our friends over at YardFlex, rumors circulating in the Jamaican music community state that Vybz Kartel was involved in a sexual relationship with Georgina Sergeon, the child’s mother of reggae artiste, Chuck Fenda. The story states [...]
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ShorBlu’s “Blu Vino” Wine & Music Festival encourages folks to “explore their vino palette”
Wine lovers unite! ShorBlu Events will celebrate their fourth annual “Blu Vino” Wine and Music Festival, on June 29th 2013, at the Broad Street Ballroom in New York City. This unrivaled wine lovers event is one of the most popular on ShorBlu’s annual calendar attracting hundreds of wine connoisseurs, music lovers, taste-makers and foodies to mingle [...]
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B.I.G. Awards to honor the New York Small Business and Community Leaders from the Caribbean
WhereItzAt Magazine, a New York city publishing leader in Caribbean entertainment and culture, today announced the launch of the Business Innovators & Game-Changers (B.I.G.) ™ Awards scheduled for June 28, 2013 at the Adria Hotel & Conference Center, 221-17 Northern Blvd., Bayside, NY 11361. The Business Innovators and Game-Changers™ (B.I.G.) Awards was created to honor [...]
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Tracey Night Talks The Tings Dem and Lands the Role of Vocal Coach for Frances Top Reality Show!
Hardcore Dancehall fans have a new Diva on the Caribbean landscape and she goes by the name of Tracey Night! Recently released, the single “Talk The Tings Dem” builds on the popular phrase ‘Tun Up’ made popular by Cham and his Wife O, however takes aim at ladies who claim to be in that elite category [...]
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Filmmakers travel to uncover steelpan communities in six countries in “Panomundo”
“The time has come and we are ready to make this happen,” says British award-winning director Keith Musaman Morton, as he raises a picture of a rusted steelpan. “Who would believe that [the steelpan] has come to symbolize so much?” Morton is one month away from beginning the second round of production for his documentary [...]
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Usain Bolt wins 200m in Diamond League in 19.79 seconds
In case you missed it… Six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt bounced back from a shock 100m defeat in Rome to ease to victory in the 200m at the recent Oslo Diamond League at the Bislett Stadium. Bolt returned to somewhere close to his best by running 19.79sec, the fastest 200m of the year. Norway’s [...]
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CONGRATS!!! Gyptian Goes Gold With His Mega Hit “Hold You”
VP Records is proud to announce that Gyptian’s hit song “Hold You” has officially reached Gold status according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The title-track smash off of Gyptian’s Billboard Top 200 album is the first song from a Jamaican reggae artist to sell over 500,000 copies in almost a decade. Gyptian is [...]
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World and Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown tested positive for a banned substance!!!
World 200m champion Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica has tested positive for a banned substance. A sample taken from the 31-year-old at the Jamaica Invitational on 4 May tested positive for a banned diuretic – something which is viewed as a masking agent by the World Anti-Doping Agency. She now faces a possible two-year suspension from [...]
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OH OH!!! Jamaican 400 metre runner Dominique Blake gets six year ban for doping!
Jamaican 400-meter runner Dominique Blake has been banned from the track for six years after failing a dope test. Blake tested positive last year for methyhexaneamine, a stimulant that is commonly used as a nasal decongestant and banned in competition. On Thursday, the Jamaica Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel handed down the ban for Blake’s positive test [...]
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Junior Reid Road Manager Dies From Heart Attack
Amidst preparations for his upcoming album and North American tour, tragedy has struck leaving Reggae stalwart Junior Reid stricken by the sudden death of his close friend and international road manager Mikey Jarrett Jr. According to the medical and police report Jarrett died from a heart attack on Tuesday while in Miami, Florida on a [...]
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DeMarco makes history as first Dancehall Artist on Arabian magazine cover
Dancehall superstar DeMarco created history by becoming the first dancehall act to be featured on the cover of an Arabian magazine. The Continue Whine singer who recently performed in Domeland Area, Dubai on May 31st, is featured on the cover and in a four-page spread of the May – June 2013 issue of Infusion Magazine. In [...]
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PHOTO: Usain Bolt under fire for promoting marijuana tee-shirts on Instagram!
Usain Bolt came under fire a few days ago when he posted the above photo on Instagram. The Caribbean Olympian came under attack by anti-drugs campaigners, who voiced that the sprinter he was not using wise judgment by promoting T-shirts made by US firm The Pothead Diaries, which celebrates the use of marijuana. Bolt is no [...]
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Beenie Man “Got The Draws” from Love & Hip Hop Atlanta star Trini’s Karlie Redd
Grammy-award winning artiste Beenie Man will appear on the VH1 reality series, Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta to record with the Trini-reppin’ aspiring rapper, Karlie Redd. The Jamaican King of The Dancehall is bragging that he “Got The Draws” …well maybe he did…but that’s actually the name of the collaboration between Beenie and and the [...]
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Machel Montano donation of $100K to T&T Charity amongst others, should be scrutinized
Caribbean music superstar Machel Montano has made a hefty donation to a Trinidad and Tobago charity, The Children’s Life Fund, founded by his bestie, the Prime Minister. According to the Trinidad Express: Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan yesterday thanked soca superstar Machel Montano for the generous contribution of $100,000 donated by his band, Xtatik Limited, [...]
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New partnerships formed for Caribbean Fever Music Festival in NYC, Labor Day Weekend 2013
White-Mark Entertainment (WME) recently announced its contract with the 2013 Caribbean Fever Music Festival, a premier celebration of Caribbean cultures, cuisine, fashion and music. Presented in partnership with Irie Jamboree, Inc., the Caribbean Fever Music Festival is a three-day live event taking place during Labor Day Weekend on Friday, August 30 through Sunday, September 1, [...]
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JEEZANAGES!!! Toots Hibbert sues former manager for scamming him out of his music
Reggae legend Frederick “Toots” Hibbert claims his former manager, Marc-Antoine Chetata, played him like a fiddle! The frontman for the Grammy-winning reggae band, Toots and the Maytal, has publicly stated that his former manager took advantage of his lack of business acumen after being hired in 1994 to take care of the band’s professional affairs. In [...]
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CONGRATS: Caymanian Treveen Stewart first ever Caribbean Next Top Model (PHOTOS)
In case you missed it… Treveen Stewart of the Cayman Islands is the first Caribbean Next Top Model winner. The five foot nine inches, Caribbean Next Top Model hopeful, earned the coveted title in the highly publicized Caribbean reality television competition against 22 other island beauties. Though the finale was down to Curaçao’s Stephany Francisca [...]
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NEW MUSIC: Wale feat. Rihanna – “Bad” (Remix)
On Monday June 3rd, MMG recording artist, Wale, teamed up with the baddest chick in the game, Rihanna, for the remix to his hit single “Bad.” Originally voiced by Tiara Thomas, the sexy Bajan diva threw her island swag, silky vocals and real life Bad mentality on the epic track. Frankly, though both versions are [...]
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The Marley-Owned, Ghetto Youths International announces Set Up Shop Tour
Ghetto Youths International is proud to announce U.S. dates for the Set Up Shop Tour. The Pacific Coast run – spanning Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California and Nevada – will feature performances by rising Ghetto Youths Crew members Wayne Marshall, Jo Mersa, Black-Am-I and Christopher Ellis along with reggae heavyweights Damian “Jr Gong” Marley and Stephen [...]
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Lady Saw ditches her cheating man after 15 years, 3 outside babies and millions spent!
In case you missed the spilled tea…. The Queen of Dancehall Lady Saw might have finally had it with John John, her unfaithful man of over 15 years! But why would Lady Saw, born Marion Hall, put up with such emotional atrocities and abuse for so long? Even to the lengths of paying for the [...]
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