Articles Tagged “Jamaica”
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Etana Hosts and Wins Best Female Vocalist at 2013 IRAWMA
Etana held her own at the 32nd IRAWMA International Reggae and World Music Awards in Coral Springs, Florida this past Saturday (May 4). The VP recording artist hosted the annual ceremony, performed her latest single “Reggae” to the auditorium’s full house and took home the award for Best Female Vocalist. Marcia Griffiths, Queen Ifrica, Allison Hinds, [...]
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Sheila E joins Kelly Rowland for Caribbean FashionWeek (CFW) 2013
Music legend Sheila Escovedo, popularly known as Sheila E., will perform live with her band at Caribbean Fashionweek on Sunday, June 9. The iconic musician, singer of the hugely popular The Glamorous Life and drummer for the incomparable Prince, has combined careers of singer, songwriter, arranger, drummer, band member and, in recent years, musical director for [...]
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OFFICIAL VIDEO: Etana releases visuals for “Reggae” off her latest album, “Better Tomorrow”
Etana releases her brand new video for the contagious single “Reggae” off of her most recent effort Better Tomorrow. The latest visual, directed by Kerrin McLean, was shot in Kingston, Jamaica at music landmarks including the iconic Marley-owned Tuff Gong Studios, Rockers International record shop and Kingston Dub Club. MTV Iggy recently premiered the video, calling it [...]
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Reggae Icon Toots Hibbert Makes Financial Donation to Aid Cancer Patients in Jamaica
The Vincent HoSang Foundation (VHFF), a non for profit, US based origination that helps the less fortunate and provides scholarship and charitable assist for individuals and organizations in Jamaica and the Caribbean Diaspora is in a much better position today to execute its mandate, thanks to a generous donation from veteran singer Toots Hibbert. The [...]
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Ding Dong Unite Dancehall Acts In New Campaign For Safe Sex
Dancehall artiste Ding Dong known for hits such as ‘Holiday’ and ‘Gyalis’ has returned to the spotlight armed with a positive message for the youths. The entertainer recently joined forces with award winning producer Markus Myrie of Markus Records on a new single titled ‘Protect Your Life’, that sees a re-invented Ding Dong advocating for [...]
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NBC’s Jenna Wolfe announces she’s pregnant for her gay partner, Stephanie Gosk
A Caribbean-born major television news anchor here has come out publicly and stated that she is gay and having a baby with a reporter from the same television station. NBC newscaster Jenna Wolfe, 39, who was born in Jamaica and raised in Haiti, announced that she and the station’s foreign correspondent Stephanie Gosk, 40, have [...]
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DAMN!!! Shanique Myrie seeking $1Million in damages from Barbados
The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice, CCJ is to complete its hearing of submissions in the Shanique Myrie case today. The 25-year-old Jamaican wants the CCJ to determine the minimum standard of treatment for CARICOM citizens moving within the region under the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. The final submissions begun yesterday at the CCJ’s headquarters [...]
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Guadeloupe to host Third Annual International Congress of Caribbean Writers
The third International Congress of Caribbean Writers will take place at the Langley Resort Fort Royal in Deshaies, Guadeloupe, French West Indies, from April 10 to 13, 2013. Held under the theme “Our Fight for Freedom, A Collective Epic”, the prestigious event takes places every two years under the auspices of the Regional Council of [...]
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Demarco Wraps 3-City U.S. Stint & Partners With Liquid Herbal Nitro Energy Drink
Intent on making an indelible mark this year, accomplished Jamaican entertainer Demarco continues to up the ante on his career. The Starkutt Records / True Gift Entertainment recording artiste last week departed the island for a three city U.S stint which culminated on Easter Monday. This comes on the heels of his recent six-month-long four [...]
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Jamaica creates new lottery-scam legislation in fight against scammers
Persons engaged in identity theft will soon be captured under Jamaica’s new lottery-scam legislation more formally designated the Law Reform Fraudulent Transaction Special Provisions Act of 2013. Director of legal reform in the Ministry of Justice, Maurice Bailey, told members of a joint select committee reviewing the Cybercrime Act that the lotto-scam law criminalized identity [...]
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From eating pork to promoting gay marriage – Snoop Lion is one untraditional RASTA!
Snoop Lion’s PR has him constantly in the news, ever since he renounced the name Snoop Dogg and embraced Rastafarianism. However, despite his vocal love for the religion and the Jamaican culture, Snoop is not your average bon-a-fide RASTA, which beg the questions, is this a PR ploy to sell his “Reincarnated” reggae record and [...]
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OH OH! Busy Signal and his manager Shane Brown part ways!
Busy Signal and his longtime manager Shane Brown are parting ways. According to Busy Signal who recently returned from prison in the United States, he wants to have more control over his career. “Yeah, we parting ways in terms of management, and I just want it to be clear that we nuh have no bad [...]
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Yellowman 2CD/DVD Anthology – Jamaica’s First Dancehall SuperStar Unleashes Young Gifted and Yellow
Jamaica’s first dancehall superstar Yellowman ushered in a new era in reggae music. His early ’80s success brought the popularity of toasting (reggae’s equivalent of rapping) to a new level and helped establish dancehall as the wave of the future. On April 23, 2013, 17 North Parade will unlock its vaults once again to [...]
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Macbett to film in Jamaica and Puerto Rico starring Terrance Howard, Sanaa Lathan + more
Aleta Chappelle, the first African-American woman ever to direct a film version of a Shakespeare play, will direct and film her new project in Jamaica and Puerto Rico. Chappelle’s film adaptation of the classic Shakespearean play, “Macbeth,” entitled – Macbett, will star Blair Underwood, Evan Ross, Sanaa Lathan, Harry Lennix and Terrence Howard. Howard plays [...]
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US senators seek extradition of Jamaica scammers + 90 year old victim receives money back!
At least one victim in the United States (US) has been able to recover a portion out of over $19 million that was defrauded by Jamaican lottery scammers. According to a report on a US government-based website, www.ice.gov, the family of an elderly Raleigh woman who was defrauded of nearly US$200,000 (J$19,503,680) by Jamaican scammers [...]
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Vybz Kartel Accused Of Trying To Bribe Witness, Recording Behind Bars + His Lawyer Speaks
Controversial dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel, has been in remand on two counts of murder and other charges, for over 17 months! Vybz Kartel, born Adidjah Palmer, has seen his cases delayed for this period of time and has now been accused of trying to bribe a witness, in addition to, using a cell phone and [...]
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VIDEO: Usain Bolt wins third Laureus award. Full list inside…
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt has been named sportsman of the year at the prestigious Laureus Sports Awards, officials announced Monday night in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Usain Bolt has won his third Laureus Award after another dominant Olympic performance on the track at London, winning the gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay.Another, Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, [...]
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KONSHENS & the SubKonshus Band to perform LIVE in special concert Jamaican fans
Dancehall superstar Konshens, and his SubKonshus Band are set to perform live in Jamaica at the SubKonshus Music, Mackeson and Pepsi Jamaica sponsored event titled, KONSHENS LIVE. This special concert is a form of ‘giving back’ to his fans who were prevented from seeing his ‘Behind the Screens’ performance at Tracks and Records Sports Bar [...]
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Shanique Myrie vs Barbados lawsuit begins today in Jamaica
The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will hold its first ever sitting in Jamaica today to hear evidence from witnesses in the case in which a Jamaican national has sued Barbados. Shanique Myrie, 25, who was granted leave by the CCJ to file the action, alleges that when she traveled to Barbados on March, [...]
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TONIGHT: Peter Simon’s Reggae Bloodlines ‘Lens of A Generation’ Exhibit in Kingston
On Feb 28th, 2013 beginning at 7pm, Peter Simon’s retrospective photo exhibit Reggae Bloodlines ‘Lens of A Generation’ will debut at Puls8 night club in Kingston, Jamaica. Simon’s installation of powerful portraits of Jamaican culture from the early 1970s to present day include prominent reggae artists of each respective era. Plans for additional exhibits in the United States are [...]
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CONGRATS: NYC’s Irie Jam Radio Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Hard to imagine that it has been twenty years since Irie Jam radio launched the very first, historic radio simulcast on New York radio. Back then the show was on air for only three hours each Saturday night (midnight to 3am) on WRTN now WVIP in New York and Irie FM in Jamaica. CEO Bobby [...]
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Shaggy to launch his Ranch Ent. label in Jamaica
Grammy-winning Dancehall/Reggae musician, Shaggy will be launching his newly founded Ranch Entertainment record label in his native Kingston on February 26. The highly-revered entertainer originally launched the Reggae-fusion entity in 2011 and held a function commemorating this venture inside the Santos Party House in New York City last June. Now, Shaggy is set to host [...]
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Jamaican reggae artiste Chronixx named Peace Ambassador to Kenya
Fast-rising ‘conscious’ reggae singer Chronixx will be acting as peace ambassador for the upcoming general elections in Kenya. General election will be held in Kenya on March 4. It will be the first election held under the new constitution, which was passed during the 2010 referendum. It will also be the first general election run [...]
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Gibson Relays 2013 to air live to the World!
Good news for the thousands of athletics fans who would love to share the excitement of this thrilling relay carnival but can’t make it to Jamaica. We are taking it to the world. Best Seat in the House (Jamaica) and DC Digital have partnered with the Gibson Relays Organizing Committee to stream the entire event [...]
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Richie B moves on to MELLO FM
Broadcaster Richard ‘Richie B’ Burgess will be joining Montego Bay-based radio station MELLO FM effective Monday, March 4. He was employed to radio station Hot 102 for the last 10 years and was host of The Hot Mix. ‘Richie B’, a longstanding broadcaster with over 25 years experience, left Hot 102 FM a week ago. [...]
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