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Published:Thursday | June 22, 2023 | 12:18 AM

Last Friday, entrepreneur and entertainer Grace ‘Spice’ Hamilton returned by popular demand to the Flow Business Inknowvation stage, to share gems that small business owners can utilise to grow their business. Hamilton, who has been in business...

Published:Thursday | June 22, 2023 | 12:14 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

The thanksgiving service for music industry stalwart Claudette Kemp, the manager for reggae artiste Capleton, will be held at the Boulevard Baptist Church, 2 Washington Boulevard, on Wednesday, July 19, starting at 2 p.m. In making the...

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 1:39 AM

HOUSTON (AP): Big Pokey, a popular Texas rapper and original member of Houston’s pioneering Screwed Up Click, died on Sunday after a Juneteenth performance. Born Milton Powell, Pokey was 48. Known for Texas and Gulf Coast hits such as Ball N’...

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 1:32 AM

BERLIN (AP): Writer Salman Rushdie has been awarded a prestigious German prize for his literary work and for his resolve and positive attitude in the face of constant danger, the prize organisers said Monday. The Peace Prize of the German Book...

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 1:28 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): Dr Dre will need to make room in his trophy case for another prestigious award. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers said on Tuesday that Dr Dre will receive the first-ever ASCAP Hip-Hop Icon Award. He’ll be...

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 11:11 AM

Great performances from the 16 contestants were the hallmark of the Magnum Tonic Wine Top Performa Roadshow in Linstead, as the series of roadshows got off to an epic start last Friday. The night’s festivities, hosted by Bishop Escobar, commenced...

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 1:00 AM

SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP): The rapper Quando Rondo has been jailed after being indicted on drug and gang charges in his hometown of Savannah. The 24-year-old rapper, whose given name is Tyquian Terrel Bowman, was behind bars in the Chatham County...

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 12:57 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Actor Jonathan Majors’ domestic violence case will go to trial August 3, a Manhattan judge said Tuesday, casting him in a real-life courtroom drama as his idled Hollywood career hangs in the balance. Judge Rachel Pauley wished...

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 12:46 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Graduations are always a milestone moment in one’s life, and artist Phillip Robinson can definitely relate. Having completed his four-year bachelor’s degree at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA), the former security...

Published:Wednesday | June 21, 2023 | 12:31 AM

Disney and Pixar’s Elemental is an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun...

Published:Tuesday | June 20, 2023 | 12:50 AMAlbert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Arrian Patman, a 25-year-old with a bachelor’s degree in diagnostic imaging – radiography from The University of the West Indies, was crowned Miss Westmoreland Festival Queen 2023 on Sunday night. The radiographer, who is...

Published:Tuesday | June 20, 2023 | 12:29 AM

HOUSTON (AP): Milton Powell, a Houston rapper who performed under the name Big Pokey and is credited with elevating the city’s hip-hop scene, died after collapsing during a show in Texas, a local official said on Monday. Tom Gillam III, a justice...

Published:Tuesday | June 20, 2023 | 12:23 AM

International artistes and chefs from across the Caribbean will give patrons a real island experience when they assemble at the Vizcaya Park in Miramar, South Florida, on Saturday, for the annual food and music fest. The 3rd Annual Taste of the...

Published:Monday | June 19, 2023 | 12:43 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

From a field of nine contestants, who all embodied the theme ‘The Jamaican Woman: Strong, Dignified, Creative’, Jhanielle Powell was last Saturday night crowned Miss Kingston and St Andrew Festival Queen at a well-attended event held at the Alfred...

Published:Monday | June 19, 2023 | 12:42 AM

The renowned National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) is set to mesmerise audiences with performances at the Atlanta Symphony Hall, Georgia on June 24 and 25. This special event, organised by the Calabar Old Boys Association, marks the closing...

Published:Monday | June 19, 2023 | 12:38 AM

Netflix gave audiences first looks at some planned and upcoming projects including Avatar: The Last Airbender, One Piece and the third season of Bridgerton at a fan event on Saturday. The event, called Tudum, was live-streamed from São Paulo,...

Published:Monday | June 19, 2023 | 12:37 AM

Erickay Chambers, a 22-year-old mathematics teacher at William Knibb High School, was crowned Miss Trelawny Festival Queen 2023 on Saturday night. The second runner-up was Bathsheda Harris; Jamelia Green, who won the Best Performer sectional prize...

Published:Monday | June 19, 2023 | 12:35 AM

Yellowman’s classic, Zunggunzungguguzungguzeng — the dancehall song with arguably the longest title — turns 40 this month. Forty years ago, in June 1983, Greensleeves Records rode the wave of the hottest emcee in reggae and dancehall, Yellowman...

Published:Monday | June 19, 2023 | 12:35 AMPaul H. Williams/Gleaner Writer

On Saturday, June 3, Queen Nanny Legendary Maroon Chieftainess, Roy T. Anderson’s second full-length documentary, premièred on American television via The African Channel. Last Saturday, Akwantu: The Journey debuted on the said channel at 1 p.m....

Published:Monday | June 19, 2023 | 12:33 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

Finally watching The Flash is a moment that feels misplaced in time. If the multiverse laden adventure of The Flash had been released just under a decade ago, it likely would have been revolutionary. Instead, with the explosion of multiverse-...

Published:Sunday | June 18, 2023 | 12:58 AMYasmine Peru - Sunday Gleaner Writer

“It’s a blessing be alive and standing beside I man daughter,” proud dad Albert ‘Ilawi’ Johnson told the gathering last Wednesday at Kingston Dub Club, just as he took “a talkaphone” as directed by his daughter, Hempress Sativa. The people had...

Published:Sunday | June 18, 2023 | 9:38 AM

NEW YORK (AP): “Take no prisoners – peacefully,” Carlos Santana sometimes tells his bandmates before taking the stage. “I don’t like to coast. I don’t like to rope-a-dope,” Santana says, “I want to get in the middle of the ring and knock the sucker...

Published:Sunday | June 18, 2023 | 12:47 AM

“Children live what they learn and you have to learn how to love,” said Kamau Imhotep, a percussionist and vocalist of rising roots-reggae band Kuzikk. “It is since I get to be a big man, I start to understand certain things; I recognise that every...

Published:Saturday | June 17, 2023 | 12:32 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): The Recording Academy announced a number of changes to the Grammy Awards, including a rule that stipulates “only human creators” can win the music industry’s highest honour in a decision aimed at the use of artificial...

Published:Saturday | June 17, 2023 | 12:27 AM

A weekend of activities to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the birth of Leonard Percival Howell, widely considered to be the founder and father of the Rastafari Movement in Jamaica, kicked off on Friday afternoon at Pinnacle in Sligoville, St...

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