Just as his gold-framed glasses and hat to the back have formed part of his look, so too has DJ Puffy’s masterful turntablism, mounting accolades and trailblazing innovation come to characterise his career. The Barbadian recently became the first...
Hanna Is Golden – she’s the TikTok phenom with more than 150,000 followers glued to her every move, most of which are dancehall. Adding to her allure are her Korean descent, Swedish residence and long history of teaching dancehall when the term ‘...
Producers Jermaine ‘Lenky’ Edwards and Norman ‘Bulpus’ Bryan showcase the essence of reggae-dancehall music with their new riddim titled ‘Hostile Takeover’. This latest collaboration features Capleton, Busy Signal, Delly Ranx, Munga Honorable, Jah...
The story of Cali P and TEKA’s Vizion album started in 2017 after the former heard a remix of a Migos song built by the Berlin producer. The sound, a genre-defying blend of pop culture’s finest, has served as the pen to the chapters of Vizion,...
Hotties and ShenYengz are on tenterhooks following the announcement that Shenseea and Megan Thee Stallion have collaborated on a new song. The single — Lick — will be released this Friday. "Get ready! We gonna go crazy this Friday!" posted...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Netflix could be a dominant force at next month’s NAACP Image Awards. On Tuesday, the streaming giant emerged with a leading 52 nominations, including the film The Harder They Fall. The movie – featuring a large starry cast...
Growing up, Lupita Nyong’o’s mother and her aunts were her “idols”. The 38-year-old actress – who was born to Kenyan parents, Dorothy Ogada Buyu and Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o – is currently starring in the all-female spy film The 355 and revealed the “...
My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission The biggest mission in hiroaka’s history A mysterious organisation known as Humarise threatens to wipe out all superhuman powers by releasing toxic Trigger Bombs all around the world. When the first bomb...
LOS ANGELES (AP): The 2022 Grammy Awards will shift to an April show in Las Vegas after recently postponing the ceremony due to rising COVID-19 cases because the omicron variant. According to a joint statement released Tuesday from the Recording...
Denzel Washington knows he’s “only got so much time left”. The 67-year-old actor admitted that the passing of his mother, Lennis, last June has made him question his purpose as a human being, so he is determined to “contribute” as much as he can...
Christine Byles, the older of two daughters of foundation singer Kenneth ‘Junior’ Byles, wants it known that she has power of attorney over everything to do with her father and is inviting all those who want to assist him in any way to get in...
On his official Twitter page, dancehall icon Shabba Ranks is described as “Da Emperor, Big Dutty Stinkin Shabba, Emperor GRUNG.” However, fans refer to him simply as Shabba, although his mother christened him Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon, when...
Sitting on a throne by the bridge at Cassava Piece, St Andrew, is Tina B, adorned in a crown and black gown, with gold accessories abounding. It’s a striking scene in the Damanic Visualz-directed music video for her single Champion, which premiered...
Dancehall veteran Yellowman is gearing up to kickstart the third leg of his ‘No More War’ tour across the United States. The tour is scheduled to commence in March and will again see the deejay being on the road with his daughter singer, K’Reema,...
Roaring into the new year, Cindy Lyons aims to take a bite out of the music industry. Already a pioneer in the fashion world, being named the winner of the inaugural Pulse Caribbean Model Search full-figure reality TV competition 12 years ago, she...
No further applications will be accepted for the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport's Entertainment, Culture and Creative Industries COVID-19 Grant Programme. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange...
When The Gleaner linked up with Tony Rebel, the first question we asked him was, ‘What do you want to tell Joe Byron right now?’ It was actually a no-brainer. It is January 2022 and Tony Rebel is enjoying himself immensely on TikTok. It is a whole...
Roc Nation and Geneva Club, in partnership with Netflix, on Friday released the motion picture score for The Harder They Fall. The score plays a key role in bringing the Western Revisionist film to life with vocals from the Fisk Jubilee Singers,...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Lionel Richie will be honoured all night long for his musical achievements. The Library of Congress said on Thursday that Richie will receive the national library’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. He will be bestowed the prize...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Police are investigating after a battery report was filed on Thursday against Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. The incident that spurred the complaint took place in downtown Los Angeles at about 3 a.m. on Thursday,...
Many threequels act as legacy films. Look no further than Spider-Man: No Way Home, which stands as the ultimate look back at over a decade of films. While not the case for Now Way Home, referencing a franchise’s history can often bog down a film...
Her talent is remarkable and incomparable; her smile, warm and irresistible. Strutting into any room with elegance and innate confidence, this Jamaican gem has captured the hearts of viewers all over the world with her iconic performances. And...
Meteoric Jamaican star Koffee is set to perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 16 and 23. The international music festival released the 2022 line-up on its social media on Wednesday, following a two-year hiatus because of...
Embarrassing, defamatory and scandalous is how Bert Samuels, the attorney-at-law for dancehall artiste Popcaan, described the deejay’s travel woes which sees red flags against his name which result in him being held in immigration whenever he...
Jamaican filmmaker and photographer Esther Anderson, is also known for her work with Chris Blackwell’s Island Records and her career as an actress. She secured roles in a number of early 1960s British television shows, including Dixon of Dock...
