Zac Jone$ first dreamt of having his own cannabis product like Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y while living in Los Angeles years ago. With the launch of the $tony Kush, a collaborative strain between himself and OHJA Herb House, Jone$’s dream is now a...
Nick Cannon’s son has died from a brain tumour. The 41-year-old star has confirmed that five-month-old Zen passed away after developing an “invasive mid-line brain tumour”. Nick told his talk show audience: “Over the weekend, I lost my youngest son...
West Side Story Are we friends or foes? Actors renowned in theatre and film, those new to the silver screen, and a host of talented singers and dancers join Steven Spielberg and his crew in bringing a new adaptation of the original, beloved...
Drumming to the beat of the holiday season, Island Kings is eager to spread some cheer the best way they know how. The all-male trio’s drive first drew attention with the release of a cover of Yaksta’s hit single Ambition recorded in a car. Now...
LOS ANGELES (AP): A photo of Betty White, with a dimpled smile and guileless gaze, fills the cover of a coffee-table book released the month before her 100th birthday. The image evokes the genuine White, according to the book’s author, Ray Richmond...
LOS ANGELES ( AP ): Drake has withdrawn his Grammy Award nominations. The four-time Grammy winner and his management asked the Recording Academy to withdraw his two nominations from the final-round ballot, two people familiar with the...
LOS ANGELES ( AP ): Drake has withdrawn his Grammy Award nominations. The four-time Grammy winner and his management asked the Recording Academy to withdraw his two nominations from the final-round ballot, two people familiar with the...
Evon Mullings, general manager of Jamaica Music Society (JAMMS), the Jamaican performance rights organisation, says members are losing millions of dollars in royalty payments and has called out the Government for “its failure to protect artistes...
New York: With the recent announcement by Barbados of 33-year-old pop superstar Rihanna as a national hero, Jamaicans in the diaspora have started to amplify calls for Reggae King Bob Marley to be installed as the eighth national hero of Jamaica....
‘Nuh weh nuh better dan yard’ was always the energy behind Julie Mango’s TikTok videos, filled with Jamaican proverbs, personalities and popular pastimes. But when she shared the infamous garden photo on her Instagram account, we knew that she was...
Shenseea won the award for Best Reggae Act at the British Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards, held at the Coventry Building Society Arena in London, England, on Sunday. The announcement was made on MOBO’s official Instagram page, and Shenseea...
One will recall travelling through the countryside near any river before dawn, capturing the sights of women with baskets of clothes settled down for a day’s worth of washing. Some were accompanied by little children whose laughter echoed into the...
In Rastafari, the touching of the ‘groun’ signifies the unification of the body and the Earth, and when the element of rain is added to that synergy, the showers are hailed as blessings. For that reason, the rain did not mark the end of the...
Projexx’s smooth style of serenading women and being able to maintain the respect of the strong male personalities in the music industry earns him more than one stripe. As an emerging artiste trying to erase the status quo of the music permeating...
Mr Lexx’s brand has become synonymous with evolution. The entertainer, who popularised the rap-deejay style of delivery in dancehall, is a very talented freestyler, and has become a popular media personality through his social media presence and co...
When I first heard about this movie, I’ll admit to thinking it was an odd choice. While I’m not against making a movie about the man behind a pair of tennis titans, he’s not exactly my first choice. Venus and Serena Williams are living legends, and...
CHICAGO (AP): An aspiring actor testified Wednesday that Jussie Smollett recruited him and his brother to stage a homophobic and racist attack on him in downtown Chicago nearly three years ago, saying the former Empire star even instructed them on...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Carlos Santana has successfully undergone a heart procedure and is cancelling several Las Vegas shows planned for December. In a video message released Wednesday, Santana said he asked his wife to take him to the hospital on...
Somewhere in-between the imagination of a seven-year-old boy playing the role of a talk-show host entertaining an audience of stuffed animals and action figures in his childhood bedroom, and being a distinguished sports journalist, interviewing...
Spotify Wrapped, the streaming giant’s annual list, which summarises the most played artistes and songs of the year in various territories, including Jamaica, features one Jamaican artiste in the Top 10 of the Most Played Songs list and three in...
In the pandemic-induced ghost town of Cologne, Germany, two producers set out to create a rhythm-juggling project that has now morphed into a vibrant, Afro-infectious love song belted out by Romain Virgo. The single, Good Woman, premières today,...
HOUSTON (AP): Several families of the 10 people who died from injuries in a massive crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival have turned down an offer by headliner Travis Scott to pay for their loved ones’ funeral costs. Attorneys for the families of...
CHICAGO (AP): Jussie Smollett, who is accused of lying to police when he reported he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in downtown Chicago, appeared troubled when he was told that a surveillance camera did not record the alleged...
The Barbados government announced on Monday, at an event welcoming its new status as a republic, that pop star and business mogul Rihanna is now the island’s 11th national hero. Even as congratulations have been flowing across social and...
