ROTA is Reggae on the Avenue, and it is arguably the best representative of an authentic dancehall party in Brooklyn, New York City. It mimics Jamaica as a sort of outdoor/indoor street location and due to its summertime set-up, the ROTA party...
The solo journey of Delomar, formerly of the duo RDX, has led to the upcoming release of his first solo album, and while he is super excited to unveil it in November, there’s a bit of semantics involved that require some sort of explanation. First...
It started out simply enough. Two women, down on their luck with bills to pay and barely scraping by, find themselves in the presence of billionaires and others in high society. With a pair of cocktail dresses and a dream, they managed to snag an...
Rich Homie Quan, the Atlanta rapper who gained mainstream fame through the trap singles Type of Way and Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh), has died. He was 33-years-old. Quan, whose legal name is Dequantes Devontay Lamar, died at an Atlanta hospital, the...
Remone Watson, the 2023 Digicel Rising Star, took on a new challenge this year by entering the Mr World Jamaica 2024 competition, where he made it to the top five and secured the Talent Fast Track winner and ‘Most Poised’ sectional prizes. The...
Published:Thursday | September 5, 2024 | 12:08 AM-
LOS ANGELES (AP): Taraji P. Henson will receive an honorary AARP Award for eradicating the stigma around mental health within marginalised communities through her foundation that was created in honour of her father. The organisation announced...
Published:Wednesday | September 4, 2024 | 12:09 AM
Kandi King, who, as the ‘Karnival Kween’, has a proven track record in the carnival space, has been appointed head of marketing at Xodus Carnival. “King is poised to elevate Xodus’ brand presence and engagement in new and exciting ways, as she...
Veteran deejay, Cleveland ‘Lt Stitchie’ Laing, is reportedly ill and “unresponsive” and Sophia Laing is requesting financial assistance from the public for his medical care. Sophia has taken to the crowdfunding platform, GoFundMe, to seek...
Published:Wednesday | September 4, 2024 | 12:06 AM
Beetlejuice is back! Oscar-nominated, singular creative visionary Tim Burton and Oscar nominee and star Michael Keaton reunite for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel to Burton’s award-winning Beetlejuice. After an unexpected family...
Jamaica is set to make a triumphant return to the Mr World competition after a more than 25-year hiatus with the crowning of Tarique Barrett as Mr. World Jamaica 2024. The highly anticipated event took place on Sunday night, where Barrett was...
Fantan Mojah has definitely got his mojo back, and that is due in part to the excellent CSEC results from his daughter, Fantasia. The Holy Childhood High School graduate was successful in nine of 10 subjects that she sat in the recent examinations...
Rising singer J’Calm is preparing to unveil his new EP. The yet-to-be titled project, which J’Calm describes as “a continuation of a story that is self-written, connected to, but definitely different from the Niche album” is set for release later...
Fatman Scoop’s ex-wife, Shanda Freeman, is “heartbroken” by his tragic death. The Be Faithful hitmaker, whose real name was Isaac Freeman III, collapsed while performing at Hamden Town Center Park in Connecticut on Friday, before he was rushed to...
Although there were no crowns, thrones, golden microphones, plaques, fancy speeches, nor any other kind of officialdom normally associated with an event titled ‘The Crowning ...’, that certainly didn’t prevent the man of the moment Leroy Sibbles,...
Jamaica will participate in the Mr World competition for the first time in more than 25 years with the crowning of Tarique Barrett. Barrett was crowned on Sunday night by Dahlia Harris, co-franchise holder of the Miss Jamaica World and Mr World...
WESTERN BUREAU: Reggae King Bob Marley spoke poignantly of the poverty he faced growing up in Trench Town in songs such as the classic No Woman, No Cry as he assures that “Everything is going to be alright”. It is the posture 16-year-old Kingston...
Musician Bart Willoughby speaks eloquently about the “powerfulness of truth” and the fact that “truth doesn’t tell lies”. A member of the original people who inhabited Australia, he also speaks with a quiet passion about racism, being a part of...
Christopher Ellis, the renowned singer following in the footsteps of his legendary father, Alton Ellis, has just released his latest single, Miss You. This heartfelt song is a loving tribute to his father, famously known as the Godfather of...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Every day, millions of people use Spotify to stream music. A few years ago, it would’ve felt like an impossibility. Streaming now accounts for most of the money generated by the music industry – 84 per cent in the United States...
As Jamaica continues to make strides in the global film and movie industries, The Creative Factory and iKon Media, two of the island’s creative agencies, have joined forces to establish GoalPost, a state-of-the-art post-production suite. Jason...
Being no stranger to the Grammys, 2024 Best Reggae Album Grammy winners Alexx Antaeus and Julian Marley decide to ‘rally back’ on the upcoming 67th staging of the award show to challenge themselves on the Grammy’s new category for the ‘Best Remixed...
The annual Grammy Awards cycle is now in high gear. Today, August 30, is the final day to submit entries for the 67th annual Grammy Awards. Albums that are eligible for entry in the 2025 Grammy Awards are those that have been released between...
VENICE, Italy (AP): For Angelina Jolie, portraying the famed opera singer Maria Callas meant more to her than she can put into words. “I felt such a privilege to feel like I got to know this woman and got to be inside her skin a moment. I really...
During the recent Independence celebrations, gospel singer Chevelle Franklyn took a packed National Arena to church with a collection of praise and worship songs that included not only up-tempo, foot-stomping tracks but also songs that allowed...
