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Dancehall artiste Rygin King has thanked fans for their support during his recent tribulations. “I’m blessed thanks be to God I just want to say everybody that Prayed for me I am grateful,” the deejay said in an Instagram post on Saturday. “For all that energy you guys send up to the big man for […]
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Eight persons were shot after patrons were making their way home from a party which had been held earlier on Olympic Way in St. Andrew last night. Two of the men were killed in the gun attack. The two men have been identified as 26 year-old Jerome Barnett aka Bugman and Rohan Clarke, otherwise called […]
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Dantay Brooks, the 18 year old son of entertainer Mavado Brooks, was sentenced to life imprisonment today in the Home Circuit Court. Brooks will have to serve 22 years before he is eligible for parole. Brooks was sentenced to 20 years for illegal possession of firearm and 15 years on the arson charge. All charges […]
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Six months after legendary Maytals frontman, Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert died from complications of COVID-19, Toots and The Maytals won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album with ‘Got to be Tough’ today. The announcement was made from the Staples Center where the 63rd Grammys were held virtually. Got to be Tough was released in August by Trojan […]
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Dancehall new generation titan Jason “I Waata” Bailey continues to carve out a reputable name for himself within the release of a hot new club banger, Tr888 with epic visuals to match. The rhyme slinger dropped a new track, Tr888 on the IWaataVEVO/YouTube a few days ago, and has already racked up over 132k views […]
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Tariq St. Patrick got himself into trouble again. And this time, it was the World Boss Vybz Kartel who came to his defence after Alkaline fans issued an online vendetta against him, and assailed his IG inbox with death threats. “Those are fake threats don’t pay dem no mind….just a bunch of wanna be angry […]
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There are unconfirmed reports that Mavado’s mother, Elizabeth ‘Ms. Pinny’ Gordon, died suddenly at a hospital in Kingston last night. “It was sudden, she wasn’t sick, so right now, the whole ah Cassava Piece feel it. People ah go miss Ms. Pinny,” one source told one876entertainment.com In the meantime, the artiste’s teenage son, Dantay Brooks, […]
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Five men were killed and two firearms seized in a joint police-military operation in Bedward Gardens, August Town this morning. A soldier was also reportedly injured during the operation. Residents said that the early morning operation may have caught the gunmen unawares. “It look like the soldier ketch dem a sleep and by the time dem wake […]
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British reggae vocalist Maxi Priest may be hoping that the third time’s the charm when he competes for a Reggae Grammy album for the third time in his illustrious career at this year’s Grammy Awards. “I was pleasantly surprised at the nomination, and of course, appreciative. If Toots wins, all of us wins, if I win, all […]
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Oneil Ford, the prime suspect in the murder of the Calabar coach, Nicholas Neufville and a 19 year-old female on Valentine’s Day last month was gunned down in a dramatic daylight shoot out with cops at the Portmore Mall. Senior superintendent Stephanie Lindsay, Head of the Constabulary Communication Unit, confirmed the shooting. “We understand that […]
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