Reggae legend Neville O’Reilly Livingstone, popularly known as ‘Bunny Wailer’, ‘Bunny Livingstone’ and most affectionately as ‘Jah B’, has died. He died at the Medical Associates Hospital in Kingston on Tuesday. He was 73. Bunny Wailer was the lone front-line surviving member of the iconic group, Bob Marley and the Wailers, and has long been […]
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Artykal celebrates 5,000 streams mark with new ‘Celebration’ album
Dancehall singjay Artykal has reason to celebrate as his latest album, ‘Celebration’ generated 5,000 streams within one week of its release date on December 25, 2020. “The reaction has been pretty good, the album peaked at #33 on the reggae iTunes and that represents significant growth in my career,” the artiste whose real name is […]
Read MoreBossie Music welcomes Spotify expansion to Caribbean and Africa
Music producer Samuel Doman a.k.a Bossie, chief executive officer of US-based independent label Bossie Music, is pleased that the popular streaming platform Spotify is expanding its services to Jamaica, the Caribbean, and over 80 new markets over the world. “This will help to put dancehall and reggae at its rightful place in the global music […]
Read MoreWoman who beat man in viral video arrested
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The Westmoreland police have arrested and charged a 40-year-old woman who was seen in a viral video on social media mercilessly beating a man with a machete during a dispute. Shernette Althea Beckford, a vendor of aPullet Lane Line Piece, Petersfield address in the parish was arrested and charged on Tuesday for […]
Read MoreShabba Ranks mourns the death of ‘Mama Christie’
CLAUDE MILLS/STAFF REPORTER Multi-Grammy winning artiste Shabba Ranks is mourning the death of his mother, Constance Christie, aka ‘Mama Christie’. The hardworking mother of seven children was reportedly 81 years old. Word of her death spread like wildfire on social media. Several persons, include Dexta Daps, tweeted their condolences. Dexta Daps wrote to his 1 […]
Read MoreMunga Honorable returns to court on Feb. 26
Dancehall star Munga Honorable will return to the Supreme Court for a case management conference on February 26 in relation to an ongoing murder case. “It’s a process and he (Munga) appreciates that it’s a process. He is really anxious to just get this behind him, but right now he’s focusing on his career. He […]
Read MoreCalabar coach Nicholas Newville is dead
Police investigators are now at a scene in Portmore, St Catherine where the bodies of a man and a woman were found this morning. The man has been identified as Nicholas ‘Soapman’ Neufville, a coach at Calabar High School, while the woman’s identity is not yet known. Neufville is a former athlete turned coach at […]
Read MoreIjahmar has a ‘Thousand Reasons’ to smile
On the rise dancehall artiste Ijahmar is a big believer in the power of optimism, especially in this, the age of the pandemic which has brought so much suffering and depression to millions of people across the world. That is why his latest release, the sunny dancehall single, ‘Thousand Reasons’ has struck the right chord […]
Read MoreSkillibeng surges to 2.4 million views with COKE in less than a week
Eastsyde Records, the label behind Skillibeng’s new drug-running hit ‘Coke’, is ecstatic that the video has racked up over 2.4 million views since its release almost a week ago. “So far, the views for the ‘Coke’ song is the most he has ever done in one week, normally it takes him two weeks to get there, […]
Read MoreMi nah bow to Muta – Fantan Mojah refuses to apologise
He should have called me first before him decide fi go bun me out on air. Two ah we ah public figures and there should be mutual respect, and him never deal with me with respect. Mi nah bow to Muta,” a determined Fantan said.
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