Category: News

Mr Vegas is today mourning the loss of his mother, affectionately referred to as Mama Lucille.

Embattled entertainer Vybz Kartel and Vawnessa ‘Gaza Slim’ Saddler will return to court on September 15. They, along with Andre ‘Pim Pim’ Henry will be tried on October 27 on charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

One876 sends big ups to UK dancehall deejay Stylo G who has teamed up with British electronic group Clean Bandit for the single, Come Over, which jumped to number 45 on the United Kingdom singles chart. It is also number 12 on the UK Dance chart and number 80 in Germany.

A healthy-again The Mighty Sparrow, the world’s most decorated calypso singer, will be the guest of honour at the glitzy opening night gala of this year’s Caribbean Tales International Film Festival (CTFF), which returns to its Toronto home base from September 3 through 13.

Reggae superstar Beres Hammond should be returning home soon after a successful month-long concert series that saw him criss-crossing the North Amercan continent. He kicked off the tour on August 2 at Gaylord’s Resort in Orlando, Florida before closing on the 30th at Jannus Live in St. Petersberg, Florida.

Beenie Man who arguably delivers the best song on the riddim with ‘Million Gal’. Beenie returns to his ‘gallis roots’ as he name drops Miley Cyrus, Rihanna and Katey, and outlines his gallis credentials with brilliant lines like “gal say mi sweet like pastry/it is mathematically crazy cause mi have more…much more than a million gal”.

Red hot dancehall act Ishawna has the breakout hit on the riddim with the emotionally-charged ‘Restraining Order’ which seems to have taken a life of its own because of its delicious subtext and real-life references to the end of her high-profile relationship with popular selector Foota Hype. The streets are buzzing with rumours about the fallout of the stormy relationship between Ishawna and Foota Hype, and it appears to have fuelled this song’s popularity on mix tape and radio.

Although he is incarcerated, Vybz Kartel’s large volume of work continues to carry on as his ‘Miami Vice Episode’ , released three months ago, has over 400,000 views on youtube. The beat is not even dancehall but he knocks the fuck out of the song anyways. Kudos to Addi!!!

There is a simmering feud between producer Justus Arison of JA Productions and selector Foota Hype that is threatening to boil over in the streets. The bad blood between the two allegedly started over three weeks ago when Foota Hype shut off the sound playing the Mavado title track single on Arison’s High Life riddim.

Ultra-talented reggae artiste Prince Levy is generating a huge buzz on FM radio with his latest hit, ‘London Bridge’. The well-produced single has been getting favourable spins on several radio stations here and stateside. The singer released a video to promote the song recently, and that video is now in steady rotation on CVM, RE, and HYPE TV over the last few weeks.