Toronto-born reggae singer Chelsea Stewart is not afraid to go old-school. The singer’s promotional street team has employed innovative guerrilla marketing tactics to sell CDs directly to people of Caribbean and black descent in her hometown, strong-arming the marketplace and creating a built-in audience for the young crooner. BOOKING NUMBER: 1(416)-525-8785 KAREN STEWART In the […]
Read MoreFAMILY MOURNS DEATH OF WOMAN AND HER SON –
The scourge of domestic violence continues to haunt Jamaicans as today’s double-murder-suicide in St. Thomas is believed to be a tragedy caused by jealousy and rage. One876 understands that a man killed his girlfriend, who is a member of the Jamaica Defence Force, and his two year old son and then set the bodies on […]
Read MoreFun in the Son to stream live on July 11th amid COVID-19 pandemic concerns
Organizers of Jamaica Fun In The Son, Tommy Cowan and Carlene Davis are looking to host a virtual staging this year on July 11th, amidst setbacks brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Cowan hopes to achieve this goal by streaming the annual Gospel music festival on various radio and television stations and social media platforms […]
Read MoreTeejay mourns friend gunned down in Marl Road
There was a quadruple shooting on Rosalee Avenue in the Marl Road community yesterday. Four men were shot – two of whom succumbed to injuries – as shooting accounts escalate islandwide. The deceased have been identified as 27-year-old Romario Wallen, otherwise called ‘Bassa’ of Rosalee Avenue and Phillip Lewis, otherwise called ‘Afro Man’. “We can […]
Read MoreMANHUNT LAUNCHED FOR MAN SUSPECTED IN DEATH OF MOTHER OF HIS FOUR CHILDREN IN MANCHESTER
A manhunt has been launched by the Manchester police in search of a man who is accused of killing the mother of his four children in the community of Heartease on the outskirts of Mandeville Thursday afternoon. Relatives of the deceased woman have identified her as Shanalee Bailey, who is believed to be in her […]
Read MoreFirst Lady of Lover’s Rock Sharon Forrester is ‘Simply Falling’
Don’t call it a comeback. The heart of reggae-soul singer Sharon Forrester never departed from reggae and lover’s rock music. In fact, Forrester’s latest release, ‘Simply Falling’, a cover of American singer Iyeoka, shows off the full range of her vocal prowess on this catchy tune. She said that Iyeoka’s original song spoke to her […]
Read MoreRT BOSS BURNS OUT LUDACRIS ABOUT ‘MURDER CAPITAL’ REMARK
Dancehall artiste RT Boss has taken issue with the controversial comments made by rapper Ludacris that dubbed Jamaica ‘the murder capital of the world’. “Even though I feel that he is joking, Ludacris needs to check himself. Jamaica is not the murder capital of the world, we have our problems just like any Third World […]
Read MoreInmate dies after 40 years in prison system without being charged
The general public has reacted with a mixture of dismay and horror at the death of an 81 year-old inmate, who had severed 40 years in prison without being tried or convicted for an offence. Photos emerged on Twitter that showed the emaciated, insect-bitten body of the 81 year-old man who seemed to have been […]
Read MoreWOMAN DOUSES TAXI OPERATOR WITH HOT OIL
A 32-year-old St Andrew woman is now on a murder charge after allegedly dousing a taxi operator with hot oil during a domestic dispute. The police are yet to finalise a date for the first court appearance of the accused, Melissa Sinclair of East King’s House Road. The police say on May 14, Sinclair and […]
Read MoreGalaxy Amunra P hits out at system with ‘Soul Fe the Money’
Dancehall artiste Galaxy ‘Amunra’ P is back with his lyrical guns blazing on the conscious single, ‘Soul Fe the Money’. “This song is a commentary on the state of your society, the moral standards has fallen to a low level where we are moving like robots, worshipping objects on the altar of commercialism, this is […]
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