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Minister Marion Hall has launched a US$2-million GoFundMe campaign in aid of building her church. The gospel artist, who hung up her secular shoes as the formidable Lady Saw in 2015, founded the Holy Ghost Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ in 2020.
The Strong One Etana has come out swinging at Orgasm riddim producer Richard ‘Shams’ Browne, after he approached her asking to record a Christmas song for VP Records, with whom she has an ongoing multi-million dollar breach of contract and copyright infringement lawsuit.
Rohan Marley and his company Shashamane Group LLC have responded to a US$18.7 million lawsuit from their former employee Chloe Villano, who claims she was subjected to quid pro quo harassment, unlawful discrimination, and wrongful termination.
It appears that Popcaan wants to remind everyone that he’s responsible for giving some former Unruly members their break in the industry.
Jamaican artists Shenseea and Byron Messia have made their first appearances on three Billboard charts, released this week.
Dancehall artist Popcaan has come out in support of convicted Canadian rapper Tory Lanez who was yesterday sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the feet.
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has implicitly responded to criticisms of its soldiers’ performance during the Independence Day Gala on Sunday, where they combined traditional drill movements and rifle techniques with popular Dancehall dance moves, including the Rifle Walk dance.
British/Jamaican rapper Stefflon Don has made it clear that she’s no longer affiliated with Donatella Panayiotou and Eugene Church of the talent management agency, Connect The Dots International.
Gospel singer Acacia Islands believes that it was nothing less than divine intervention that she is still alive today after narrowly avoiding death in a horrific three-vehicle pile-up over 11 years ago.
Some Jamaicans are up in arms after the Government presented the Keys to the City of Kingston to Trinidadian Soca artist Machel Montano at the National Gala on Independence Day, many contending that while it was a good gesture, it was done at the “wrong place and at the wrong time.”
Two-time Grammy Award winner Burning Spear will performing in Israel on August 14 and 15, for the first time in 30 years.
Three months after it was announced that he will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, New York-based DJ Kool Herc who has the distinction of being the Father and founder of Hip-Hop, is set to get another accolade, this time national honours in the country of his birth, Jamaica.
Steely & Clevie Productions has firmly responded to five motions seeking to dismiss its massive copyright infringement lawsuit against nearly all of Reggaetón’s biggest stars, including Bad Bunny, Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Pitbull, Drake, and Justin Bieber.
Buju Banton said that his 1997 track Destiny was penned during a period of profound introspection, a time when he grappled with the thought of abandoning his musical journey.
Jesse Jendah—the Reggae artist who, in the summer of 1999, infamously offered a quarter pound of Westmoreland high-grade ganja to former Prime Minister PJ Patterson, to inspire him to pursue cannabis tourism, while the herb was still criminalized in Jamaica—has died.
Veteran Dancehall artist Cham added flair to LL Cool J’s Rock The Bells Festival at the Forest Hills Stadium in New York on Saturday (August 5, 2023).
Tami Chin says her husband Wayne Marshall deserves a week of curtsies for his outstanding achievement as a recipient of the Order of Distinction (Officer Class) national award.
Jamaican-American actor Michael Rainey Jr. proves once again how much of a Vybz Kartel fan he is, as seen in a recent performance of the deejay’s Benz Punany during a trip to Jamaica.
Typically on Independence Day (August 6), Jamaicans take part in huge street parades such as the renowned “Jamaica Festival”, don clothing colored like the Jamaican flag, and put on all manner of cultural displays.
Rising rap sensation BIA has sampled Red Rat‘s Tight Up Skirt (1997) in her new song, Oh No, off her latest EP, REALLY HER, which dropped last Friday, July 28.