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Don Yute reinvents career
Posted 03 April, 2011 | Comments: 0
Now in island, dancehall artist Don Yute says he is trying to reconnect with the Jamaican audience through his world hop based CD 'Golden Child Allstars'.
The artiste, who is based mainly in the United States, says his new production has collaborations with new artistes on his ...
Kartel to perform via satellite in Miami
Posted 24 March, 2011 | Comments: 0
Deejay Vybz Kartel might not have gotten back his visa, but that won't be stopping him from performing at this year's 'Best of the Best' concert in Miami for Memorial Day weekend.
Scheduled for the Bicentennial Park in Miami on Sunday, May 29, Kartel will be performing live via satellite. This will be the deejay's first ...
Singing Melody tops Dutch music charts
Posted 24 March, 2011 | Comments: 0
Reggae vocalist Singing Melody is now awaiting the release of the video for his latest single Wi Set The Trend which wrapped last Monday evening in the community of Duhaney Park, Kingston. The video which was directed by fast-rising director Karl Durrant was shot on several locations spanning Westminster Road, Cherry Gardens and Studio 45 in ...
Half Pint ready for One Love Reggae Concert
Posted 24 March, 2011 | Comments: 0
Fresh from his recent tour of the US East Coast as well as Hawaii, veteran reggae vocalist Half Pint will be the featured performer at the weekly One Love ReggaeConcert series in Negril.
The event, which is set to take place tonight at the Negril Escape venue, is expected to offer fans a true Half Pint experience ...
On the Buju Verdict - Sizzla, Ifrica comment
Posted 02 March, 2011 | Comments: 0
DEEJAYS Sizzla and Queen Ifrica have expressed divergent views on the guilty verdict of reggae star Buju Banton. Sizzla has called for Banton's release from 'Babylon' whilst Ifrica has warned wayward artistes to take heed.
"Free Buju Banton, burn up di wicked and trod a Mount Zion/ Red yuh nah ready and mi tuff like iron," sang ...
ReAD: Too much hip hop in dancehall
Posted 02 March, 2011 | Comments: 0
Although music evolves over time, some artistes and producers are saying that dancehall and reggae rhythms are now sounding too much like hip-hop ones.
On his recent trek to the Caribbean islands like Guadeloupe, Dominica, Barbados and Antigua, producer Mafia McKoy, also known as Blaqk Sheep, said he received numerous complaints from disc jocks who ...
Selector hits out against 'money pull-up' culture
Posted 02 March, 2011 | Comments: 0
If there's one thing that Vibes Machine and Stats International selector Stunkus wishes would just go away very quickly from the dancehall, it's the culture known as 'money pull-up'.
"It a mash up the dance," Stunkus laments. "It just make the dance get boring," he added, his face contorted with anger.
Money pull-up, as the name implies, is the ...
Keiva denies being in fight
Posted 02 March, 2011 | Comments: 0
Popular female dancer Keiva Hibbert, more popularly known as 'Keiva The Dancing Diva', yesterday dismissed allegations that she was involved in a fight at her store, Keiva's Kloset, located at Princeville Plaza on Constant Spring Road.
Initial reports were that on Friday, Keiva was beaten by another female, who believed that she was spreading bad news ...
Trina to add Jamaican flavour to new CD
Posted 26 February, 2011 | Comments: 0
RAPPER Trina, who will be honoured as an International Friend of Reggae at the 2011 Excellence in Music and Entertainment (EME) Awards in Kingston on March 12, is looking to add some Jamaican flavour on her sixth studio album which drops later this summer.
"Yes, I am working on a new song currently that I'm looking to ...
Reggae Producer, Donovan Germain gives his first filmed interview
Posted 26 February, 2011 | Comments: 0
Kingston, Jamaica - Irishandchin.com sits down with Donovan Germain, super producer, artist development guru and former manager of the Grammy-award winning Buju Banton, for the first filmed interview of his 40-year illustrious career. A true pioneer, who has been billed as the most successful Reggae producer in the digital era, Germain gives Irishandchin.com an ...
Beenie signs Pretti Kitti
Posted 26 February, 2011 | Comments: 0
The latest addition to Beenie Man's MD Entertainment label is a 21-year-old female artiste who goes by the moniker Pretti Kitti.
She is known for her collaboration with The Doctor, Sugar Plum Plum, which was a popular tracks on Seanizzle's 'Split Personality' rhythm.
Born Toisan Cazley, she fondly remembers and thanks deejay Fambo for introducing her to Beenie Man ...
Khago's management not in support of his recent single
Posted 26 February, 2011 | Comments: 0
The management of artiste Khago say they are completely against his recent recording of a song that is alleged to be a counteraction for a song previously recorded by I-Octane.
In a release sent to THE WEEKEND STAR yesterday, the artiste's manager, Bankey, said that his organisation, Bankylous Production, was not in support of any lyrical confrontation ...
Jennifer Hudson: A Star Is Reborn
Posted 26 February, 2011 | Comments: 0
After a few days of sleeping in a dank cell in South Africa, Jennifer Hudson started to lose it. In an attempt to channel Winnie Mandela for a new biopic about the controversial apartheid-era icon, Hudson opted to confine herself day and night to the prison set where the crew shot scenes depicting Mandela’s 500-plus days ...
Buju Banton Found Guilty On Drug Charges
Posted 24 February, 2011 | Comments: 0
Grammy Award winning dancehall reggae sensation Buju Banton has been found guilty on drug charges after many thought the artist would beat the odds after an earlier mistrial in the fall of 2010.
The Associated Press reported Tuesday evening that it took Tampa, Florida jurors 11 hours to convict Banton, born Mark Myrie, on three counts. The ...
NY radio bans Kartel music - refuses to play Vybz songs during Black History Month
Posted 08 February, 2011 | Comments: 0
New York clubdj and Irie Jam radio host/programme director, Dubb Master Chris, is standing by his decision not to play any songs by dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel during Black History Month.
The radio discjock had announced last week that he will not play any music from the artiste who has raised eyebrows for bleaching his ...
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