Stephen Marley puts up his house for Buju Stephen Marley has proven that he is truly a friend in deed. The son of Reggae king Bob Marley has put up his Miami-Dade house for bond in an effort to secure his friend Buju Banton’s release from the Pinellas County Jail. Two weeks ago Banton was [...]
Diana King is back after three years – Artiste promises a November to remember World renowned singing sensation and daughter of Jamaica, Diana King, promises a great performance to fans who come out to enjoy a special performance at the November 13 Spend an Evening with Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds charity event to be held at [...]
Reggae Legend Gregory Isaacs Dead at 59 Gregory Isaacs — one of the most popular and versatile reggae singers of the late-Seventies, and the smooth-voiced dancehall crooner behind the genre’s landmark 1982 LP Night Nurse — passed away this morning at his London home following a year-long battle with lung cancer, the BBC reports. Isaacs [...]
Reggae Star Gregory Isaacs Dies at 59 Reggae singer Gregory Isaacs has died at his London home aged 59 after a lengthy battle with cancer. His family was with him until the end. Best known for his 1982 hit, ‘Night Nurse’, Isaacs’ smoother style of reggae epitomised the Lovers Rock sub-genre but he’d been recording [...]
Reggae star wants his music to be contagious Omar Riley is no stranger to reggae music. He is the son of the legendary reggae singer Jimmy Riley. Omar, more popularly known as Tarrus, was born in the Bronx, New York in 1979. During his career, Tarrus has released three albums, Challenges (2004), Parables (2006), and [...]
Reggae trio pen ‘Freedom Story’ Reggae superstar Buju Banton, who was recently offered bail by a judge in Florida in his drug-related court case, is the subject of a recent song done by three Jamaican artistes. The inspirational track, titled Freedom Story, was done for Buju in what the writers describe as “one of the [...]
Countdown with the Diva Nicole Duhaney, better known as Nikki Z, has moved from mainstream radio to a niche audience with the programme ‘World Chart Countdown’ in the Sunshine City, Portmore, on a new station called Sun City 104.9. Since her hiatus from the scene in Jamaica, this driven diva has been counting more than [...]
Bail conditions proposed for reggae star Buju Banton If internationally known reggae star Buju Banton wants to get out of jail before his retrial on cocaine conspiracy charges, it won’t be cheap. To make bail, Banton would have to post $250,000 — secured by the equity in a friend’s house — wear an electronic monitor [...]
Chaka Demus recovering in hospital International recording artiste Chaka Demus, one half of the deejay-singer recording duo Chaka Demus and Pliers, is recovering in a Kingston hospital after a major surgery. According to reports, the deejay went to the Andrews Memorial Hospital last Tuesday for a routine check-up in preparation for an upcoming European tour. [...]
Cut from a different cloth A woman in the man’s world that is Jamaican soundsystem culture, Toronto’s Tasha Rozez is a force to be reckoned with. From the beginning, the mobile discotheque soundsystems that form the foundation of reggae music have been almost entirely male-dominated. But once Ms. Rozez gets on the mic and in [...]