<strong>Ne-Yo Launched Compound Island Label In JA</strong>

Ne-Yo Launched Compound Island Label In JA

American singer/songwriter Ne-yo was in New Kingston, Jamaica this past Tuesday. Ne-yo was already in Jamaica for Caribbean Fashion Week and for the launch of his Caribbean music label, Compound Island, a version of his label Compound Entertainment. Ne-yo ‘s goal with the new label is to broadcast and give international exposure to new Jamaican […]

<strong>Top 25 Dancehall Singles Jamaican Charts June 2011</strong>

Top 25 Dancehall Singles Jamaican Charts June 2011

Check out the topping songs in Jamaican music charts for this month of June 2011. This month charts are really super lit and super hot with some of the biggest hits from Vybz Kartel, Assassin, Mavado, Chan Dizzy, Aidonia, I-Octane, and somr baddest females recording artists Cherine & Danielle, Toya, and many more top artists […]

<strong>Dancehall News: Merital Family Left Vybz Kartel’s Gaza</strong>

Dancehall News: Merital Family Left Vybz Kartel’s Gaza

Dancehall group Merital Family, from Montego Bay Jamaica, has announced that they are officially parting ways with the Portmore Empire, and will be handling their own booking and management in the near future. “For the last year and a half, we ah get stifle, we ah get overpriced, dem a tell people say we de […]

<strong>Jamaica Reggae Film Festival 2011 Honor Awards Full List</strong>

Jamaica Reggae Film Festival 2011 Honor Awards Full List

LIST OF WINNERS AND AWARDS AT REGGAE FILM FESTIVAL 2011 RBTT/RBC AWARD – MAKE A FILM IN 24 HOURS: ‘WHAT IF…” Vanessa Phillips UNESCO AWARD – FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: FIRE IN BABYLON’ (Dir: Stevan Riley) ‘REGGAE BRITANNIA’ (Dir: Jeremy Marre) Nominees: BOB MARLEY: MAKING OF A LEGEND (Dir: Esther Anderson/Gian Goody) HOLDING ON TO JAH (Dir: […]

<strong>New York Caribbean International Fashion Week</strong>

New York Caribbean International Fashion Week

Diamond Noir Collective, in collaboration with the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) announced to MissGaza that they will host the 2011 Caribbean International Fashion Week (CIFW). The premier fashion event is a showcase for pre-eminent designers from Caribbean nations to debut their summer lines. It will be held Wednesday, June 8th, at Arena, 135 West 41st […]

<strong>Dancehall News: Vybz Kartel’s Book Out In Summer</strong>

Dancehall News: Vybz Kartel’s Book Out In Summer

Vybz Kartel announced that he will be publishing a book that will be printed for the summer. CLICK HERE TO BUY VYBZ KARTEL’S BOOK THE VOICE OF THE JAMAICAN GHETTO The Jamaican Dancehall Superstar said that the book has been in the making for over two years and it’s now ready to be printed. He […]

<strong>Dancehall News: Mavado Arrested & Out On Bail</strong>

Dancehall News: Mavado Arrested & Out On Bail

Popular Jamaican Dancehall entertainer, David Brooks, a.k.a, Mavado the Gullly God, has been spending some time behind bars following an arrest in the parish of St. Ann in his native Jamaica. Mavado and members of his entourage were taken in by St. Ann police following an incident at a local nightclub. The popular Jamaican recording […]

<strong>Jamaica Reggae Film Festival [Best Jamaican Movies List]</strong>

Jamaica Reggae Film Festival [Best Jamaican Movies List]

While France has its famous Cannes Film Festival  Jamaica has an excellent Film Festival. In few days the 3rd edition of Reggae Film Festival will take place at Studio 38 in New Kingston, Jamaica, from May 23rd-28th, 2011. Don’t miss out this event packed with premieres, seminars, competitions, new digital media work, live music performances […]

<strong>Jamaican Reggae Music For Japan [Updates]</strong>

Jamaican Reggae Music For Japan [Updates]

If you are in New York on June 5 make sure to don’t miss this event: “Reggae 4 Japan,” a benefit concert to support the Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Relief Effort of the American Red Cross. Mark the date! June 5, 2011 at the York College Performing Arts Center in Queens, New York. A […]

<strong>Meet Pop Reggae Artist Nefatari Cooper</strong>

Meet Pop Reggae Artist Nefatari Cooper

Meet Nefatari. Her name triggered my curiosity since I first heard it. She is a very beautiful and young recording artist and  also talented : she ‘s been collecting more than a standing ovation and one of them was on Clarendon’s Music Awards stage this past edition, in Jamaica. Let’s start from her name…Her parents choose […]

<strong>Watch Perry Henzell’s “The Harder They Come” [Full Movie HD]</strong>

Watch Perry Henzell’s “The Harder They Come” [Full Movie HD]

The unforgettable 1972 flick with Jimmy Cliff is a  classic Jamaican movie and it will be remade using the production companies of United Kingdom- based Zingu Films and Canada-based Conquering Lion with producer Justine Henzell. The original film was written and directed by Perry Henzell, Justine Henzell’s father. Produced and set in Jamaica, the film […]

<strong>Listen To Vybz Kartel Song ‘Real Bad Man’ & More Dancehall News</strong>

Listen To Vybz Kartel Song ‘Real Bad Man’ & More Dancehall News

Party goers who expected to attend the ‘Colouring Book Party’ headlined by Vybz Kartel last Saturday in Portmore, Jamaica, were forced to stay at home with their crayons. Police ordered organizers to postpone the event suggesting that the show is likely to attract criminal elements.  Although several tickets were sold for the party that was […]

<strong>‘Pretty as a Colouring Book: My Life and My Art’ Vybz Kartel</strong>

‘Pretty as a Colouring Book: My Life and My Art’ Vybz Kartel

The Department of Literatures in English and the Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS) Mona Unit UWI, Mona are co-hosting a public forum in which Adidja ‘Vybz KarteI’ Palmer delivered the main presentation. The event took place on Thursday, March 10 at 7 p.m. at the Undercroft, UWI, Mona. Kartel’s presentation is entitled, “‘Pretty […]

<strong>2011 EME Awards Reggae & Dancehall Music</strong>

2011 EME Awards Reggae & Dancehall Music

Shaggy, Sean Paul, Damian Marley, Beenie Man, Marcia Griffith, Lady Saw, Bounty Killer, Wayne Wonder and others will battle for the title of “Artist Of The Decade (2001-2010)” Award at the Excellence in Music and Entertainment (EME) set to take place on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at The East Lawn of the historical Devon House […]