As a business-minded individual, hip-hop icon Jay-Z does not limit his interest only in entertainment and music. As a proof that he is also into lifestyle and stuff, he just launched his new website which he called Life + Times. Life + Times features all kinds of interesting content but with no particular focus.

Life + Times which doubles as a promo for the rapper’s upcoming album includes advice, innovations and entertainment in categories of style, leisure, art and design, technology, music, and sports. ...

(AP) Mikeisha Simpson covers her body in greasy white cream and bundles up in a track suit to avoid the fierce sun of her native Jamaica, but she's not worried about skin cancer.

The 23-year-old resident of a Kingston ghetto hopes to transform her dark complexion to a cafe-au-lait-color common among Jamaica's elite and favored by many men in her neighborhood. She believes a fairer skin could be her ticket to a better life. So she spends her meager savings on cheap black-market concoctions that promise to lighten her pigment.

Simpson and her friends ultimately shrug off public health campaigns and reggae hits blasting the reckless practice.

"I hear the people that say bleaching is bad, but I'll still do it. I won't stop ...

Two members of the Royal Barbados Police Force, who are accused of rape and sexual assault of a 27-year-old Jamaican woman, have been formally charged. Constables Jonathan Barrow, 32, and constable Melanie Denny, 25.

Barrow is charged with serious indecency while Denny is accused of aiding and abetting Barrow to commit an act of serious indecency on the woman. Both were charged on Thursday April 07, 2011 and appeared in District A Magistrate’s Court on Friday April 08, 2011. They are expected ...

The movie The Harder They Come may be getting a remake. The 1972 film, which starred singer Jimmy Cliff, is credited with helping to introduce the world to reggae. The film came out around the same time that Bob Marley was also bringing reggae to the international arena.

Filming on the new The Harder They Come is scheduled to start later this year in Jamaica and England; the cast is still being finalized. ...

After collapsing at home last Friday and being rushed to the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) in St Andrew, rocksteady and Reggae pioneer, Bob Andy is said to be resting well.

The 66-year old artiste, whose real name is Keith Anderson, is reported to have suffered from a bleeding stomach ulcer. Bob Andy is now resting well under the care of his medical team at the UHWI, and is doing much better.

Source: Jamaica Observer ...

KC started the day in the lead, by 21 points, and after the first set of finals, the 400m, which ended without a single victory for neither of the challengers, who watched as Javere Bell of Seaford (46.54), Lennox Williams of Manchester (46.54) and Jordan James (50.28) took classes 1, 2 and 3 respectively. KC, however, maintained their lead 150-124 over JC.

The boys’ sprint hurdles were up next, KC with Stefan Fennell took the Class 1 110m Hurdles event in 13.68 while JC's with Tyler Mason (13.82) took Class 2, after which JC got closer with 164 to KC 169.

In the 800m finals, Holmwood's won Class ...

Rapper Snoop Dogg has decided to expand his Snoop Youth Football League to the city of Chicago. For the 2011 football season, he is planning to start at least eight chapters, which will cover different parts of the city. Chicago is the first city on the list for the expansion of the league.

The first four chapters will be the Chicago Chargers, the Jets, the Southside Seahawks, and the Raiders. Each chapter will have six different divisions for football and cheerleading. Other chapters may be started at a later date.

Appointed President Tonja Styles ...

Mavado recently dies doing any collaboration with Trindiad soca artist KMC, on a song called Bada Dan Dem. The track was released late 2009 had fans fooled, but the Alliance deejay denied doing the song during a recent interview with Jason Williams on Synergy TV in Trinidad.

Mavado Ft. KMC - Badda Dan Dem


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Domino’s Pizza is getting ready to launch their special edition Reggae Reggae pizza from this April. Featuring the original Reggae Reggae Jamaican sauce from musician Levi Roots, the Domino’s Pizza will be available as both a vegetarian and meat option with the latter topped with chicken, tomatoes, green peppers, pineapple and mozzarella.

Many franchises across the UK will be running their own special promotions on the Reggae Reggae pizza ahead of the official launch. In addition, Domino’s ...

A Jamaican man admitted in U.S. federal court on Tuesday to swindling thousands of Florida and Caribbean island investors out of more than $220 million.

David Smith, 41, pleaded guilty in Orlando, Florida, to multiple counts of wire fraud and money laundering. He laundered approximately $128 million to conceal the wire fraud.

He could face decades in prison for defrauding more than 6,000 investors during his three-year Ponzi scheme, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. No sentencing date has been set. ...

Barbados government issue a statement that there is no truth to a report by a Jamaican woman who claimed she was finger-searched before being denied entry into Barbados last week.

The Barbados government is however planning a high-level meeting with the Jamaican High Commissioner to Trinidad to try to prevent any major fallout between the two countries as a result of the media hype surrounding the incident.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Maxine McClean stated at a press conference, ...