Dancehall artiste Michael "Risto Benji" Benjamin was shot and killed in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, Monday night. The 36 year old veteran deejay was shot several times by a gunman in an area known as Vietnam.
Risto Benji was taken to the Spanish Town hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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Corey Todd has chosen to immediately dissolve his business partnership with Adidja "Vybz Kartel" Palmer in the wake of alleged threats made against Todd’s life.
Corey Todd stated;
Todd and Kartel started the Unlimited Daggering company three years ago to manufacture, market and distribute Street Vybz Rum and Daggering Condoms. The two also operate the Building nightclub in New Kingston.
Vybz Kartel issued a statement regarding his business partnership with Corey Todd;
A representative for the superstar singer confirmed Monday that Houston is undergoing treatment. Kristen Foster says Houston is in an out-patient program for drug and alcohol treatment. She says it is a voluntary measure and part of Houston's "long-standing" recovery process.
There have been many reports and rumors that dancehall/reggae artist Opal has been involved in a serious car accident. Opal Josephs better known as "Opal" was en route to a family function with 4 of her family members including her 8 years old niece, when a car proceed to U turn and hit their vehicle. No one was seriously injured but one of the passenger leg and neck was sprained while others received minor cuts and bruises. The 8 years old child is being observed but is not in serious condition.
Opal who has one of the hottest summer songs "Balance" produced by Young Veterans is slated for many appearances starting with an upcoming show in June. When asked about the incident she said "I am ok and thankful for life nothing else matters"
Jamaican drummer Lloyd Knibb, who helped develop and popularise the ska beat has died at the age of 80. Knibb was an original member of The Skatalites, a ska and reggae band created in 1964. His frenetic style was one of the band’s hallmarks.
Born in Kingston on March 8, 1931, Knibb came up in jazz but started exploring African rhythms in the early '50s as part of Rastafarian drummer Count Ossie's jam sessions. These beats, plus American R&B and a Jamaican folk style called "mento," led Knibb to develop ska's trademark propulsive drum sound, with accents on the upbeat. Slowed down and tweaked, this rhythm is the heartbeat of reggae: the one drop.
Knibb died May 12, 2011 from liver cancer.
Vybz Kartel send out a Blackberry Statement about the discussion over his hair style after his new look got picked up by international gossip site, mediatakeout.com.
Vybz Kartel had this to say;
Vybz Kartel - Never Love Another
A Dominican consumer protection agency says it will not allow a shipment of Jamaican cement valued at $250,000 to be unloaded because it lacks certification to guarantee its quality.
The announcement comes two days after the Jamaican government gave the Dominican Republic a 48-hour deadline to release the shipment of cement from the Kingston-based Carib Cement Company, which has been held by Dominican officials since last month.
Dominican Republic announced Monday that laboratory tests are needed to determine the quality of the cement.
A moderate earthquake has shaken up Jamaica, causing some panic but no reported damage across the island. The U.S. Geological Service says the magnitude-5.0 quake on Monday morning was centered about 38 miles (62 kilometers) south of the north coast city of Montego Bay. It had a depth of about 19 miles (31 kilometers).
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter-actress-dancer Kelly Rowland has announced the title of her eagerly awaited upcoming third solo album, HERE I AM, to be released by Universal Motown in Fall 2011. She revealed the title of HERE I AM and explained the inspiration for it in an exclusive interview with Billboard: “I was talking to my product manager [and] I said I wanted people to know that this is the record, the sound I’ve been working toward… that here I am. And she said, ‘That’s the title.’ It just connected with my heart and the music as well. It stands for everything I’ve gone through and thought about for this record as a woman. It’s very strong.”
Rowland’s album title announcement comes as her white-hot single...
The Jamaican government National Commission for Ganja recommendated that Jamaica decriminalize possession marijuana. The Ganja Commission's report is a decade old.
However government officials in Jamaica are now reviewing the commission's recommendations to decriminalize possession of small amounts of Ganja.
The report concluded ganja was "culturally entrenched" in Jamaica. The commission also said moderate use had no negative health effects on most users.
Any change in Jamaica's drug laws would have to be approved by Jamaica's Parliament.
At the start of the European tour, Marley injured his toe playing football. In July 1977, he was found to have acral lentiginous melanoma, a form of malignant melanoma. Despite his illness, he wished to continue touring and was in the process of scheduling a world tour in 1980.
The intention was for Inner Circle to be his opening act on the tour but after their lead singer Jacob Miller died in Jamaica in March 1980 after returning from a scouting mission in Brazil this was no longer mentioned.
The album Uprising was released in May 1980 (produced by Chris Blackwell), on which Redemption Song is particularly considered to be about Marley coming to terms with his mortality. The band completed a major tour of Europe, where they...
Two-time Amateur Night at the Apollo Winner, Final Outlaw, to compete for the title of Top Dog on May 11, 2011. This rising star is one of the only rappers to make it this far in the competition’s history. In the year’s prior, Amateur Night has launched the careers of countless stars, including James Brown, Lauryn Hill, and Michael Jackson. It is also known as one of the only venues in the country where a live audience response can make or break a career. As described by the Apollo, Final Outlaw “considers himself an artist for the people”. His third performance on this legendary stage promises to exhibit the fiery wordplay and feverish delivery that is rapidly making him an audience favorite.
Discovered at the Apollo Theater’s first...
Rapper Fat Joe has been all over the hip-hop music scene for years with throwback hits like “Lean Back,” “What’s Love” with Ashanti, “I Want You” with Mexican singer Thalia, to more recent hits like “If it Ain’t About Money” with Trey Songz and “HaHa Slow Down.”
Now, the talented rapper is taking a walk down comedy lane in his sequel to “LIL DPC: The World,” he’ll star in another short comedy film “LIL DPC 2″ playing himself. Fat Joe’s aim is turn “Lil DPC” into a legitimate hip hop artist, but when his manager clashes with the rising star, Fat Joe must figure out how to make it all work!
Check out the film here:
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been buried at sea. Islamic practice and tradition calls for the body to be buried within 24 hours.
A small team of U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden Sunday in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in a suburb about 35 miles north of Islamabad, in a helicopter assault on the massive, heavily secured compound where he had been hiding. The U.S. team took custody of bin Laden's body and confirmed his identity
Vybz Kartel claims that he will no longer record any gun, badman lyrics or counteractions to any artiste lyrics. Kartel insists he will no longer perform such lyrics so that other artist will stop living off his name.
Kartel stated
Source: Jamaica Star
Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon celebrated their third anniversary by becoming parents to a baby girl and boy.Carey, 41, and Cannon, 30, confirmed the news via Twitter today. Carey delivered the babies Saturday at 12:07 p.m. EST at an undisclosed hospital in Los Angeles.
The baby girl was born first, weighing 5 lbs., 3 oz., and was 18 inches long; her brother was next, at 5 lbs. 6 oz., and was 19 inches.
Jamaican Marloe Rodman rode the race of his life to win the feature 14-lap grind at the Beacon-sponsored Trinidad and Tobago Cycling Festival around the Queen’s Park Savannah. And for his victory on Thursday night, he collected a handsome $10,000 along with a $5,000 bonus for being a West Indian rider.
The region’s new low-cost carrier, REDJet, may not encounter as many obstacles to fly to Jamaica as it is currently facing in Trinidad and Tobago. The airline was told last week that it should stop advertising for flights to Trinidad and Tobago until it got approval.
REDJet is scheduled to begin its initial flights on May 8, offering base fares from US$9.99 one-way, excluding applicable taxes and other charges, between Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Guyana and Barbados.
REDjet (Airone Caribbean/Airone Ventures Limited) is a startup LCC based at the Grantley Adams International Airport in Christ Church, Barbados. The privately-owned airline, incorporated in St. Lucia, features two McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft. Initially...
It appears that some of the employees at Flavor Flav’s Chicken restaurant are a bit upset with him.
According to the employees, their payroll checks have bounced and they are owed at three weeks of back pay. One of the employees stated that the bank wouldn’t even cash her check, which was only $150.
Flav, along with the co-owner of the restaurant, Nick Cimino opened this restaurant in Clinton, Iowa back in January 2011. Flav used his past experience in the restaurant industry and his culinary degree to develop the plan for the restaurant. His business partner, Cimino, also owns several other restaurants located in Las Vegas and Clinton as well.
Although the restaurant has been open since January, they just had their grand...
The man accused of chopping the English couple Peter and Murium Green was set free, more than 18 months after the horrific assault, without a trial in Trinidad and Tobago. The couple suffered a brutal cutlass attack at their Bacolet home on August 1, 2009. The bloody assault left them physically scarred and traumatised.
Clint Alexis was arrested a few days after the incident, but even then there were signs that something was amiss with the case. In an unusual move, his Argyle neighbours protested outside the court, saying he had been at home with an injured leg when the attack took place.