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Rapper Terius "Juvenile" Gray was arrested on Saturday night in Louisiana for marijuana possession and driving with a suspended license. Apparently, the rapper was pulled over for speeding, the rapper was doing 75 in a 65 speed zone. The Officer said after he stopped the 35-year-old rapper, he smelled marijuana and Gray handed over small bag of it when asked. The suspended license appeared when police checked his name with law enforcement records. Both charges are misdemeanors. He was taken in and released on a $750 bond. The court date has been set for April 1.

Follow Di Arrow, which throughout its promotion encouraged everyone to 'keep the unity', had that sentiment shattered to pieces when during Bounty Killer's performance, bottles and stones started to rain on the stage. The event, which was held at the James Bond Beach in St Mary, came to a grinding halt this morning when Killer took centre stage and started to make a comment on a story which was carried in a newspaper. He did not get to finish whatever he was about to say as at that point all hell broke loose. Bottles and stones rained down and sounds of gunshots could be heard. Patrons scampered under the stage or just about any other place that seemed safe enough to offer protection from the violent and frightening attack. A...

Buju Banton has been found guilty Tuesday afternoon on drug charges after many thought the artist would beat the odds after an earlier mistrial in the fall of 2010. Buju was found guilty of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, and using the wires to facilitate a drug trafficking offense. One charge of attempted possession with the intent to distribute cocaine was dropped. Buju’s bail was revoked and he was led away by U.S. Marshals to await sentencing. Banton’s attorney David Markus plans to appeal the conviction and attempt to have his client free on bond as he waits to know his fate.

Haiti is angry over the treatment of their children from their young soccer team by Jamaica authorities after two players became ill. The Under-17 soccer squad was forced to withdraw from the competition after Jamaican authorities were pressured to send them home because several members became ill with a fever that was later determined to be malaria. The Haitian team was told that everyone would have to undergo testing. The team members were later placed in quarantine with armed guards. The Jamaican government confirmed that its ministry of health recommended that the Haitian soccer team leave the island. Jamaica chartered an airplane from Washington, D.C., to Montego Bay to take the players home For three hours on Saturday...

A Jamaican man, who recently went to Trinidad was shot dead in Barataria, Trinidad over the weekend. The victim have been identified as Vincent Powell, 41, a fisherman of Montego Bay, Jamaica. Powell was shot in the chest area and tossed out of a vehicle near Low Cost Supermarket, Eastern Main Road, Barataria shortly before 9 a.m. on Friday. Powell was taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, where he died while undergoing surgery.

Royal Caribbean’s Voyager of the Seas has become the first ship to stop at the Historic Falmouth port in Jamaica. The port, which is between Ochos Rios and Montego Bay, is the first themed port and has 60 excursions available for cruise passengers. Senior vice president of land operations at Royal Caribbean Craig Milan said, Developments on the port will now focus on completing a two-berth pier, retail and restaurant units and a transportation centre. Onsite attractions, hotels and residential areas will be constructed in subsequent phases.

Police in Albuquerque investigates a yogurt case. A woman claims that the yogurt distributed in a mall tasted like sperm. The woman spat out the yogurt and immediately went to the police. The yogurt was scraped from the floor and taken away for examination. Tests in the laboratory will show wether the food is indeed mixed with male reproductive fluids. The employee who handed out the yogurts, 31-year-old Anthony Garcia, is arrested. He was a wanted man, because he had two outstanding bench warrants, including two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor.

Closing arguments in the second drug trial of Grammy-winning reggae singer Buju Banton ended Thursday afternoon, setting the stage for jurors to deliberate on his fate. The 37-year-old Banton is accused of conspiring with two other men in setting up a drug deal in December of 2009. His album "Before the Dawn" won a Grammy for best reggae album this week, and he remains wildly popular in his native Jamaica. A jury deadlocked in his first trial last year. If convicted of all the charges, he faces up to life in prison. Every seat in the federal courtroom in Tampa was filled as the lawyers gave their closing arguments. Many of the seats were taken by Banton's friends and fans, including well-known reggae artists Gramps Morgan and...

Michael Jackson's estate has generated $310 million in revenue from album sales, movie profits, licensing arrangements and lucrative deals for Cirque du Soleil shows since the singer died in 2009. His estate's administrators have used $159 million to pay down the pop star's debt, which when Jackson died amounted to more than $400 million, court records show. Among the projects making money for Jackson's estate are the new album "Michael," which contains previously unreleased songs, and the concert movie "This Is It," which compiled videotaped rehearsals for a series of comeback concerts in London.

Bruno Mars was in a Las Vegas courtroom with his lawyer, Blair Berk, when Mars pled guilty to felony cocaine possession, but if he stays out of trouble for 12 months, the charge will be dismissed. Mars is also required to do 8 hours of private counseling and 200 hours of community service with a charitable organization. He must also pay a $2,000 fine. Bruno was arrested in September at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino after a bathroom attendant told security a man was doing coke in the bathroom.

Trinidad & Tobago-based carrier Caribbean Airlines has won approval from the United States Department of Transport for the launch of new routes linking Jamaica to America. The decision allows Caribbean Airlines to operate flights from Jamaica directly to the United States in Caribbean Airlines aircraft. The Caribbean Airlines Air Operators certificates will be used for the routes, with the familiar “BW” code also employed. The decision which follows the acquisition of Jamaica Air in 2010 - will allow Caribbean Airlines to continue its network in the Caribbean. Caribbean Airlines will operate two major hubs, with Jamaica in the north complementing existing facilities in Trinidad. Two new routes have, however, been denied to...

(AP) Jamaica's mining minister says a Russian-owned aluminum company is restarting operations at a bauxite refinery that it closed nearly two years ago. James Robertson says West Indies Alumina Jamaica Ltd. will reopen a plant in Manchester parish by July. He said Tuesday that some 1,000 jobs will be available. Robertson said the plant produced some 600,000 tons (544,000 metric tons) of bauxite annually and is expected to produce some 250,000 tons (227,000 metric tons) this year. He said the reopening will cost $9.5 million. Parent company UC Rusal is the world's biggest aluminum producer. It also owns Alumina Partners of Jamaica. Jamaica is one of the world's largest producers of bauxite, the main ore used in aluminum.

Liverpool have a gem of a talent on their hands with Raheem Sterling. The 16 year old Jamaican born winger / striker could become the youngest every player to make a senior appearance for Liverpool on Thursday night as he has traveled with the team to take part in an Europa League clash with Sparta Prague. John Barnes It has been many years since Liverpool have had a wing wizard such as John Barnes but hopefully those days will be coming to an end soon with the emergence of Raheem Sterling. Both Raheem and John Barnes were born in Jamaica and both would go on to represent Liverpool and England, although Raheem is still in the join setup of both club and country. There is no doubt that Raheem can make it to the top especially...

Rodney "Bounty Killer" Pryce was freed of assault charges in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday Jan 31, 2011. Bounty had been charged with unlawful wounding and assault following an incident in September when his 19-year-old companion, Racquel Smith, alleged that she was attacked with a hammer. Bounty Killer charges was dismissed after his attorney made a no-order submission.

If you were watching the Grammy’s you may or may not have seen the exclusive Nelly & Ford Explorer commercials. Well, Maad Management has teamed up with St. Louis rap star Nelly and Ford Explorer to give you the opportunity to have this exciting and funny video on Grammy weekend.

Jamaican cruise ship worker Ricardo Stewart has been sentenced to 15 years for his role in a plot to smuggle nearly four kilgrams of cocaine into Bermuda. Ricardo Stewart, 32, of Ochos Rios, maintained his innocence in an emotional plea before Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons at the Supreme Court. A waiter aboard the cruise ship Explorer of the Seas, Stewart has been in custody since June on charges of conspiring with fellow employee Adrian Morris and others to bring the drugs into the Island. A jury last month found him guilty of conspiring to import. Morris, also from Jamaica, was caught after CCTV on board the ship showed him stashing the cocaine. He told police Stewart had offered to pay him for his part in the scheme, and a...

Female Deejay Spice and her fiancé Nicholas Lall, recently welcomed their second girl child into the family. Spice named her daughter Nicholatoy. The deejay gave birth to her daughter outside of Jamaica, where she and her family have been staying for some time. Spice Stated;

Buju Banton has won the 2010 Grammy for the Best Reggae Album for his album Before The Dawn. This is Buju Banton's first Grammy victory. This is the second consecutive year, that Buju was nominated for a Grammy. Last year he was nominated for Rasta Got Soul. Best Reggae Album Nominees: - Buju Banton - Before The Dawn - Gregory Isaacs & King Isaac - Isaacs Meets Isaac - Lee "Scratch" Perry - Revelation - Bob Sinclair And Sly & Robbie - Made In Jamaica - Sly & Robbie And The Family Taxi - One Pop Reggae - Andrew Tosh - Legacy An Acoustic Tribute To Peter Tosh

Nesta Robert Marley, OM* better known as Bob Marley, was born 6 February 1945 in the village of Nine Mile, Saint Ann. Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band The Wailers (1964–1974) and later, Bob Marley & The Wailers (1974–1981). *A Jamaican passport official would later swap his first and middle names on his official documents; hence it is Nesta Robert Marley instead of Robert Nesta Marley. Lifetime Achievement 1976: Band of the Year (Rolling Stone). June 1978: Awarded the Peace Medal of the Third World from the United Nations. February 1981: Awarded Jamaica's third highest honour, the Jamaican Order of Merit. March 1994...

LaRon Louis "Juelz Santana" James, a Dipset rapper is being charged with multiple offenses that include possession of a firearm and a controlled dangerous substance, possession of a handgun without having a permit, possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance, and possession with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance within 1,000 feet of a school zone. Authorities suspected Santana as a member of the Bloods street gang, so officials decided to raid his New Jersey studio, Santana’s World on January 20. The raid turned up two fully loaded handguns, drug paraphernalia and 17 Ziploc bags containing Marijuana. Juelz Santana is currently being held at the Bergen County jail on $125,000 bail.