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USA: It's been a long time since I have seen you girl.... JAM: Gyal, you noh dead yet? USA: Oh Lord, we have lost electricity again. JAM: Lawd Gad... current lock awff again to rahtid! USA: This meal is not too bad JAM: Di food cyan eat USA: Where did you buy that awful bracelet Cindy? JAM: A weh yuh buy dat-deh big ole ugly bangle deh missis? USA: Hors d'oeurves? JAM: Ah wah dis likkle sinting yuh a gi me? USA: Here kitty kitty... get down from the roof JAM: Hey dutty puss...come awff a di housetap before a buss yuh rass! USA: I think something is wrong with Susan. She might have the flu. JAM: Lawd Gad... obiya tek up Suzie! USA: Oh my God, I just broke mom's expensive plate! JAM: Lawd mi Gad, mi bruk up...

The wife of rapper TI, Tameka Cottle has been charged with drug possession. Tameka Cottle and TI were arrested on Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip last month. Now the LA County District Attorney has charged her with possessing the drug ecstasy. If convicted, Cottle could face up to a year behind bars. The District Attorney has decided not to prosecute TI, noting that the rapper will already be serving time in Georgia for a probation violation stemming from the LA arrest.

A Jamaican jerk sauce, "Barbecue Madness", was named "Best Sauce" at the 14th annual Americas Food and Beverage show, which ended Wednesday October 27, 2010 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Florida. The sauce was among a number of entrants in the category, "Sauces and Condiments of the Americas", at the two-day Expo. Bertram and Rana Banton of BnRs Holdings, Kingston, smiled proudly as they displayed the award among the varieties of sauces exhibited in the Jamaica Pavilion at the Expo, which began on Tuesday October 26, 2010. Source: Jamaica Information Service

Don Corleon has renewed his contract with BFM Digital to continue digital distribution and marketing services for his label, Don Corleon Records. BFM Digital is a leading digital music aggregator and distributor of independent music. Don Corleon Records relationship with BFM began in 2009 with the intent to strengthen their presence on music services outside of their already established markets of Jamaica and the U.S. By utilizing BFM's extensive network of distribution channels throughout the World, Don Corleon Records has been able to reach consumers in new markets and open up new revenue opportunities. Recent successes include the new digital album “Major & Minor Riddim” which features the single “Let’s Do It Again” by J...

Celine Dion and husband Rene Angelil are doubly joyful this weekend, they welcome fraternal twin boys who were delivered via C-section on Saturday morning in West Palm Beach, Fla., joining big brother Rene-Charles, age 9. Dion's new sons were born at 5 lbs., 10 oz., and 5 lbs., 4 oz., and are premature but healthy. They will reportedly spend a few days in neonatal intensive care, a common procedure for newborn twins, who often arrive before their due date.

Rodney "Bounty Killer" Pryce trial which was expected to begin in the Gun Court yesturday have been put off to November 1, 2010. Bounty Killer has been charged with illegal possession of firearm, assault at common law and unlawful wounding. He’s charged jointly with former police constable Calis Bowen. The trial of the two was put off because statements required by the defence attorneys were not ready when the matter was called up in court this morning.

The Grammy-winning pop singer has parted ways with manager Marc Jordan and is now being managed by Jay-Z's Roc Nation Management. Rihanna told The Associated Press in a statement Wednesday that she's "so excited to take this next step in my career." The 22-year-old is also launching a new company called Rihanna Entertainment. She says it will "merge all of her businesses, including music, film, fragrance fashion and book ventures." Jay-Z signed Rihanna to Def Jam in 2005. The two won a Grammy in 2008 for the hit song "Umbrella." Earlier this year, the pair picked up two Grammys for the rap song "Run This Town," which also featured Kanye West. She's released four albums and plans to release her fifth CD, "Loud," on Nov. 16...

Beyonce Knowles's mother was forced to deny rumours her daughter was pregnant. But her mother, Tina Knowles, made an appearance on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show to answer the reports. In a clip released ahead of today's show, Tina tells the talk show host Ellen: 'No, no. It's not true. Not right now'

Makeda Jahnesta Marley, 29, the youngest child of the late singer Bob Marley, admitted to having nearly a dozen large marijuana plants insider home near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was arrested in 2008 after police say they found her removing plants used to make the illegal drug from the basement when officers arrived on a domestic dispute call. Prosecutors in the case agreed to drop a mandatory year prison sentence in return for Makeda's guilty plea. In one of the court hearing Makeda said she had exhausted a trust fund she received from her father’s estate when she turned 18 and was now working as a waitress.

VP Records recording artist Gyptian continues to rack up nominations this awards' season with his nomination for 'Best Reggae Artist' at this year's Soul Train Awards. The reggae singer will also be performing live at the awards ceremony, taking place on Wednesday, November 10 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia. Hosted by Oscar-nominated actors Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, the Soul Train Awards will premiere on both CENTRIC and BET on Sunday, November 28 at 9pm. Gyptian joins a hotlist of the top entertainers in music today at CENTRIC's second undertaking of the annual awards, including Alicia Keys and Usher who both lead the pack with four nominations, Drake with three nods, and Monica, Nicki...

Born ROWAN "Anthony Cruz" SMITH on December 17th, Anthony Cruz grew up in Mandeville, Manchester. Hailing from a talented musical family - being the nephew of the celebrated singer Garnett Silk, as well as having a mother and father who were excellent singers - Cruz was convinced from a young age that he was destined to be a great singer. After graduating from Holmwood Technical High School, Cruz migrated to the United States, spending a few years in New York before moving to Miami. In 1993, while residing in Miami, fate would lead him to meet producer Willie Lindo who was impressed with a demo tape he heard of the artiste. Lindo decided to take him under his wings, working with the young singer to hone his rich vocals...

On Thursday, October 14, 2010, singer Alicia Keys gave birth to a baby boy named Egypt Daoud Dean. This is the first child for Alicia Keys and fourth child for her husband, Swizz Beatz, whose real name is Kaseem Dean. He has two other sons and a daughter from previous relationships. The couple began dating in 2008 and recently got married in July. Keys, who is now 29, plans to expand her family.

Buju Banton was offered bail at $250,000 at his court hearing today, Thursday, October 14, 2010. However, his lawyer David Oscar Markus must now seek bond in immigration court in order to prevent Banton’s deportation to Jamaica, as his visa was revoked when he was arrested on December 10, 2009. Bail conditions require Banton to wear an electronic monitoring device; he will also be subject to drug-testing, partial house arrest and 24-hour security; he may leave his house only for meetings with his attorney, to see his doctor, or to attend court. A retrial is set for December 2010.

Buju may not be familiar with how the country run: what make them fighting sensimilla making way for coke to come? I suppose Buju Banton was also “talking crap” in this song. Tapes have revealed that Buju is in fact familiar, maybe not so much with how the country runs, but with why sensimilla must make way for cocaine. In my younger years I held certain members of the reggae community with high regard. I felt inspired by their songs, their teachings of naturality, purity, love, righteousness and oneness. No disrespect to those upright men and women who adhere to those set of principles. But as I grow older I begin to see more clearly that some of those same people are no less phony than religious enthusiasts who preach a...

PRIME Minister Bruce Golding has dismissed allegations by United States-based media entity Caribbean Voice that he is the holder of a US Alien Registration Card, more popularly known as a Green Card. In a press release yesterday, Caribbean Voice — which said it is based in Brooklyn — alleged that Golding did not apply "to revoke his permanent residence before nomination day by filing form I-407, with his green card, at a US Embassy". But yesterday Golding denied the claims, admitting "that he had applied for and obtained a green card as far back as 1978", but that the visa was surrendered "when he deferred his plans to do postgraduate studies in the US and to return to Jamaica to support the JLP (Jamaica Labour Party) in its...

The long controversy over who hired Manatt, Phelps & Phillips for a controversial Jamaican lobbying assignment keeps getting murkier. The saga entered another chapter this week, as politically connected Kingston lawyer Harold Brady sued the country's prime minister for libel. Brady, a prominent backer of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party, has been a central character in Jamaican politics in recent months because of his purported role in retaining Manatt to lobby U.S. officials against the extradition of alleged drug lord Christopher Coke. Brady's suit, which accuses Prime Minister Bruce Golding of libeling him during a press conference last month, seeks an unspecified amount in damages. On September 14 Jamaican prime minister Bruce...

(AP)Soul singer Solomon Burke, who wrote "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love" and recorded the hit "Cry To Me" used in the movie "Dirty Dancing," has died at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. He was 70. Airport police spokesman Robert van Kapel confirmed the death of the singer Sunday, and referred further questions to his management. Dutch national broadcaster NOS said he died on a plane early Sunday after arriving on a flight from Los Angles. The cause of death was not immediately clear. Burke, who was both a Grammy winner and a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, had been due to perform at a well-known club in Amsterdam on Tuesday. A Philadelphia native highly acclaimed by music critics, fellow musicians, and many loyal...

Buju Banton will have to wait a week longer to find out whether he'll get out on bail. The judge in the federal case, Anthony Porcelli, reserved judgment for a week in a hearing Wednesday in Tampa, Fla., saying he wanted to thoroughly review the arguments for and against bail. The prosecution maintains that Buju Banton is a flight risk; the defense counters that his fame means he couldn't flee.

(AP) It will take at least $125 million to repair flattened farmland, rutted roads, broken bridges and eroded beaches across storm-staggered Jamaica, the island's leader announced Tuesday. During his first address to parliament since the outer bands of Tropical Storm Nicole ripped across Jamaica last week, Prime Minister Bruce Golding delivered a preliminary repair bill while cautioning lawmakers that a more detailed assessment was still being carried out. "The cost to repair the damage and provide assistance to those severely dislocated will impact significantly on the country's delicate fiscal situation," Golding said. Nicole fizzled out over the Atlantic last week after maintaining storm status for just six hours, but not...

The Jamaican Diaspora in Toronto, Canada, is in the process of establishing a special fund to assist Jamaica in times of disaster and other emergencies. According to the Consul General in Toronto, George Ramocan, the Committee with responsibility for the Fund is working on strategies to engage the wider Toronto community and to develop a consistent method of giving. The city of Toronto has a significant Jamaican community of approximately 300,000 Jamaicans and persons of Jamaican descent.