Incarcerated deejay Buju Banton reached out to the Haiti cause
yesterday by donating US$1,000 ($89,000)as well as clothes and
shoes to Haitian artiste Wyclef Jean's Yele Organization.
Although experiencing problems of his own as he is currently in jail in
the United States facing drug charges, the deejay opened up his own
closet, clothes and shoes to assist persons devastated by the earthquake.
Source: Jamaica Star
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ReggaeMe - On October 27th 2009 Dancehall artist Chuck Fenda
released his third album Fulfillment with VP Records. Chuck Fenda
has the living fire. His voice and music are filled with the passion
and heartbeat of Jamaica. His songs present reality, hope and love
for the people.
Fulfillment showcases Chuck Fenda on a variety of one drop and roots
riddims produced by Kemar ‘Flava’ McGregor, including the new “Ghetto
Riddim.” Fulfillment is identifiably the most spiritual album from the artist
to date. Characterized by collaborations with like-minded artists such as
I-Wayne on the track “Thin Line,” “Bad Boys” with Sammy Dread, “Time
Rough” featuring Bush Man and “Getting Serious “produced by Shane Brown.
He has received...
Here is a sad news. The great roots singer and producer Vivian
Jackson aka Yabby You aka Jesus Dread passed away on the 12th
January in Clarendon, Jamaica.
Born in Kingston in 1946, he was the author of many classics such as
Conquering Lion, Rally Round Jahovah, Jah Vengeance, Deliver Me From
My Enemies, Love Thy Neighbour, Deliverance, Ballistic Dread Locks, Dread
Locks Man, Black Starliner, Natty Bongo. He also produced artist such as
Michael Prophet, Michael Rose, Jah Stitch, Trinity, Tony Tuff and Wayne
Wade.
Reggae music loses one of its legend. RIP.
Teddy Pendergrass has died at the age of 59 following "a difficult
recovery" from colon cancer surgery.
Teddy Pendergrass II said his father had died at a hospital in Philadelphia.
He was paralysed from the waist down in a 1982 car accident. In 2001,
he went on his first tour since the accident.
Pendergrass enjoyed early success with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes,
whose hits included If You Don't Know Me By Now, before going solo in 1976.
He was the first black male singer to record five consecutive multi-platinum
albums in the US. Pendergrass, who has used a wheelchair since his
accident, made a return to live performance at the Live Aid concert in
Philadelphia in July 1985.
Teddy Pendergrass - Love TKO...
Wyclef Jean's Yéle Haiti charity where you can text YELE to 501501 to
give $5 to help with earthquake relief efforts.
The US State Department seems to favor the Red Cross, where you can
text "HAITI" to "90999" to donate $10 to the Red Cross.
In Canada, people can donate $5 to the Salvation Army by texting "Haiti"
to 45678 through a system set up by the Mobile Giving Foundation.
Digicel Relief Fund -text “Help” to 4442452 - cost JMD$25
The donations are added to your cellphone bill.
ReggaeMe - Jamaica (AP) — Authorities in Jamaica have arrested two
men and a woman they say helped smuggle 12 high-powered weapons
and 700 rounds of ammunition from New York.
Police Inspector Jubert Llewellyn says the items arrived inside an air
compressor tank. He says a telescopic lens and 28 magazines were also
among the items seized at a warehouse Monday.
The guns - A .44 Magnum pistol, two AK 47 assault rifles, two 9mm
Desert Eagle pistols, a Mack 11 submachine gun, a Glock 27 pistol, 9mm
Smith and Wesson pistol, a 9mm Taurus pistol, a Luger P95 9mm pistol, a
Sites Spec TRE HC pistol and a Keltek submachine gun -- along with 519
9mm, 50 .40, 51 .45, 51 .44, 32 .50, 6 .357, one .223 and 10 .380 rounds
of ammunition...
Haitians are lining bodies along the streets of Port-au-Prince, where
thousands are feared dead after a massive earthquake destroyed
much of the capital.
The 7.0 magnitude quake that struck Tuesday was the most powerful
to hit the Caribbean nation in 200 years.
The temblor collapsed the presidential palace, ministries, homes, schools,
monuments and the city's largest hospital.
The International Red Cross says up to 3 million people have been affected.
What caused the earthquake?
The Haiti earthquake occurred at a fault that runs right through Haiti and
is situated along the boundary between the Caribbean and North American
plates, rocky slabs that cover the planet and fit together like a giant jigsaw
puzzle...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, January 11, 2010 - A Jamaican man
who created a bomb scare in New Zealand's capital last month is now
being accused of attempted robbery and threatening to kill a bank
employee and her family.
Paul Martin Williams was previously accused of threatening to do an act
likely to cause major property damage, "namely to blow up the bank" on
December 9th. Now he has been slapped with three additional counts - two
separate charges of threatening to kill a bank employee and her family by
letter, and a charge of using a threat to demand $100,000 with intent to
steal it.
New Zealand's The Dominion Post publication quoted a senior detective as
saying that, if convicted, Williams was likely to serve jail...
A powerful earthquake of 7.0 magnitude rocked Haiti just before
5 p.m. Eastern time, 10 miles southwest from the highly populated
capital of Port-au-Prince.
There were two aftershocks — of 5.5 and 5.9 magnitude — that
followed in the last hour, and more are expected to happen.
The city has about 2 million people, according to National Geographic.
According to several news reports, a large hospital in the capital had
collapsed, and people were screaming in streets full of rubble.
Haiti, by far the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, has been
beset by natural disasters for most of its recent history. The island is
struck by an annual series of hurricanes and is particularly vulnerable to
storm-related disasters...
ReggaeMe (AP) - A record number of people were killed in Jamaica
last year, solidifying the island's reputation as having one of the world's
highest murder rates.
Police said the majority of the 1,680 killings - six more than the
previous record set in 2005 - involved victims of drug and extortion
gangs and occurred far from the island's trendy tourist spots, and
most were shootings.
The announcement comes as Jamaica prepares for the arrival of a
radical Muslim cleric who served time in a British prison for urging the
killing of Americans, Hindus, Jews and Christians.
Hinds said police will set up surveillance on Sheik Abdullah el-Faisal,
although it is unclear when he will arrive. Hinds said police also are
still...
Buju Banton will be held without bail on drug charges while his
lawyer fights to remove a detainer placed on his client by immigration
officials.
Buju Banton who is 36 years old, pleaded not guilty this afternoon
to federal charges that he conspired to buy cocaine from an undercover
law enforcement officer in Sarasota last month.
U.S. Magistrate Anthony Porcelli ordered the singer held without bail
after defense attorney David Oscar Markus said he would not oppose
the government's request that Banton be detained.
David Markus Buju Banton defense attorney later explained that there
was no sense in seeking bail when immigration authorities have placed
a detainer on Banton, who is in the United States on an entertainer visa.
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) was a
Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer,
songwriter and guitarist for the ska, rocksteady and reggae bands
The Wailers (1964–1974) and Bob Marley & The Wailers (1974–1981).
Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae
music, and is credited for helping spread both Jamaican music and the
Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience.
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On the golf course, Tiger Woods is right-handed. But off the course,
he swings both ways - at least according to one of his alleged mistresses.
RadarOnline.com reports that Italian model Loredana Jolie Ferriolo, who is
attempting to sell a tell-all book on her alleged trysts with the pro golf
star, claims to have witnessed Woods participating in gay encounters.
Ferriolo told the Web site that the book would dish details on the
golfer's "healthy appetite for arranged sex, threesomes, girls next door,
girl-girl, and an answer to all the rumors surrounding Woods' sexuality."
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ReggaeMe, USA (AP) - Mariah Carey jokingly blames her loony
acceptance speech at the Palm Springs International Film
Festival awards on director Lee Daniels.
"The thing is me and Lee hadn't seen each other in a long time,
and then he was presenting my award, so he starts off immediately
with inside jokes," Carey said backstage at the People's Choice Awards
Wednesday night, where she was named favourite R&B artiste.
"We had splashes of champagne, and I love Lee but he's a bad influence,"
the singer said and laughed.
Carey gave a long, rambling acceptance speech after being named
Breakthrough Actress for her performance in Precious: Based on the
Novel 'Push' by Sapphire on Tuesday. Daniels directed the movie.
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The real question of curiosity is why Reggae Superstar
Barrington Levy is being persecuted when there is a dangerous
pedophile on the loose! Samara Cunningham (34) aka ‘Russian’
an employee of Mr. Levy allegedly violated his daughter who is
a minor.
The legendary singer was called to the police station on January
7th to be questioned. It is said that the singer’s minor daughter
invited Cunningham to their residence while she was alone with
a younger relative.
According to an unnamed source, Mr. Levy’s fourteen year old
daughter sent her younger cousin away from the house to be alone
with the thirty-four years old man. The youngster got suspicious
of their actions and returned back to the house where through an
open...
ReggaeMe - Amsterdam - Dutch authorities have seized 24-hundred
pounds of cocaine from a Jamaican cargo ship. They say the drug,
which has a street value of more than 43-million dollars, was hidden
among containers of whiskey on the ship.
A special law enforcement team found the container last week in the
port of Rotterdam and arrested five men in Amsterdam where it was
delivered. The cocaine has been destroyed.
Jamaica is on a U.S. list of 20 countries identified as major production
or distribution centers for illegal drugs. The Justice Department says
Jamaica is a "significant trans-shipment point" for cocaine headed to
both the U.S. and Europe.
ReggaeMe - What are the chances of a born and bred Midwestern
female from a midwestern family becoming a reggae dancehall deejay?
Pretty slim! But the story of Zerby is nothing short of sensational. With
a lot of guts, determination and talent, she defied the odds and has
proven that she can DJ just as well as a Jamaican yardie.
After nine months in the studio and as a follow up to her first CD, Zerby
shows off her musical wares with her latest CD release "Ready Now"
released on her own moniker Hotness Records January 12, 2010.
An eclectic conglomeration of 18 dance hall reggae, rap, electronic
and funk tunes, this CD has something for many music fans.
"Ready Now" is available at CD Baby - http://www.cdbaby.com/Zerby1...
ReggaeMe - Nairobi I, Kenya — A Jamaican-born radical Muslim cleric
who once led a London mosque attended by convicted terrorists is
stuck in Kenya despite attempts to deport him because other nations
are refusing to allow him to transit through their countries, officials said
Tuesday.
Sheik Abdullah el-Faisal is being expelled from Kenya because of his
history of being involved in terrorist activities, Kenya's immigration minister
said. Britain has said that el-Faisal's teachings heavily influenced one of
the bombers who carried out the 2005 transport network bombings in London
that killed 52 people.
El-Faisal - who has called for Americans, Hindus and Jews to be killed -
travelled from Nigeria and through Angola...