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*Bob Marley’s son Rohan has offered his support to ex-girlfriend Lauryn Hill as she prepares for her upcoming prison stint, reports TMZ. Rohan says he will step up his parenting duties for their five children, ages five to 15, while Hill is serving three months in prison for tax evasion. The singer has been given [...]
*Snoop Dogg will perform as his reggae identity Snoop Lion during SXSW with a concert March 14 at Viceland in Austin, Texas. A first for the rapper, he wishes he could reach out to a particular reggae expert for advice. “I’m one of the greatest hip-hop performers of all time — I was groomed by [...]
*Bob Marley’s son Rohan Marley – who used to play for the Canadian Football League and has five children with Lauryn Hill – told TMZ recently that his later father would have loved Snoop Lion’s Rastafarian “reincarnation.” The Rastafarian Millennium Council previously chastised Snoop, (previously known as Snoop Dogg), saying he’s done nothing more than [...]
*Bob Marley’s family is no longer feuding, at least in court, over trademark issues with the singer’s half brother. TMZ previously reported that Richard Booker was accused of infringing on the family trademark, capitalizing on his image to sell a whole bunch of food products. But Richard filed a counter-suit saying that his brother gave permission [...]
*Officials have removed a relaxation drink named after reggae icon Bob Marley after it made several students at a New Jersey school sick. Marley’s Mellow Mood is promoted to reduce stress. The drink’s nutrition facts say it may cause drowsiness and is not intended for children. However, students at Satz Middle School and Holmdel High [...]
*Snoop Dogg has decided to finally evolve, but into the unexpected type of artist. The Long Beach native is turning in his gun slinging lyrics to embrace the love and harmony of reggae. On Monday at a news conference in New York, he said he was “born again” during a visit to Jamaica earlier this [...]
*The ultimate feel good sexy music combo manifested over the weekend with Trey Songz and iconic R&B singer R.Kelly getting down on stage in Jamaica at the annual Reggae Sumfest. The two rocked it among reggae notables like Damian Marley, Shabba Ranks, Lady Shaw and Tesanna Chin. It was a three-night festival held in Montego [...]
*Hmm, is this an honor or a diss? Scientists discovered a new tiny blood-sucking parasite that infests fish on Caribbean coral reefs. The name: Gnathia marlyi – named after Bob Marley. Some may view this a bit disturbing and maybe disrespectful, being that the famous reggae singer stood for love, peace and harmony. But marine [...]
*If Rohan Marley and Brazilian model Isabeli Fontana ever do decide to get married, the famous son of Bob Marley will bring his total number of biological and step-children to nine … at least that we know of. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] As previously reported, the wedding was called off because the two don’t [...]
*It’s no coincidence that “Marley,” the critically-acclaimed new Bob Marley documentary, wafts into theaters (and On Demand) on April 20 – the unofficial holiday celebrating marijuana. Director Kevin Macdonald said it was the studio’s idea to release the biopic on this day as a marketing tool. The film itself, however, delves much deeper than the [...]
*The Bob Marley documentary “Marley,” a production of Shangri-La Entertainment/Tuff Gong Pictures, will premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival this weekend. The film is scheduled for theatrical release in North America and the UK on April 20, then will roll out worldwide throughout the summer to coincide with the 50th anniversary year of Jamaican [...]
*With the film “My Week With Marilyn” currently in theaters and NBC’s upcoming drama “Smash” about the mounting of a Marilyn Monroe Broadway musical, Rihanna is now jumping into the Marilyn resurgence by taking her “Thug Life”-tatted fingers and throwing down $160,000 for a portrait of the Hollywood icon made of 65,000 crystals. The singer commissioned [...]
*Rihanna edged out reggae icon Bob Marley and rocker Avril Lavigne to become the “most liked’ celebrity on Facebook in 2011. Marley and Lavigne placed second and third respectively, in the list of the fastest-growing pages and most shared media of the year. Rihanna has 47,788,147 fans on Facebook, over two million more than Lady [...]
*Lawsuits always get ugly when they’re between family members. A family feud has flared up between the widow and nine children of Bob Marley, who is suing a half brother demanding him to stop the use of the family name to promote an annual Miami music festival and profit from his other businesses in Jamaica. [...]
*A Bob Marley song has joined forces with the social media of such Twitter-happy celebrities as Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Eminem to help solve the crisis in East Africa. On Tuesday, the “I’m Gonna Be Your Friend” campaign was launched to raise money and awareness, reports the AP. About 10 million are suffering through a [...]
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