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*Oh boy. You know the saying there is nothing like a woman scorned. Well, dancehall superstar Sean Paul may get a taste of what this means up close. The handsome Jamaican is being sued by old flame, Susanne Persson, for $80 million dollars. She claims he had her illegally deported from Jamaica, repeatedly drove her [...]
*Veteran Jamaican dancehall deejay Captain Barkey, best known for the mid ’90s No. 1 dancehall hits “Go Go Wine” and “Bun Fi Bun,” was fatally shot in front of a Bronx motel in the early morning hours on Saturday (Oct. 13), according to Billboard. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Barkey, born Joslyn Hamilton on Nov. [...]
*Young, Red-Headed, baby-faced and black sits before me a Japanese star. No, not that he is Japanese. But that in Japan, a land far more synonymous with ivory-faced Geisha girls or maybe even the gothic-y Harajuku fashions, he is a celebrity. True, Americans don’t even see a quarter of the reach and following Dancehall culture [...]
*Elephant Man was arrested Monday (Jan. 30) after being accused of raping a woman in his Jamaican home. The victim’s name has been withheld pending an investigation. The assault took place earlier this month at his St. Andrew’s residence. The Dancehall artist was questioned in front of his lawyer by authorities and was subsequently arrested [...]
*Jailed dancehall star Vybz Kartel has been ordered to pay a $15 million fine to settle a 2009 dispute after he failed to show up for a scheduled concert. The Jamaican rapper, real name Adidja Palmer, was booked for a concert in the Turks and Caicos Islands in, but he didn’t turn up to the [...]
*Here we go again. Vybz Kartel, one of Jamaica’s most popular DJs is now being charged for his second murder. According to police, the 35-year-old dancehall star was charged with the killing of a Jamaican nicknamed “Lizard.” But it’s not his first offense. Kartel was accused of conspiring to kill a music promoter who was [...]
*There are people all over the planet that have issues with their skin color. White people are always at the tanning booth, but then there is the inverse … black folks who are interested in being much lighter. What’s going on with the hue in the world? Now a dancehall dude, Vybz Kartel, bleaches himself [...]
*Following an arrest on Friday Sept. 29, Jamaica’s Major Investigation Taskforce (MIT) last night charged dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel (born Adidja Palmer) with murder, conspiracy to murder and illegal possession of a firearm. MIT detectives made the charges against Kartel last night, following an interrogation of the artist yesterday afternoon in the presence of his [...]
*Legendary reggae artist Sugar Minott, the honey-throated singer and producer who helped to popularize reggae music, has died at the age of 54. Minott died Saturday at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Jamaica’s capital, Kingston, his wife Maxine Stowe revealed. She did not disclose the cause of death. Two months ago, Minott [...]
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