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*Snoop Dogg’s new film “Reincarnated,” which follows his transformation from hip-hop star to reggae singer Snoop Lion — will open in select cities on March 15, according to The Hollywood Reporter. VICE Films and Snoopadelic Films are releasing the documentary, which made its world premiere in September at the Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by [...]
*Don’t trip; Snoop Dogg isn’t completely divorcing the style we all know him for. It’s like ‘they’ say, you can take the brotha out of the hood but you can’t take the hood out of the brotha. His newfound love for Reggae music and commitment to rep Rasta all day isn’t void of some of [...]
*Snoop Dogg on Friday dropped a new reggae song under the moniker, Snoop Lion. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] “La La La,” from his new album “Reincarnated,” is produced by Major Lazer and features rising singer, Jovi Rockwell. Snoop Lion, who sings over the slow-burning, tropical-flavored production, has launched a Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr under [...]
*Snoop Dogg told MTV he’s about to explore an entirely new musical direction. The rapper has been in the studio working with producer Diplo, who told MTV this week: ”Snoop Dogg is an icon, man; he’s bigger than the music. What we’re doing is a reggae record. ”It’s all reggae and he’s singing and he’s [...]
*Reggae producer Winston Riley, who has worked with the likes of Boris Gardiner and Johnny Osbourne, has died, weeks after he was shot in the head in his native Jamaica. Riley fell into a coma after he was gunned down in Kingston on Nov. 1. He died on Thursday (Jan 19) at the age [...]
*Some say he’s a better writer than a singer, but all are entitled to their opinions. At any rate, Ne Yo is doing other things now in the industry like opening up a new sector of his Compound Entertainment imprint, Compound Island, to focus on Jamaican musicians. To start it all off, he’s urging Reggae [...]
*After claims that Sean Paul is writing a book that includes a supposedly hot ‘n sexy encounter with Beyoncé, who had taken a break from her relationship with Jay-Z (before their marriage), the Jamaican native is denying the rumors and for the record is claiming nothing ever happened between the two. In fact, he took [...]
*A sentencing hearing has been set for June 16 for Grammy-winning Jamaican reggae singer Buju Banton, reports the AP. The artist faces up to 15 years in prison after he was convicted of conspiring to set up a cocaine deal in 2009. A Tampa federal court jury last month found Banton guilty of two drug [...]
*As far as Buju Banton is concerned, it boils down to this. He lied about being able to move drugs to an undercover cop he met on a flight from Spain. Yesterday he told the all-white jury in his second trial that he’s ashamed of his actions and that they were nothing but boasts. Stephen [...]
*The Las Vegas Review-Journal is reporting that a federal jury has sided with Bob Marley’s family in ruling against a Nevada company accused of making and selling apparel featuring the reggae icon’s image. Friday that jurors ruled against a Nevada corporation called AVELA and owner Leo Valencia, awarding $300,000 in damages to a company owned [...]
*Jamaican reggae singer Gregory Isaacs, whose silky vocals earned him the nickname “Cool Ruler,” has died at the age of 59. The BBC reports that Isaacs, who had been diagnosed with lung cancer, died Monday at his London home. His wife Linda said Isaacs was “well-loved by everyone, his fans and his family,” and would [...]
*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 [...]
*Gay activist groups, upset over a Grammy nomination for jailed Jamaican reggae artist Buju Banton, are protesting the ceremony for its recognition of an artist they said had “promoted the murder of gay people throughout his career.” Banton, 36, is up for a best reggae album award for his “Rasta Got Soul” CD. He’s currently [...]
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