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Published:Thursday | November 7, 2024 | 12:06 AMSimone Morgan-Lindo/Gleaner Writer

Dancehall artiste Adidja ‘Vybz Kartel’ Palmer described the launch of his Straight Vybz Rum, branded as Str8 Vybz, as a symbol of maturity and change.The deejay highlighted the rum at Wednesday’s press conference of the Freedom Street concert held...

Published:Saturday | January 20, 2024 | 12:08 AMSimone Morgan-Lindo/Gleaner Writer

Having buried the hatchet with former dancehall artiste, Queenie, A’mari DJ Mona Lisa says she is calling for unity among females in and out of the music industry. According to the entertainer, she is horrified by the vicious attacks between...

Published:Friday | December 29, 2023 | 12:09 AMSimone Morgan-Lindo/Gleaner Writer

Born in the parish of Manchester 27 years ago, his parents named him Nicholas Bartley but the street gave him the moniker Fully Bad. Fully Bad, according to his bio, was first recognised for his talents in 2015 after dominating all opponents in...

Published:Monday | December 11, 2023 | 12:10 AMSimone Morgan-Lindo/Gleaner Writer

United States-based dancehall artiste Demopage says he feel blessed to return to the stage and the recording studios following major issues with his health earlier this year. Demopage shared that in April he was awakened from his sleep by a...

Published:Thursday | November 23, 2023 | 12:09 AMSimone Morgan-Lindo/Gleaner Writer

London-based dancehall artiste, Kurtici, is on a high based on the encouraging response to his latest single, Money to di Link. Speaking with The Gleaner earlier this week, the Kingston-born entertainer shared that the track, which has made such...

Published:Wednesday | November 15, 2023 | 12:08 AMSimone Morgan-Lindo/Gleaner Writer

As tributes continue to roll in for late ‘from the gully to the money’ dancehall deejay Gully Bop, Olive Phillips a fan who was also said to be an ex-girlfriend, remembers the Body Specialist deejay as “the nice man” who she helped out in a time of...

Published:Saturday | September 9, 2023 | 12:07 AMSimone Morgan-Lindo/Gleaner Writer

SEOUL, South Korea: Although the concerns are not worn daily on the faces of South Koreans, the frequent threats of a possible nuclear strike from its northern neighbour are not being taken lightly. This was expressed by Chai Kyung-Hoon, director...

Published:Monday | July 12, 2021 | 12:09 AMSimone Morgan-Lindo/Gleaner Writer

Head of the Kingston Eastern Police Division, Superintendent Tommie Lee Chambers, and a group of stakeholders will be visiting Jarrett Lane today following the shooting deaths of two men and the injury of three others on Saturday night. The...

Published:Tuesday | September 15, 2020 | 12:12 AMSimone Morgan-Lindo/Gleaner Writer

As violence rocked the sections of the island in the 1970s and ‘80s, several families hurriedly packed what they could carry and ditched their inner-city Kingston houses for safer communities in what was the bloodiest period on the local political...

Published:Thursday | January 23, 2020 | 12:00 AMSimone Morgan-Lindo/Gleaner Writer

For months, 17-year-old Aaliah Wray shed many tears as she wondered about the fate of her son, Nyyear Frank, who was snatched on Rousseau Road in St Andrew on October 13 last year. Yesterday, the teenager was still in tears, but this time, they...

Published:Sunday | January 28, 2018 | 12:00 AMSimone Morgan-Lindo/Gleaner Writer

International reggae act Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley bagged his fourth Grammy Award after he was announced winner of the Best Reggae Grammy category yesterday. Marley won for his Stony Hill album released last year.Challenging Marley's Stony Hill album...

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