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Sean ‘Seanizzle’ Reid is no stranger to the Jamaican musical zeitgeist. Since rocketing to fame in 2010 through his One Day Riddim, Seanizzle has been using his wide musical interest to infuse international sounds into his beats. Juggling the...
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Deejay Macka Diamond prayed for a hit song for 2024 and before the year closed out, the dancehall diva scored big with What Can Go So, a single featuring TikToker, Derrick Morgan. Macka is especially delighted about the timing of the success of the...
Fresh off his victory in the 2024 Digicel Rising Stars competition, Akeen Fennell, also known as Akeen Star, is ready to embark on his professional music journey. His debut live performance is set for the Love Jamaica Music and Food Festival at...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Lil Wayne, GloRilla and Camila Cabello are gearing up to make their presence felt in a festive concert series leading up to college football’s national championship game. The College Football Playoff announced Thursday that the...
Buju Banton, the legendary Grammy Award-winning reggae and dancehall artiste, made his mark once again by delivering a mesmerising performance at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Sunday show on November 17 marked a significant return for Buju...
The inaugural Love Jamaica Music and Food Festival is set to début on November 23, at The Lawns at UWI in Kingston. “This premier event promises to be a celebration of timeless music, featuring a lineup of R...
Words like “captivating”, incredible”, “emotional” and “nostalgic” have been used by Gramps Morgan of sibling group Morgan Heritage, to describe how he felt about performing with Buju Banton at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, last Sunday...
NEW YORK (AP): A federal judge ordered prosecutors Tuesday not to use papers taken from the jail cell of Sean ‘Diddy Combs until he rules on defence claims that they are trial preparation materials protected by attorney-client privilege. Judge Arun...
NEW YORK (AP): The leader of a New York City church where pop star Sabrina Carpenter filmed provocative scenes for a music video was stripped of his duties Monday after church officials said an investigation revealed other instances of...
One of the most anticipated aspects of any carnival experience is the theme. A make-or-break decision for any carnival band, the theme sets the tone for events, brand partnerships, costumes, and so much more. It is with this in mind that GenXS...
LONDON (AP): The former members of One Direction reunited Tuesday for the funeral of bandmate Liam Payne. Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson joined friends and family to at the service for 31-year-old Payne, who died after...
After two decades as one of the most beloved and enduring musicals on the stage, WICKED makes its long-awaited journey to the big screen as a spectacular, generation-defining cinematic event. WICKED, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars...
The implementation of the long-held plans of two Jamaican musicians for Caribbean classical music took a big step forward last weekend. Franklin E. Halliburton, musical director and conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Jamaica (POJ), and...
LOS ANGELES (AP): The family of Quincy Jones was not sure they wanted to attend the Governors Awards. Their father died two weeks before he could accept his second honorary Oscar, alongside Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson,...
When Dr Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques stood to address the University of Technology (UTech) community last Friday inside the Alfred Sangster Auditorium, his first words were not his instantly recognisable, “Dutty, yeah!” Instead the Grammy Award...
The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is brimming with pride that Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2023, Aundrene Cameron, has been named the Jamaica Rhodes Scholar for 2025. “For the JCDC, this marks another impressive rung on the ladder...
