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Killa best performance inna while and him took the show, gwaan bad, the crowd a say the entire gaza dead, the man call up kartel who did a hide backstage with a bag a man, killa say any stage show him go him a call out kartel till him get a clash, mavado fcuk it up, starlight, gyal over gun, the man dem boo lisa hype who try diss killa, kick lisa hype get kick inna her batty and run her off stage , crowd walk out pon kartel, the man a try a peace treaty but killa nuh inna it, merciless is a fcuking clown, sizzla shell it down, madd anju gwaan, mavado deal with it wicked, the song with him and stacious biggest forward for the night, macka diamond got booo, queen paula got boo, kartel hide with police, the wau how killa deal with gaza I think its a shame to say gaza right now, poor kartel, nobody nuh left a gaza , the crowd walk out after alliance performance , mavado and stacious tune biggest forward, lisa hype go see a doctor, me know you cannot sit down for weeks now with the timbala...

Wednesday, February 24th was popular female dancehall/reggae artiste Ce’Cile’s birthday, and she celebrated in fine style at the Fiction night club in Kingston with many friends including the Big Yard Crew, stylist Dexter Pottinger, photographer Marvin Bartley, BFF Shana, Spice, Tifa, Timberlee, Elektra, Milk, Craig (from Voicemail), amongst others. In chart news, her ladies Anthem “Nah Stress Over Man” on Big Yard’s Street Bullies riddim moves up to # 3 on BBC’s 1xtra top ten charts, and on the song continues to make waves in other places including Jamaica and Cayman. Her song “Anything”, on Don Corleone’s Feminine riddim continues to enter various charts around the region and Jamaica. Look out for more new music soon from Ce’Cile – songs produced by Big Yard, Don Corleon, Demarco, Nicky B and Christopher Birch. Additionally, Ce’Cile heads back on the road at the end of March, where she will play the Original Festival (flyer below) in France – alongside Mos Def and Warren G. Sh...

Rastafarian Reggae artist, Buju Banton, will have a March 4 hearing in Tampa, Florida, where he is being held on cocaine related charges. Reports are that this will be a significant milestone in what his lawyers are labeling a case of “entrapment” against the Grammy nominated deejay. Tracii McGregor, who represents Banton’s Gargamel Music is quoted as saying that there’ll be a hearing on all of the motions that were filed by Buju’s attorney “a lot of information should be revealed on March 4”. Legal luminary in the case, David Oscar Markus, has reportedly filed several motions, all of which shouldbe heard on Thursday. Buju Banton, whose real name is Mark Anthony Myrie, was arrested at his Tamarac home in South Florida in December last year, after Federal Agents accused him of negotiating with undercover agents to purchase five or more kilograms of cocaine at Sarasota in Tampa, Florida. Banton’s legal team says their client is a victim of entrapment and intends to prove to tha...

GERMANY, Europe's largest economy, has blacklisted 11 dancehall albums between 2008 and January 2010 this year because of their homophobic and violent content. Albums by Sizzla, Elephant Man, Bounty Killer, Capleton, TOK and Baby Cham are on this list, or "index", compiled by the German Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons (BPjM) Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien in German. Stakeholders counter that up to 35 dancehall albums or songs had been blacklisted since the BPjM's conception including Legalise It by reggae icon Peter Tosh, which was later removed. The BPjM told the Sunday Observer that it is illegal to advertise these albums or to sell them to minors in Germany, with additional restrictions placed on their sale and distribution. "Breach of ...[the] indexing is punishable by a fine or imprisonment," stated Corinna Bochmann, BPjM spokesperson, in response to Sunday Observer queries. Ten of the 11 albums were not only c...

    Kerie-Ann 'Kiki' Lewis-Thombs is known across the media landscape as a radio and television host. Lately however, Lewis has taken on a new cap working as a self-appointed anti-drug trafficking advocate. 'Kiki' also shares her very own experience in a tell-all documentary in which she highlights a gruelling tale of being locked up abroad on drug- trafficking charges. consequences The documentary, which is scheduled to be aired on TVJ tonight at 9:30, is part of her strategy to call attention to the consequences which may result from participating in the dangerous trade. Produced by Advanced Media Productions (AMP) 'Our very own: Locked up abroad' goes in depth with drug trafficking in Jamaica and portrays Kiki as a misguided 18-year-old who made a regrettable mistake. her experience Thirty-year-old Lewis-Thombs spent the last 12 years reinventing herself, working beyond her mistake and striving to use her experience to dissuade other people...

Blak Ryno Portmore Empire head Vybz Kartel has described his former protégé, Blak Ryno, as a confused individual after his recent departure from the crew. Speaking yesterday, Kartel discussed his reaction to Ryno's abrupt departure from the Portmore Empire on Wednesday, of which he has been a member since January 2007. priorities mixed Kartel said: "Ryno is, in my analysis, a confused individual going through some sort of post-adolescence trauma, where in his pursuit to find himself is getting his priorities mixed up and as a result, is making decisions in a subconscious, bewildered state of mind." The deejay further said that: "Portmore Empire and Gaza will continue to grow from strength to strength merely because I am Gaza." According to Kartel, persons can look out for his newest member Gaza Slim and his protégé Popcaan. The Portmore Empire started in 2007 after Kartel's departure from the Alliance in 2006. The Empire have consisted of mem...

Yea big up mi baby father , Jigga, ah me say yuh , and you say me, so way dem feel like? How some gal say dem man love them  and Valentine`s Day gone and dem nuh get no text, no phone call, not even a letter. Nothing. No man nuh wan dem , dem ah crosses and dem ting ah backfire like leyland some old leyland truck. Some gal need alum around here because dem tings miserable like dem life. Ah me Kimisha say so and mi nah tek back mi chat. MILK AGO GO HARD How milk ah ago so hard? Mi turn on mi radio last week Friday and hear har pon Fame ah talk up di tings dem,  Milk, Maffi tun yuh in a big star now,  and yuh selector and radio friend nuh stop beat up the song pon the air, all yuh need is a video now. Yuh can use money yuh mek offa yuh parties and shows dem fi funnel back inna yuh career.Dem caan stop yuh , yuh ting sort out. LA LEWIS, YUH SALT EH? Boy, LA Lewis, reaction ah tek yuh. Mr. G embarrass yuh outta Settlement and kill yuh little career and then the polic...

The Waterford police in St Catherine are still awaiting a formal report after the house of entertainer Blak Ryno's father was shot up yesterday. It was revealed that about 1:30 p.m. gunmen walked up to the house which is located on Cascade Road. They brandished guns and fired on the house, no one was at home when the incident occurred. "The police awaits a report on the matter to start a formal investigation in the matter," an investigator told  angered by the incident Ryno, whose real name is Romaine Anderson, on Thursday came out publicly with the announcement that he was leaving the Vybz Kartel lead Portmore Empire. Ryno had been a member of the Empire since 2007. The deejay had contacted THE WEEKEND STAR to state that he was no longer in the crew. Following yesterday's shooting incident, Kartel was quoted in a release from his publicist, Raine Martin, as saying that he was angered by the incident. "I condemn today's (Thursday) shooting in Waterf...

  Deejay Black-er is defending his friend, Macka Diamond, after Unicorn had disparaging things to say about the money goddess earlier this week. As Macka Diamond and Unicorn plan to settle their disagreement at Follow Di Arrow tomorrow at James Bond Beach, Black-er has spoken out about comments made by Unicorn about Macka Diamond. In Wednesday's STAR Unicorn called Macka 'ungrateful' saying: "So much people in the business try to help her and she turn roun' and backstab dem: Black-er, KipRich, some odda yute who used to write fi her ñ n Lady aw... o sh can com ah Follow Di Arrow com dad lik sparrow." owr lackr, who collaboratd with Macka for th 2006 hit song Bun Him , told reporter that he and Macka are fine. He said: "Why him a try mash up me and Macka friendship? Him a damage it like she do me anything. Me and Macka were never bad. Macka is a good girl, she's been good to me. As far as I know Macka and KipRich never had any problems either....

On Monday night, Olympian Shelly-Ann Fraser organised an All-Stars Track Dinner as a fund-raiser for the Haiti Relief Fund, through a raffle. Lucky winners of the raffle got their dream date with the athletes. The dinner took place at Acropolis Restaurant, one of the sponsors, in collaboration with United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Mercedes-Benz.   World and Olympic 400m silver medallist Shericka Williams and her date, Dane Robinson, sure look cosy!   Former world 100m record holder Asafa Powell gives his date Tyana Powell a long-stemmed red rose. World and Olympic 400m hurdles champion, Melaine Walker, and her date, Clinton Ferguson, at Monday night's All-Stars Track Dinner. Brigitte Foster-Hylton, the world 100m hurdles champion, poses with her date, Barrington Gouldbourne. - Photos by Anthony Foster Kaleise Spencer, the 2006 World Junior 400m hurdles cham-pion, and her date, Francis Llewellyn, match colours at the dinner. Congratulations to att...

This Saturday`s staging of Magnum Follow Di Arrow set to take place at the James Bond Beach in Oracabessa, St. Mary is shaping up to be an all-out lyrical war between females Deejays. The Latest song to hit the streets in anticipation of the onstage battle comes from upcoming artiste Ikaya, who has release Kill Di Whole A Dem. T he hardcore, totally raw track takes aim at deejays Macka Diamond and Lisa Hyper, and the artiste makes her intention clear as the stress that " gwaan kill off di whole a dem " I have something to prove at Follow the Arrow and I will be coming to do just that ," Ikaya said about her upcoming performance. " As long as everyone knows it`s  just a lyrical clash, nothing personal. I have nothing against the artistes in question....I just want to prove that I can take on the best  and come out victorious," Ikaya pointed out. Follow Di Arrow will   also see performance coming from artistes such as Vybz Kartel, Queen Paula, Sophia Squ...

At least one girl got a Valentine shocker last  week when she came home unexpectedly to her to her apartment in upper St.Andrew to find her boyfriend a popular DJ indulging in a freaky sexual act. According to the girl , she walked in to find her boyfriend of two months performing perverted acts with a known erotic dancer from the corporate area. The female gave this reporter the drama after she said the DJ had dissed her and threatened her after they had an argument. She said she is still reeling from the shock of what she witnessed. She said she had told him she was going to St. Ann for a few days to look for her mother and would be returning for them to have a romantic Valentines Day . However, she decided to surprise him by returning home eartlier than expected and surprise him she did! "Mi put di key in di lock an open it an hear some sounds a come from the bedroom so mi tek time go look. Mi couldn't beleive it. The DJ bwoy lay dung pon di bed and di girl stan over him ...

The Rasta Man There was a Rasta man sunbathing nude on the beach in Hellshire. He saw a little girl coming toward him, so he covered himself with the newspaper he was reading. The girl came up to him and asked, "A Wha yuh 'ave undah de newspaper?" Thinking quickly, the Rasta replied, "A bird." The girl walked away, and the Rastaman fell asleep. When he woke up, he was in Spanish Town Hospital in tremendous pain. The police asked him what happened. The Rasta says, "Mi nuh kno. I mon was lying on de beach,den dis likkle gal asked me a question, ....guess I mon mussah doze off an next ting I man know is I mon deh ya." The police went to the beach, found the little girl, and asked her "What did you do to that naked Rasta?" After a pause, the girl replied, " me neva do nutten to him? Nutten at all". Mi did a play wid him bird an it spit pon me. So, mi bruk di neck,crack di two egg dem, and set de nest pon fire!...

xml api One of the stars of the popular VH1 reality show, For The Love of Ray J, yesterday announced on television that she and Jamaican Olympic star, Usain Bolt, are a couple. The woman, Taneish Simpson, was a cast member of the dating show’s second season, but was eliminated on episode three. The show is centred around actor and singer Ray J’s search for love and features him living in a house with a group of women who vie for his attention and ultimately his heart. Ray J is the brother of singer Brandy. Simpson, 24, was named Lava on the show and is originally from Portland, but now lives in Florida. Various Internet sources list her occupations as a model and make-up artist. The Contact? On the show’s reunion special which aired on the United States music channel, VH1, yesterday at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., Simpson claimed she was now over Ray J and had moved on with her life. She said Bolt ‘googled’ her and made contact. She said, “We made it official on New Year’s. I actua...

Confident, independent girl Ce'Cile is 'preeing the present' and proclaiming to all and sundry that 'ova no man (she) nah siddung and fret, cause a million more a tek set.' This is the chorus from her latest single, which has been floating through the airwaves with amazing regularity. Balancing her swagger on this catchy tune, appropriately entitled, Nah Stress , Ce'Cile looks to score with this energetic girls' anthem. Produced by Big Yard on the Street Bullies rhythm, Nah Stress is a real walk-out song - "relationship done, you know a me lef" - one that the females can readily identify with and have been requesting both in the dancehall and on radio. "It's a song of empowerment for the ladies," Ce'Cile says with her ever-confident smile. "The message is that there is too much to live for to allow a failed relationship to make a woman sit down and get depressed. Of course, a healthy relationship is important but if it...

Magnum Follow Di Arrow-February 27, 2010 The annual Magnum Follow Di Arrow show is set to happen on Saturday, February 27, at the James Bond Beach in St. Mary. This Alliance Crew-affiliated show is said to be all about unity, and with this in mind, it will feature leading dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel. Also on the line up – Mavado, Bounty Killer, Merciless, Kiprich, Sizzla Kalonji, Mr. Vegas, Stacious, Pamputtae, Twin of Twins, Lisa Hyper, Macka Diamond, Assassin, Anthony B, and many others. Check out the flyer below. Street Dance Calender There are certain dances and street dances that happen each and every week in Jamaica, most of them in Kingston. This is Jamaica’s week-to-week dancehall calendar. Sunday Wet Sundaze – Hillview Avenue, Off Eastwood Park Road, Kingston Sundays on the Beach – Prendys, Hellshire Beach, St. Catherine Flip Flop Sundays – Rebel-T HQ, 52 Dumbarton Avenue Monday Uptown Mondays – Savannah Plaza, Constant Spring Road, Kingston Tuesday Boasy Tuesdays ...

Adijah Palmer attended Calabar High School in Kingston but was expelled. He completed his studies at Tutorial College, a private school in Kingston, Jamaica and graduated with English, History, Geography, and Literature at CXC levels. The young Adijah was exposed to a wide variety of music by two uncles who were aspiring musicians themselves. Every weekend he would listen to new musical offerings on his uncle's old component set, ranging from Sam Cooke to country and western ballads to Ninja Man, who became one of his musical foes. At the age of 10 his favorite artists included Papa San, Charlie Chaplin, Will Smith and KRS-1, all of whose lyrics he would write down and memorize, performing them later for the entertainment of friends. He is also known as "Adijah Di Teacha" According to Wikipedia Early Career On weekends Adijah would practice on neighborhood sound systems Soul Signal and Electric Force. In 1993, Adijah, now in his late teens, recorded his first single ...