Claudette Kemp, Capleton's manager, says the entertainer plans to celebrate his birthdaywith a charitable gesture in his native St Mary. This, she said, was despite theentertainer having lost a ...

The dreadlocked producer-cum-singer Garfield Phillips, known in music circles as Sampalue, is gearing up for the release of his debut 'Straight Outta Hannah Town' album and video launch on April 6t...

Dancehall artiste Anthony 'Daminance' Williams has fallen under the baleful eye of the Jamaica Constabulary Force for a new single entitled 'ZOSO' that seems to belittle the efforts of the security...

The popular Gloucester Avenue, widely known as the ‘Hip Strip’ in Montego Bay, St James, is to be renamed in honour of reggae great, Jimmy Cliff, on Thursday afternoon. The St James Municipal Co...

Jamaican-born George Crooks, founder and chief executive officer of the Brooklyn-based Jammins Entertainment, has been among the leading show promoters in New York's West Indian community for decad...

Martin's International will host the 37th annual International Reggae And World Music Awards (IRAWMA) on May 11 at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. The event was launched at the hotel las...

Winston Duke went from relative obscurity to being a household name with his first film and he wasn't even the lead, or second or third performer listed for that matter. That the first film in ques...

In 1993, dancehall deejay Nardo Ranks hit out against skin-lightening in Jamaica with his song, 'Dem A Bleach'. Twenty-six years later, singer K Vibes expresses similar concerns on 'As He Made You'...

The reggae music fraternity has been thrown in mourning with the passing of veteran lead guitarist, Winston ‘Bo Pee’ Bowen on Tuesday morning. Bowen died as a result of a heart attack which he s...

US-based recording artiste Schen wowed a stellar audience with an emphatic performance during an Own the Mic showcase in Yonkers, New York earlier this month. She performed her latest single, 'R...

Dancehall artisteDonMafiais taking a stand against messages of evil which have crept into reggae and dancehall music. He will be officially releasing a new single, 'Pure Evil' on the Miami-based Fa...

Attorneys for "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett said Tuesday that charges alleging he lied to police about a racist and homophobic attack have been dropped. Smollett attorneys Tina Glandian and Pat...

The fun and laughter inside the Phoenix Theatre at Haining Road in St Andrewwas unceasing during thesold out play, 56 East Avenue. Set in the backdrop of a tenement yard in the 1970’s, the produ...

There’s a heavy dose of “girl power” in the lively fourth episode ofTTIX Yellow Cab Karaoke, when singer-turned-producer-and-cab-driver Calibe Thompson and guest rider Chef Thiaare joined by danceh...

Reggae singer Denroy Morgan has come full circle. He started out as a solo singer scoring a huge pop hit, “I’ll Do Anything For You”, in 1981, before dedicating his life to pushing the efforts of h...

Music insiders may remember reggae singer Elijah Mawli from the time he was featured on Twins of Twins infamous 'Stir it' volume 11 where his music was first introduced to the world in 2017. At tha...

Barbra Streisand is coming under intense criticism on social media for telling a British newspaper that two men who say they were molested as children by Michael Jackson were "thrilled to be there"...

Hooray, it's Friday! With so much action last weekend, we hopeyou are now fully recovered andready to go again. Afterall, it will be another lovely end to the week on the rock with loads ofev...

Enterprising bootleggersin downtown Kingstonare raking in big buckshawking DVDs with highlights of Buju Banton's recent 'Long Walk to Freedom' show. A Loop News reporter saw several copies of DV...

DJ Kool Herc, a Jamaican who grew up around sound systems in Kingston, moved to the Bronx in 1967 and eventually set up his own sound system in that New York City borough. He is credited with fo...