Miss Universe Jamaica 2014 finalist Zandrea Bailey has died after a long battle with lupus. The 29 year-old Bailey died this morning in a New York hospital where she had been admitted for the past several weeks.

    It stops being funny when it starts being you.That's the unspoken constant when it comes to dealing with mental illness in Jamaica, where prejudice, discrimination and abuse are only a heartbeat away. You don't believe it?Just mention the words "my shrink" and "disorder" in a sentence, and a grenade of melodrama explodes in your universe.  

The world is confusing place right now. During the Summer, I was walking along Princess Street in downtown Kingston when I saw a strange sight. It was a male, or at least I believe it was. This gender-bender had in two pairs of earrings, his hair was braided back in cane rows, and he had bleached his face to a dirty pinkish hue, like a side of pork gone rancid. But the coup de grace was his eyebrows; he had shaved his original eyebrows and then pencilled them in a sharp upside down V (a decidedly female practice) over his eyes.  

PR is the new gambit used by both the phenomenally untalented and the boorish to gain attention. If you want an edge, just check Claude Mills. 

Recording artiste Gaza Slim has been pulled into the Vybz Kartel appeal with the introduction of an alleged "defence red herring" regarding a 2011 police report made by artiste Vanessa Bling, real name Vanessa Saddler, that she had been robbed by the deceased, Clive Williams, after the date of his death.   

International recording star Mr. Vegas has released a humorous new single, dubbed 'Meme' where he shows off his razor sharp wit and instinct for self-deprecation. He is not afraid to laugh at himself.   

  Mr. Vegas is a new man. He is fully 'woke' - a slang byword for social awareness - and on the verge of a new state of black consciousness. He sees himself as a catalyst, fighting for a more enlightened generation who can identify with social consciousness and he is initiating that change through his latest album, Ism.

  Mr. Vegas is a new man. He is fully 'woke' - a slang byword for social awareness - and on the verge of a new state of black consciousness. He sees himself as a catalyst, fighting for a more enlightened generation who can identify with social consciousness and he is initiating that change through his latest album, Ism.

 Dancehall star Mr Vegas  pointed to the unfortunate death of Konshens' brother two years ago after Konshens made disparaging remarks about him earlier is week.

  The appeal hearing for dancehall sensation, Vybz Kartel,  who was convicted of murder along with three of his associates in 2014, is scheduled for Monday, July 9, and his legion of supportive fans are holding a collective breath, anxious for the World Boss' release.