Day: September 16, 2014

Foota Hype just posted this on Instagram:

Gm effective this minuite rite now @footahypemusic is no longer apart of the @downsound_music company I QUIT resigned lef di work which ever way wi can put it on the basis of not getting the respect I deserve from the company ceo joseph bagdonavic as in them producing and releasing material in the form of a song that is aimed at violating and disrespecting me and my brand. I will not work for a company that is deliberately trying to tear down my brand image and character in order to make another person in same company relevant. At the end of the day I was foota hype before @downsound_music and will continue to be after .

Bogdanovich, the CEO of Down Sound Records, has temporarily suspended, without pay, several members of the DSR staff until further notice. He has however, retained three artistes on the roster, namely Nature, Ishawna and Ninjaman, as well as nine members of staff cutting across the security, artiste liaison, secretarial and music engineering departments.

Independent label Down Sound Records has officially closed their St. Andrew Park headquarters and will soon make an announcement regarding their relocation and expansion plans for 2014 and beyond.

Elephant Man’s ‘Shmoney Dance’ has generated 18,000 views in only four days since its release on youtube.

The official dancehall remix of Hot Nigga by Bobby Shmurda featuring Jah X, Junior Reid, Mavado and Popcaan has hit 86,000 views in two weeks.

Check out Bobby Shmurda’s new mixtape. Check it: http://instagram.com/p/ssoux_EyE4/?utm_source=partner&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=video&modal=true

The highly popular artiste Sizzla is the latest music star to take over Usain Bolt’s Tracks and Records in Martketplace for the Behind The Screen Series.

Sizzla and the Firehouse Crew are set to burn up the stage on September 16.

What a way the bad flu tek over St. Thomas? Mi hear say almost 200 students at Yallahs Primary School in St Thomas and 25 per cent of its teacher complement were absent from class because of flu-like symptoms accompanied by fever, severe joint pains and rashes. On Sunday, at the Children’s Hospital, police were called in after a mother attacked a security guard in the middle of mass confusion because of a shortage of doctors, and the refusal of doctors to issue antibiotics to worried mothers. The country ah get maddddd!!!!!!

All hail the new Police Commissioner. Dr Carl Williams has been officially sworn in as Police Commissioner of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).