The urgency in Jay-A’s Quick7 wasn’t just in the name. Now, the numbers are moving quickly too. The Miami-based Jamaican dancehall artiste is celebrating after his new EP Quick7 debuted at No. 3 on the U.S. iTunes Reggae chart, giving the rising entertainer another reason to believe his moment is arriving. For Jay-A, born Tarik […]
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Ramona Samuels defeats Voice winner Tessanne Chin to win back her brand name , The Voicebox
In the digital age, a name can be worth its weight in gold—and Jamaican creative entrepreneur Ramona Samuels has spent 16 years making sure hers has a voice. Samuels has emerged from a bruising behind-the-scenes battle to protect The Voicebox, the media and production brand she established in 2010, after another party began using the […]
Read MoreMelissa Mais pens letter to the Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness
Dear Most Honourable Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness and Honourable Minister of Culture Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange I write to you as a writer and creator whose difficult experience with intellectual property has convinced me that a larger conversation is needed about how Jamaica protects the people whose ideas power its extraordinary creative industries. I recently […]
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