The organizers behind the inaugural Jamaica Woodland Festival have a firm conviction that their festival experience can bring families together for a unique and unforgettable experience in paradise during the Easter weekend of 2025. “We will be hosting the festival in the Ocho Rios area of St. Ann so the business and local community including […]
Read MoreChronixx earns first gold certification with Eternal Light
Reggae star Chronixx has scored his first certification in the United States with Eternal Light, a collaboration recorded with American R&B group Free Nationals in 2019. The song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The song achieved the equivalent of 500,000 units sold in the US through a combination of […]
Read MoreFour killed at bar in Bethel Town, Westmoreland
FOUR KILLED IN WESTMORELAND MASS SHOOTING The Westmoreland Policing Division is probing the circumstances surrounding the killing of four men and the injuring of four patrons at a bar in New Road, Bethel Town in the parish on Monday night.The deceased have been identified as Damion Baker, Odane Scott otherwise called ‘Moses’, and Rocky Lawrence.The […]
Read MoreStitchie is in a ‘living nightmare” as his estranged wife blocks ALL access to the singer; ‘family left in the dark’
According to his friends, Lieutenant Stitchie is in a living, waking nightmare. None of his friends have been able to visit him over the past two weeks as the gospel star’s wife has restricted access to the deejay during visiting hours at the private medical facility in the Corporate Area where he is currently healing. […]
Read MoreBusha Mark targets at-risk youths with ‘Know Your Worth’
Reggae artiste Busha Mark is pleased with the early feedback to his latest single, ‘Know Your Worth’, a stirring call to at-risk youth to love and respect themselves by loving themselves enough to care for their inner being. “The youths need to know that you need to respect your soul, don’t “sell out” your morals, […]
Read MoreIjahmar expresses his love for ‘Polo’
Dancehall lyrics have long declared the importance of fashion in the genre. From oversized garments to rasta colours to the co-opting and repurposing of luxury brands, dancehall has always been obsessed with fashion. That is why dancehall singjay Ijahmar believes that his latest fashion-obsessed single, Polo, is the club banger he needs to elevate his […]
Read MoreReggae Boyz player Jorginho James assaults wife- while out on bond
Former Reggae Boyz Jorginho James is to face a Texas court in October after assaulting his wife Crystal James — again — while out on bond. The 30-year-old who made his senior debut for Jamaica at age 17 while attending Kingston College in 2012, was seen in a viral video, punching his wife repeatedly while […]
Read MoreTrip Fashion razed by fire in Spanish Town
Firefighters are on the scene of a fire at a plaza on Young Street in Spanish Town, St Catherine. The fashion store Trip Fashion caught fire. Over 8 times water truck forced to come. Fire blazing under the basement from early afternoon. Eyewitnesses on the scene have reported that the fire broke out at the […]
Read MoreSwatch International of ‘Passa Passa’ fame pushes international boundaries
Most Jamaicans recognise Swatch International as the sound system that fuelled the ‘Passa Passa’ era of dancehall where the famous street dance took the world by storm, generated new street slangs, entertained thousands of tourists and spawned copycat events all over the world. Despite all that success, Swatch International is not done. “We intend to […]
Read MoreAfter wife evicted him from family home, Lt. Stitchie suffers big stroke, now hospitalized in coma
Gospel dancehall star Lieutenant Stitchie has reportedly suffered a severe brain haemorrhage and has been hospitalized in a coma that has left him unresponsive in a long-term care facility. The singer’s wife, Sophia Laing has set up a gofundme page labelled ‘Support Stitchie’s rehabilitate journey’ which has already raised US$780 of a US$100,000 goal. “We […]
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