Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange weighed in on the life of disc jockey and music producer Arif Cooper following his death on Sunday. Cooper died suddenly while playing at a 90s party early in the morning at the Police Officers Club in St Andrew. Spectators and other personnel attempted to resuscitate […]
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Arif Cooper suffers seizure at a party, dies
Popular radio broadcaster Arif Cooper reportedly collapsed while on the job at a party at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in St Andrew early Sunday. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The son of Third World founding member Michael ‘Ibo’ Cooper, Arif was introduced to music at an early age and […]
Read MoreJada Kingdom for West Igloo
Dancehall artiste Jada Kingdom will headline West Igloo, which is scheduled to take place on March 26 at Catherine Hall Sports Complex in Montego Bay, St James, under the theme ‘Euphoria’. This is Jada Kingdom’s first time performing in Montego Bay. She is known in the dancehall industry for her unique voice and bold lyrics. […]
Read MoreJo Archer impresses with ‘You’
Joeane “Jo” Archer is a Tobagonian singer and songwriter who fuses Reggae, Dancehall, Pop, and R&B, among other genres to create her own fresh eclectic sound. Moved by her strong Reggae and Dancehall influences, she has journed to Jamaica to produce an album with rising Worldbeat force, DRE JA (Andre K Davy), whose single, “Keep […]
Read MoreRuktuk accuses Valiant of plagiarism
US-based dancehall artiste Ruktuk has accused Valiant of stealing parts of his song titled Badmon She Love to create his song titled, Weh She Love. “Yesterday one of my friends called me from Jamaica and asked me if I had heard Valiant’s new song called Weh She Love. I told him no and he said […]
Read MoreEl Benzo cranks up ‘Karate’
Lying on his back a hospital bed in 2021, recovering from a near-fatal gunshot to the chest, dancehall rapper El Benzo knew that he had to pursue his dreams with the second chance he had been granted. “Getting shot motivated me a lot because it was a crazy experience, I almost died, I ran to […]
Read MoreBikers community mourns five bikers who died on Sunday
The five men who died after the motorcycles they were traveling on crashed on the Golden Spring main road in St Andrew have been identified.The deceased, who are all of St. Andrew addresses are 20-year-old Tajay Murray, 18-year-old Anthony Fuller, 20-year-old Raheem Campbell, 24-year-old Jamie Marriott, 17-year-old Romario Moodie.Reports from the Stony Hill police are […]
Read MoreMocho Cop shot on Palmers Cross in Clarendon
Constable Dainy Grant attached to the Mocho Police Station was shot and injured by gunmen at Palmers Cross Clarendon at 1250 a.m. on Saturday, Information received is that he was a patron at a drink out when a car drove up two 2 men existed the vehicle and opened fire injuring Cons.Grant and rob the […]
Read MoreCop shot in Greenwich Farm
Constable Jerome Myers of St Andrew South PIU was shot and injured in the Greenwich Farm Third Street area a short while ago. He was on patrol giving some support in the space when a team of young men open fire on the police team. He was shot in the region of the chest. He […]
Read MoreVYBZ KARTEL DENIED PERMISSION TO INTRODUCE ‘FRESH EVIDENCE’ IN MURDER CONVICTION BEFORE PRIVY COUNCIL
Dancehall star Vybz Kartel and his co-accused have been denied conditional permission by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to challenge their 2014 murder conviction before the Privy Council in the United Kingdom by introducing “fresh evidence”. Dancehall star Vybz Kartel, known for hit songs like Fever, lost his long-running legal battle to appeal […]
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