Dancehall artistes Bounty Killer and Mavado have started the new year on a positive note by settling their differences.

The artistes, who have avoided each other for the last few months in 2011, are alleged to have made amends at a recent Uptown Mondays party.

Bounty…

Entertainer Patrick Gaynor of the Twin of Twins duo was fined $2000 or 10 days in the Spanish Town Petty Sessions Court yesterday.

Gaynor appeared in court after being charged by the St Catherine South police following an incident at Sting on December 26, 2011.…

 ARTISTE and show promoter Tony Rebel is making an impassioned plea for Jamaicans to protect the local music industry.

The call came at Tuesday's launch of the 19th staging of his birthday celebration -- Rebel Salute, set for January 14 at the Port Kaiser Sports Club in St…

 DOWN Sound recording artiste Specialist exacted sweet revenge on his rival Hurricane with a lyrical battering administered onstage during Sting 2011: Rumours of War.

"I just gave him a long overdue lesson in how to be a real artiste, and we have a bigger fish to fry right now. It just…

 THE Marley family's annual 9 Mile Music Festival is scheduled for March 3 at the Historic Virginia Key Beach Park in Miami, Florida.

It will be the 19th staging of the event which was conceived by Cedella Booker, mother of reggae legend Bob Marley.…

 THE December 26, 2011 staging of Sting — dubbed Rumours of War — saw promoter Isaiah Laing returning to the clash format. He alluded to the fact that clashes worked better in attracting patrons to the event. Therefore, for him to see any return on his investment, this was the route he would have to trod.…

Deejay Macka Diamond will be celebrating her birthday over three days, dubbed the 'Macka Diamond Birthday Weekend.'

The first of the three-day party series, the 'Pre-Party' kicks off on Friday, January 13 at Club Impulse, New Kingston. Partygoers and party-seekers as well as guests will then roll out on…

 DAMIAN 'Junior Gong' Marley has hinted that there may be a follow-up to Distant Relatives, the 2010 concept album he recorded with American hip-hop star Nas.

In a recent interview with the Longhorn Hip Hop radio station, Marley said he felt great satisfaction doing the set which was jointly distributed by Universal Republic and Def Jam…

 HIGH riding dancehall artiste Khago has received a threatening phone call and has reported the matter to the police.

The deejay's publicity team confirmed that the artiste received a death threat from an unknown caller on Sunday — New Year's day — and they are taking the issue…

I-Octane

Dancehall artiste I-Octane yesterday sought to clear the air on what caused a bottle-throwing incident at Sunday's Western Kite Festival in Westmoreland.

The event, which also featured Romain  Virgo and Popcaan, was held at Mannings School in Savanna-la-mar, Westmoreland.

THE…

 TUCKED away off the Mandela Highway in St Catherine, the Caymanas Golf and Country Club became the party central of Jamaica as foot-stomping, Champagne-sipping and lip-locking revellers partied into 2012 at the Xclusive Luminaries on Saturday night.

"The party was very successful in terms…

 REGGAE artiste Luciano has confirmed that there was a bottle-throwing incident during his performance at a concert in Port Harcourt in Nigeria. He, however, is emphasising that it was "out of the ordinary" and does not reflect the usual reception he receives in Africa.

Luciano, aka the…