FOR the first time in 17 years, a Jamaican female reggae artiste has topped Billboard's Reggae album chart.

With first-week sales of 547 copies, Etana's fourth studio album I Rise (VP Records) leaps from seven to number one.

The Clive Hunt-produced album is Etana's fourth…

MAVADO is featured on two songs for the soundtrack to the movie Beyond the Lights which is scheduled for release by the Relativity Music Group on November 11.

The singjay collaborates with Trinidad-born born rapper Nicki Minaj on both tracks -- Give it All to Me and C'mon Boy.…

DANCEHALL artiste Kalado returned to the island earlier this week after being detained in a Florida jail for roughly two weeks.

The entertainer, whose given name is Eton Gordon, was being held on suspicion of immigration fraud.

"I have not gotten a chance to speak with…

 ROBERT Minott, promoter of the annual stage show Full Black, is saying all is set for a spectacular event at the LIME Golf Academy in New Kingston, St Andrew, tonight.

"Everything will be running like a well-oiled machine," Minott told the Jamaica Observer.

This year's…

JAMAICAN radio disc jock ZJ Wah Wa pleaded guilty to telemarketing fraud at a hearing in the Federal District Court in Bismarck, North Dakota, yesterday.

ZJ Wah Wa, given name Deon-ville O'Hara, is charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, wire fraud and money laundering…

KINGSTON, Jamaica —Popular media personality and Miss Universe 2010 first runner-up Yendi Phillips, in a statement issued via her twitter page Wednesday afternoon, has described as “unfortunate” a “leaked” court document relating to matters of her private life.

Phillips, who earlier this week reportedly filed…

DANCEHALL artiste Kalado has been detained in Miami, Florida for the past 10 days. Kalado, whose given name is Eton Gordon, is reportedly being held on suspicion of immigration fraud, his publicist Ray Alexander told the Jamaica Observer.

“I really don't know much, but I can confirm that he has been…

CONTROVERSIAL dancehall artiste Alkaline said he is extremely disappointed with the Government for not lobbying enough on dancehall's behalf.

The entertainer was speaking in reference to a recent call by Antiguan bishop Charlesworth Browne to boycott his show in that country. The minister said Alkaline would…