PRODUCER Rvssian has scored another hit on the Billboard chart. He produced the single Sunset by Puerto Rican singer Farruko featuring Shaggy and singer Nicky Jam.

The song is currently number four on Billboard’s Latin Songs Chart. Rvssian (real name Tarik Johnston) said he is not surprised at the song’s…

A WARRANT has been issued for the arrest of embattled Jamaican dancehall deejay Deva Bratt in the Palm Beach County Courthouse in West Palm Beach, Florida. Deva Bratt, who was scheduled to answer yesterday to charges of driving without a valid licence, did not appear in court.

“An open warrant was issued. He…

DANCEHALL artiste Assassin (aka Agent Sasco) becomes the first Jamaican act in three years to be featured on a song certified gold in the United States for sales of over 500,000 copies.

Assassin is featured on American rapper Kendrick Lamar's The Blacker the Berry, which recently peaked at number 66 on the…

SINGJAY Chronixx's controversial 'waste man' Instagram reference to American President Barack Obama is unlikely to harm his career in the United States, says music industry veteran Gary 'Doctor Dread' Himelfarb.

Obama, who arrived in Jamaica last Wednesday, was on a one-day working visit. He had bilateral talks…

KINGSTON, Jamaica- Motivational deejay Tony Rebel says singjay Chronixx's statement about Jamaicans glorifying a waste man;, which many argued was in relation to the one-day visit of American President Barack Obama, is unfortunate.

The outspoken reggae artiste criticised the fact that Jamaicans were glorifying…

AS the first anniversary of his sentence for murder approaches, deejay Vybz Kartel earns his best showing to date on Billboard's Reggae Album chart.

Viking (Vybz is King), an 11-track set produced by Linton 'TJ' White, debuts at number three on that table. It is the controversial artiste's fifth title on the Billboard chart.

White, who has produced hits for…

THE police are still conducting investigations into the circumstances in which reggae singer Bob Andy was mugged along the Mona Road in St Andrew, on Friday.

According to the Corporate Communications Unit, the Jamaica Constabulary Force's information arm, Bob Andy was attacked by a knife-wielding motorcycle…

IN December, singjay Dexta Daps predicted that 2015 would be his breakout year. Less than three months into the new year, he is inarguably one of the hottest dancehall figures in the industry.

His single 7eleven, released in January, has become a dancehall anthem.

While…

The latest news in the intertainment space is that Ninja Man And Downsound Records Parted Ways and Bogdanovich Denies Rumors Of Buying Radio Station

According to recent media reports Ninja Man and Downsound Records have parted ways.

When contacted Down Sound Records chief…

THE Dominican government is seeking an amicable settlement regarding the deportation of dancehall artiste Tommy Lee Sparta from that country, last February.

The 26-year-old entertainer, whose given name is Leroy Russell, along with three members of his team, Tiasha Oralie Russell, Junior Fraser and Mario…

DANCEHALL deejay Blak Ryno will officially launch his own purified bottled water, Island Water, at 2 Chelsea Avenue this evening.

The launch will kick off at 8:00 pm and will be hosted by Canadian-based Don Skilachi. Music by Alex Frass.

"The event will be held on…

MOTHER Nature halted a pretrial hearing involving flambouyant dancehall deejay Flippa Mafia at the Camden County Superior Court in New Jersey, last Thursday.

"New Jersey had a major snowstorm on March 5 and that hearing was cancelled. It has not been resheduled yet," Peter Aseltine, press officer in the…

UIM records Producer Anju Blaxx was removed from the detention center in Miami and is set to arrive at a prison in North Dakota.

Anju Blaxx was nabbed in Florida on February 7 and hauled before the United States District Court of the Southern District of Miami for a detention/identity hearing on charges…

 KINGSTON, Jamaica - Local entertainer ‎Collin Demar Edwards, otherwise called Demarco, on Wednesday escaped serious injuries following a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Red Hills and Constant Spring roads.

Reports are that about 3:00 pm, the entertainer was travelling in his white Toyota Camry…

 KINGSTON, Jamaica — Reggae and dancehall ambassador I-Octane is set to make his first trip to Africa, where he is expected to perform at the Independence Stadium in Bakau, Gambia, on March 6.

The event, which is organised by Katato Entertainment, will serve as the official launch of entertainer T Smallz’s…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Reggae and dancehall ambassador I-Octane is set to make his first trip to Africa, where he is expected to perform at the Independence Stadium in Bakau, Gambia, on March 6.

The event, which is organised by Katato Entertainment, will serve as the official launch of entertainer T Smallz’s double EP, The Versatile (Volumes 1 & 2).

For I-Octane, this will be a mystic…

FLAMBOYANT dancehall deejay Flippa Mafia was given a March 5 pre-trial date to return to the Camden County Superior Court in New Jersey, when he appeared earlier this week.

Flippa Mafia — given name Andrew Davis — is facing conspiracy to distribute cocaine, leading a narcotics organisation, possession with…

Dancehall artiste Konshens, has stated that he believes that incarcerated deejay Vybz Kartel is the most lyrical Jamaican artiste.

According to the singjay, who made the comment during an interview with United States based hip-hop website VLADTV.com, Vybz Kartel is ahead of his peers.…

 THE seventh staging of Musical Delights, the annual fund-raiser for the Lions Club of Kingston, is set to see a larger than usual crowd in the Gardens of the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Sunday, February 8, beginning 6:00 pm.

Freddie McGregor will lead an impressive and popular line-up of Jamaica's finest…

DANCEHALL singer Pinchers says he is on the road to recovery following injuries received during a shooting incident last Saturday.

"Me deh pon the road," Pinchers told the Jamaica Observer in an exclusive interview yesterday.

"I'm not feeling any pain. My recovery is…