Musical brothers Little Hero and PZ are in mourning following the death of their dad, Uton Gayle.

Mr. Gayle who was battling diabetes for some time, died last Thursday at age 78.

Little brother PZ remembers the day his dad passed.…

So days ago, Music News asked if Buju Banton’s lead attorney’s new post as mayor will affect his work with Gargamel’s high-profile drug case.

Today we can confirm that such interference is very likely. According to Imhotep Alkebulan, one of the attorney’s on Buju’s legal team, Chokwe Lumumba takes office as…

Vybz Kartel was again denied bail.

Lawyers representing the embattled dancehall deejay today made an application for bail, a day after Kartel was rushed to the Kingston Public Hospital under heavy police security after complaining about chest pains.

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Ninja Man has gotten the green light to travel to other Caribbean islands.

The veteran dancehall deejay, who got his passport Tuesday, flew to Trinidad where he’s doing ground work for an upcoming charity project to minimize crime and violence in the country. Ninja Man gives Music News the…

Dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel was taken to the Kingston Public Hospital after complaining of chest pains.

Kartel allegedly told wardens at the Horizon Remand Centre that he was feeling chest pains. He was treated and released from the hospital where crowds flocked to see him.…

Dancehall artiste David 'Mavado' Brooks is setting the record straight regarding his recent collaboration Cheat On Me, which features fellow dancehall artiste Spice.

According to Mavado, his Mansion Records up-and-coming female artiste ShakOne was originally intended to be featured on the song, however, her…

Buju Banton’s lawyer Chokwe Lumumba was elected new Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, winning the general election with 87 percent of the votes.

Congrats to Mr. Lumumba…. But will this affect Buju Banton’s ongoing trial? When Music News contacted the office of longtime Black Nationalist organizer and…

Junior Reid was a special guest at Jay Z’s Club 40/40’s 10th Anniversary on June 17 in New York City. Junior Reid was blinded by the paparazzi during the red carpet but had a great attitude saying “One Blood, Jamaica’s in the house.”

Inside the club paparazzi followed Junior Reid around and got shots of him…

Dancehall artiste Tommy Lee Sparta has officially launched his own dancehall team called the Spartan Army and a recording label, Guzu Musiq.

The deejay told THE STAR that he decided to form the team, which includes three females and a male deejay, because having allegiances help to add more value to a…

Just months after his transition to the Rastafarian faith, Snoop Lion is making an impact on many charts with his reggae album Reincarnated.

In the United States and Belgium, the Reincarnated Deluxe Version took the number one spot. The album placed at number three for France, fourth for Germany and…

Mavado was this morning freed of assault charges.

Vado armed with his legal team appeared in the Halfway Tree R-M court today to answer to charges of assault occasioning bodily harm. Attorney at law Tameka Harris tells Music News that the parties agreed to mediate the…

Iconic Reggae/Dancehall artiste Capleton, is still uncertain why he was attacked on stage twice last weekend while performing at Reggae In The Hills in California.

According to the artiste, persons…

Flippa Moggela is at home recuperating after a motor vehicle accident along the Spur Tree Main Road in Manchester on Saturday.

The self-proclaimed “Flossing King” was rushed to a local hospital where he received treatment. Flippa’s Porsche Panamera S was totalled.

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Dancehall is quite vocal on Kanye West's upcoming album with a collaboration with Assassin and samples from Capleton, Popcaan and Beenie Man.

West is due to release his album, Yeezus, today. But when the album leaked late last week, one of the most noticeable things on the 10-track album was the strong presence…

Incarcerated deejay Adijah 'Vybz Kartel' Palmer has responded to the STAR article, 'Kartel Pokes Fun at Chuck Fenda's Baby Mother?', which was published on Thursday, June 13. Speaking through his associate Elvis 'So Unique' Redwood, Kartel has made it clear that he was not referring to Georgina Sergeon in the song.…

Queen Ifrika is to have a follow-up meeting with Security minister Peter Bunting on Tuesday following her single “Don’t Cry” in which she poses some serious questions to the minister.

"Don’t cry mister Bunting, Come yah meck mi tell you something - Yo cyaa fight crime like that - Fire to fury a go get too hot”…

Another Jamaican entertainer was assaulted in THE United States.

The fireman Capleton was pushed twice by a patron performing at Reggae in the Hills in California last weekend.

During his well energized set, a male fan walked onto the stage and pushed Capleton before…

Veteran reggae singer Toots is suing the man accused of throwing a bottle at him during a concert in Virginia.

Toots of the legendary reggae band Toots and the Maytals has filed a lawsuit in Richmond Circuit Court against 19-year-old William C. Lewis, who is charged with felony malicious…

Though behind bars, Vybz Kartel is still stirring up controversy in the entertainment industry with his music.

The latest controversy comes with the release of his new single Georgina, in which the deejay reveals experiences of a sexual encounter with a woman.

The main…

Entertainer Mavado is urging the relevant authorities to help dancehall.

In a Music News exclusive, Vado, who now spends most of his time in the US, says fighting dancehall kills our culture and allows others who depend on it as a means of survival to suffer.

Mavado’s…