Buju Banton has sacked his lawyer and has hired new legal representation.

Chokwe Lumumba is the lawyer who will continue Buju’s fight against federal drug and gun charges.

David Oscar Markus, who represented Buju through two weeklong trials and is no longer representing…

Tommy Lee is in shock following an alleged text message from jailed dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel which questioned his affiliation with the Gaza.

In the text message Vybz Kartel reportedly states – “ I jus want u to let the ppl kno that all a dem runnin aroun sayin g*z* g*z* are not real. Before I came here we…

Roots singer Richie Spice's latest album, Richie Spice Acoustic — Soothing Sounds, is scheduled to be released in October. It contains 14 songs including Grooving Girl, Free and Youth So Cold.

According to Spice, recording an acoustic album gave him the opportunity to express himself…

After disappearing from shelves following a split with Vybz Kartel, Corey Todd has officially relaunched Street Vybz rum.

In 2011, the rum was discontinued after a falling-out with the business partners. According to Todd, because of the overwhelming demand for the rum, they were obligated to supply…

On August 29 Vybz Kartel, Vanessa Bling and Pim-Pim are expected to return to court to answer to charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Allegations are that Pim Pim assisted Gaza Slim also known as Vanessa Bling with a report she made to the Constant Spring Police last year that she had been…

Mavado is currently foraging new grounds outside of dancehall music. He is slowly working into the groove of things on the United States pop culture scene.

Among his most recent efforts include Monday's premiere of the Suicidal/Aktion Pak video, a collaboration with popular producer/personality DJ…

The Meteorological Service of Jamaica's latest advisory stated that at 4am the centre of Tropical Storm Isaac was located near Latitude 15.5 degrees north and Longitude 57.3 degrees west or about 445 kilometres east of Guadeloupe. TS Isaac is moving towards the west at 30 km/h and this general motion is expected to continue for the next couple of…

Amid the controversy surrounding the video for Clap That, Leftside says he’s not fazed by the negative comments.

The song which also features Konshens has been getting mixed reviews following the internet release of the R rated video which was shot in a strip club.…

A popular dancehall music producer accused of assault appeared before the Half-Way Tree Resident Magistrate’s court yesterday to answer to the charges

harged with assault is Patrick ‘Roach’ Samuels.

The accused entered a not guilty plea.…

Dancehall icon Ninja Man has come out in defense of female artiste Stacious after she was lyrically attacked by dancehall artistes Twin of Twins in a recent recording.

The female deejay was strongly chastised by the twins after she had previously made comments in her single Talk that Tony Matterhorn defeated…

Dancehall star Popcaan completed a big summer by making huge strides in Canada, including linking up with Canadian rapper and international star Drake.

While the world was enraptured with the Summer Olympics in London, the deejay, whose real name is Andrae Sutherland, was busy in Canada with two shows over the…

Reggae singer Lutan Fyah says that he has been scammed by someone who was pretending to be him and defrauding producers from all over the world.

According to the reggae singer, he employed someone to control his Facebook and Twitter accounts, but now believes he may be one of the persons that carried out the…

Warren Weir shows the Gaza sign while he and Usain Bolt celebrate Jamaica's trifecta in the 200m final on Thursday.

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Star-studded athletes in London have…

Dancehall group T.O.K says that they have now officially been released from their VP Records contract.

The group, which consists of Alistaire 'Alex' McCalla, Roshaun 'Bay-C' Clarke, Craig 'Craigy T' Thompson and Xavier 'Flexx' Davidson, rose to fame in the 1990s and signed a contract with VP Records soon…

Snoop Dogg, now called Snoop Lion, says the reason why he became a reggae artiste is because it is a music of love, happiness and struggle.

According to the artiste, who was doing an interview with MTV host, Sway Calloway recently for his Reincarnated Documentary Press Conference, he wants to expand his musical…

Rastafarian deejay Buju Banton may now be facing the prospect of having his 10-year prison sentence extended to 15 years after a Federal judge yesterday rejected his request for a new trial.

Federal Judge James Moody…

VETERAN deejay Ranking Trevor died from injuries sustained in a motor accident yesterday.

The deejay, whose real name is Maxwell Grant, was hit from his motorcycle near Cling Cling Oval, a sports complex at the corner of Cling Cling Avenue and Olympic Way, in St Andrew. He was 60 years old.…