VP Records will release a double compact disc celebrating Jamaica's 50th year of Independence. Titled Out Of Many: Fifty Years of Jamaican Music, it is scheduled to be released in late July.

Aaron Talbert — head of sales and marketing at the Queens, New York, company — told Splash that the album will…

Popcaan has been enjoying his stint in the front seat of dancehall music in recent months with several popular songs dominating the airwaves and earning 'pull ups' at events.

With upcoming shows in Suriname, Guyana, Bahamas, Europe and Guadeloupe among other local events, the young artiste who found his musical…

After six months off the entertainment circuit, Sizzla Kalonji is set to return for what is being dubbed as the 'event of the century' on Sunday, March 18, at Club Privilege.

Florida-based Whirlwind Entertainment Group has teamed up with the artiste to present an intimate and historic event,…

 REGGAE great Burning Spear has launched a scathing assault on a major American reggae distributor, Ernie B's Reggae, claiming the company has shipped bootleg copies of his work.

In two Facebook posts in February, Spear alleged that "they bootlegging all of our music and trying to use the police to get us…

Mr. Vegas has made a shocking revelation.

The outspoken dancehall deejay said he has not enjoyed his career. Mr. Vegas was speaking during the Entertainment Buzz Wednesday.

Mr. Vegas is expected to…

Slim J who was one of Dutty Fridaze most notorious selectors had an untimely death at a hospital in New York on Monday February 27.

Slim J, who was the second half of the popular duo of Slim J and Fire 20, was troubled with Sickle Cell Anemia since youth and encountered a cardiac arrest during treatment…

Tributes continue to pour in for Bounty Killa who lost his mom on Sunday.

Fans, well-wishers, industry players and friends continue to send condolence messages via social networking sites and to IRIE FM.

Miss Ivy who Bounty Killa introduced to fans through songs, died at…

The Wailers are back!!

The long awaited wailers reunion is back.....only not with all the original players....of course bob and peter have passed, but the only living Wailer - Jah B, Bunny Wailer has reassembled the group with son of Peter, Andrew Tosh and son of Bob, Kymani Marley!

Jah B tells Music News that he had been contemplating the idea for some time and…

D’Angel’s debut literary effort, ‘LOVE TRIANGLE’ will be officially launched later this evening at Sangster’s Book Store on Mall Plaza.

D’Angel says the book talks about love, hurt and betrayal. …

Singer Pressure Buss Pipe is currently nursing a gunshot wound after being injured in the leg over the weekend on the island of St. Thomas.

The entertainer known for the hit single 'Love and Affection' was one of two persons who were shot. The other man who is said to be a popular promoter for the event which…

Just hours after collecting an award on behalf of his father’s band, the legendary Skatalites, Okeene Brevett was shot dead in his home community of Seaview Gardens in St Andrew early Sunday morning.

Okeene had attended the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association  Awards at Emancipation Park Saturday night on…

Weeks after it was made public that dancehall artiste Mavado got married, another entertainer, Sheldon 'Aidonia' Lawrence, is seeking to trod a similar path by getting engaged to his girlfriend whose name is yet to be disclosed.

Sources close to the entertainer have confirmed that the engagement is official,…

On the heels of his upcoming album release, Konshens can boast that his music video for World Citizen is now on MTV Iggy.

The video, which was shot in Vienna, Austria, last year, premiered on MTV Iggy on Wednesday and is currently on the homepage of the station's website.…

The mother of iconic Dancehall superstar, Bounty Killer has died.

Ivy Williams, more affectionately known as “Miss Ivy” passed away on Sunday at the age of 71. Bounty Killer announced his mother’s passing via his official Twitter page on Sunday morning.

“RIP to the…

 THE proverbial wind of change was blowing across Jamaica in early 1972. General elections were in the air and the country's youth were determined to be heard.

On February 29, it will be 40 years since a restless generation helped elect Michael Manley Jamaica's fourth prime minister. His People's National Party…

THE Turntable Club along the Red Hills Road strip in St Andrew was one of the hippest spots in Jamaica in the 1970s. It seemed the perfect place to do a live reggae album, the first one recorded in Jamaica.

That historic evening in 1974 is revisited on Live At The Turntable Club which was recently released by…

Curtis Campbell, STAR Writer

Dancehall artiste Junior'Tanto Blacks' Henry has distanced himself from allegations that he dissed fellow dancehall artiste Mr Vegas and Mutabaruka on social-networking site Twitter. According to Tanto Blacks, he would never diss a fellow artiste because he is not that type of…

FAMS HOUSE recording artistes G-Whizz and Formila One is creating a huge fan base on the RJR Cross Country Invasion tour.

Fans were never disappointed when G-Whizz and Formila One took to the stage and were met with a tumultuous roar from excited fans in the eastern and central region leg of the tour (Highgate…

Dancehall icon Bounty Killer has been nominated for a Lifetime Achievement award for his contribution to dancehall in this year's BME (Boston's Most Elite) Awards. The artiste who has been in the music industry for over 20 years says he welcomes the much deserved recognition.

"It feels honourable to be honoured…

Cham is currently on the final leg of his European tour promoting his new singles.

The dancehall deejay who is today celebrating his 33^rd birthday speaks with Music News from Cyprus.  

 Cham…