G-Mark's Blog – November 2014 Archive (8)

Etana tops Billboard's album chart

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…

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Added by G-Mark on November 11, 2014 at 12:59am — No Comments

Mavado goes to the movies

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.…

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Added by G-Mark on November 11, 2014 at 12:57am — No Comments

Kalado home after US detention

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…

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Added by G-Mark on November 11, 2014 at 12:53am — No Comments

Full Black tonight

 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…

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Added by G-Mark on November 2, 2014 at 2:10pm — No Comments

ZJ Wah Wa pleads guilty at hearing

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…

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Added by G-Mark on November 2, 2014 at 2:08pm — No Comments

UPDATE: Yendi says court document was ‘leaked’

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…

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Added by G-Mark on November 2, 2014 at 2:05pm — No Comments

Kalado detained in US

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…

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Added by G-Mark on November 2, 2014 at 2:00pm — No Comments

No Change For Alkaline

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…

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Added by G-Mark on November 1, 2014 at 3:18pm — No Comments

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