Dancin’ Dynamites is celebrating its 16th anniversary this year and is ready to give contestants the chance to win more than $3 million in cash and prizes. Following the January 15 launch, the event’s main organiser, Jennifer ‘Jenny Jenny’ Small, said she is already excited about what’s in store for both the contestants and the […]
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In an effort to continue providing opportunities and a platform for emerging artistes to be seen and heard, Magnum Tonic Wine, unofficially labelled “the drink of dancehall”, in 2021 staged their first ‘Magnum Top Performa’, a lyrical face-off competition. Sixteen artistes clashed against each other every Thursday over 15 weeks, freestyling to ‘16 bars’ on […]
ATLANTA ( AP ): A federal jury in Atlanta has awarded US$1.25 million to Cardi B in a defamation lawsuit against a celebrity news blogger, who, she says, posted videos falsely stating the Grammy-winning rapper used cocaine, had contracted herpes, and engaged in prostitution. The jury on Monday found Latasha Kebe, known online as Tasha […]
MIAMI ( AP ): Rapper Slim Jxmmi was arrested in Miami early on Tuesday after attacking the mother of his young child during an argument, police said. Aaquil Brown, who performs under the name Slim Jxmmi in the hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd, faces a misdemeanour battery charge. The group was started by Brown and his […]
Sean Penn worries for the future of cinema. The 61-year-old actor fell in love with cinema at an early age, but with the rise of streaming platforms and the impact of the pandemic, he wonders what the future holds. He shared: “The business I knew is not the business of today. Especially with the lingering […]
John Legend is launching his own skincare line. The Grammy-winning musician has joined forces with A-Frame Brands to launch a new line aimed at people with darker complexions. John, 42 – who has Luna, five, and Miles, three, with model Chrissy Teigen – told Fortune.com: “Of course, I’m in the public eye, and so there’s […]
Janet Jackson felt she was deemed “guilty by association” when her late brother, Michael Jackson, was accused of child abuse. The Nasty hitmaker wanted to “support” the late King of Pop – who died in 2009 aged 50 – when he was accused of molesting 13-year-old Jordan Chandler in 1993 but admitted it was a […]
Rihanna is backing her belief that climate change is a social justice issue by pledging US$15 million to the movement through her Clara Lionel Foundation. The We Found Love singer Tuesday announced the donation to 18 climate justice organisations doing work in seven Caribbean nations and the United States, including the Climate Justice Alliance, the […]
Jamaican film-maker J.P. Williams of The Studio Eight signalled that he was a force to be reckoned with in the local and international film industry with the release of his second film, Uhuru-A Christmas Story, shot on location in the East African country of Tanzania. Now he’s eyeing the release of his third film later […]
African dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has become the first Ghanaian to appear on the Canadian Billboard charts, and his message is “dream, and you will see miracles happen”. Titled Dream, the song is one of the tracks on the Contractor Music-produced Tropical House Cruises To Jamaica album compilation. “ Dream is a song that I […]