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News: Obie Trice Shot and Wounded On Freeway
Obie Trice was shot this morning (Dec. 31) while driving on a freeway in Detroit, Michigan. The rapper was traveling on the Lodge Freeway just after 1:00 am, when someone in another vehicle open-fired on the car Trice was driving, with his girlfriend riding as a passenger. According to police, a wounded Obie Trice continued driving and exited in the suburb of Southfield, where his girlfriend flagged down police officers. Trice was rushed to the hospital where police said he was treated and is in good condition.
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News: Beenie Man Rules Twice at Sting 2005
 Beenie Man performed twice, about seven hours apart, at Sting 2005 on Monday. The first time he was preceded by Shocking Vibes colleagues Don Mafia and D'Angel, the second and closing appearance was with his 'nephew' Vybz Kartel.
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News: Sean Paul punk'd
JAMAICAN DEEJAY SEAN Paul found himself in the middle of a 'set up' recently.
Punk'd, a hidden camera show with elaborate schemes, is aired on the United States music channel MTV where celebrities are are tricked by the cast and crew of the TV show. Sean Paul was one of the victims on the episode which was aired Sunday night. Actor Ashton Kutcher is the host of the weekly show.
Sean Paul's kindness made him fall prey for the trick. The Jamaican went to assist a 'blind' lady who asked for help finding somewhere, while one of Sean Paul's body guard ran off to find her guard dog that had scampered off.
Unfortunately, a fake skateboarder knocked the lady over and Sean Paul, with a black knapsack on his back, seemed frightened by the accident and went to assist her while calling for help on his cellular phone.
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News: Songs of 2005
THE YEAR IS almost over and still there are some songs that were recorded earlier this year that we just cannot stop singing.
Junior Gong, Gyptian, Jah Cure and others had us rocking all year long as they released some tantalising reggae songs. Newcomer Busy Signal was good this year and Vybz Kartel, Elephant Man, Beenie Man, Baby Cham and others ensured that the party scene remained musically live.
THE STAR in a bid to identify the top five reggae and top five dancehall songs of the year linked with some persons who are connected with the music fraternity to give their opinions on what was some of the hottest reggae and dancehall songs of the year.
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News: King Yellowman From rags to records
HE WAS deserted by his parents, scorned at stage shows, chased away by pro-ducers, banned from the airwaves and developed skin cancer. A doctor even told him he would live only three years more.
That was in 1983.
Not many could overcome all these odds to become one of dancehall's greatest icons, but King Yellowman did. With an unmistakable deejaying style, he fused his pain and longings with his talent, which seemed a perfect recipe to produce hits.
"I remember they used to discriminate against me in the dancehall, because on a show we used to pass mic to mic and whenever me pass the mic, dem either take it and put dem rag over the mic or them kerchief. I guess you couldah call it scorn," Yellowman said.
EFFECT ON OTHER ALBINOS
His presence had an effect on other albinos.
"Is only when me come out that people like me started to show up, because them used to hide away from shame. But before the Tastee competition me used to go round to different producers to voice, but them used to run me away because them never believe innah me, or because of my skin colour them feel seh man like me cyaan do nothing," he said.
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News: Kayne West gives Trinis a stellar performance
Eight time grammy nominated artist Kanye West delivered a performance that was nothing short of stellar on Thursday night (December 22) at bMobile's Touch the Sky concert.
The concert, held at the Jean Pierre complex, featured local acts Bunji Garlin, Machel Montano and Shurwayne Winchester who held their own.
But the night clearly belonged to West as he delivered hit after hit from his College Drop Out and Late Registration albums.
West thanked the thousands in the audience for supporting his albums noting how patrons sang song after song. Gold Digger, Slow Jams, Roses, Heard em Say, Touch the Sky were some of the songs Kanye belted out on his near hour date with an enthusiastic Trini audience.
He kept those faithful until 3am before belting out his much anticipated Jesus Walks. But they lapped up every minute of it.
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News: A 'Foxy' move - Rapper handcuffed, threatened with jail, made to apologise to court
RAPPER FOXY BROWN was handcuffed, threatened with jail and made to apologise Friday after she opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue in the direction of a judge who had asked her to stop chewing gum.
Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Melissa Jackson told Brown that she was showing disrespect to the court and had previously been "making faces" at the judge. "I don't like her attitude," Jackson told Brown's lawyer Joseph Fleming.
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News: Smirnoff Experience - TOK earns ire of promoters
The much-anticipated Smirnoff Experience showcase at the palisadoes Kart Track on Friday night was interrupted by system operators, who muted the microphones during TOK's performance of the hit song, Chi-Chi Man, the lyrical content of which expresses anti-homosexual sentiments.
The crowd, at first, did not realise what had occurred, since the audio system had been problematic throughout the night. The four-member dancehall act attempted to go into another song but promoters kept the volume down. In an attempt to address what had just occurred, clearly frustrated group member Craig T declared to the audience: "Don't ever make your morals be compromised by cowardice."
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News: Peaceful Sting 2005 at Jamworld
THE MORNING sun waxed warm on the backs of the large crowd yesterday as thousands happily faced a searing alternating barrage of lyrics from Beenie Man and Vybz Kartel which ended Guinness Sting 2006.
No effort was spared in emphasising peace, love and unity, selector Glamour Wayne and MC Nuffy reading from a violence prevention manual for children. And with a few exceptions, a sole missile for Ghandi, as well as some gun lyrics from Aidonia, which ignited the audience, it was almost a church fun day, complete with a jumping for Jesus set by Prodigal Son.
There was peace even as Ninja Man, who came on before the closing pair, ignited a frenzy with "me cyan kill Bounty an' no kill Beenie" and demanded back his gun from Reneto Adams, who did not appear on stage, although he walked directly behind The Gleaner team at the rear of the audience during the concert.
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Video: Sean Paul - Temperature
Another new video from Sean Paul. Just doing his thing.
[ Sean Paul - Temperature ]
--Knockz
Video: Kiprich - The Letter
This is the follow up song to his famous song "Telephone Ting". Since the phone mash up de man gone back to writing letters.
Enjoy.
[ Kiprich - The Letter ]
--Knockz
News: FAME rocks Portmore
THE FAME ROAD Party gave Portmore residents the time of their lives on Saturday night.
Held at the Caymanas Park, Portmore, the venue was almost filled to capacity. The party, which was dubbed 'Hardcore' was the final Fame party for the year and it was obvious that the organisers had pulled out all the stops by providing great entertainment.
There were impressive mixes by the Fame disc-jocks, there was a fashion show and surprise performances by a number of artistes.
At one stage, dancers, Keiva and Mad Michelle, hit the stage showcasing the latest dance moves. Later on came a segment that the men found particularly entertaining: the fashion show. The Hardcopy models strutted their stuff in Minka designs and Hardcopy dancehall fashion.
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News: 'Ghetto-gether' - at West Kingston Jamboree
IT WAS MORE than a treat for residents of West Kingston last Sunday, at the Presidential Click's annual West Kingston Jamboree at the Tivoli Gardens playfield.
The free event saw a massive turnout, as persons from across the Corporate Area flocked to one of West Kingston's biggest shows for the year. In return for their attendance only peace, unity, high energy and some outstanding performances by artistes on stage dictated the event's proceedings.
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News: Black-er under fire
 BUN HIM IS burning hot in every possible sense. Women say it is one of the hottest songs today, but some men have come under heat because of it and are transferring the heat to the deejay Black-er.
Black-er says he has been threatened for his part in the song, done with Macka Diamond, which encourages women to be unfaithful to men who are unfaithful to them.
Black-er says he has since received a few threats from men who are claiming that it is his fault that their relationships have gone sour.
"Man a call an a seh dem life mash up cause dem woman a gi dem bun, dem a seh it nuh matta right now, a me cause dem life fi mash up cause mi song cause dem woman fi a do dem ting yah now an tru yuh have all some a di woman dem keep on a seh 'yuh nuh hear wa Black-er seh', dem tek it differently," Black-er explained.
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News: Tempo makes Jamaican debut
MTV TEMPO IS now being aired locally with it's official debut last Friday on Entertainment Systems', Channel 51.
It will continue to phase into the other cable channels periodically, across the island.
As the only channel currently airing MTV Tempo, Entertainment Systems has seen benefits since the Caribbean music channel has been introduced.
"The response has been very good, everybody loves it. People are even coming in to say they are going to bring their friends to subscribe because they love the station. Everybody has been talking about it," said Melisa Blair, customer service representative at Entertainment Systems.
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News: Darkness shadows 'Elevation'
THE ELEVATION STAGE show lacked many things, including lights and artistes.
Elevation, held at the Good Year Oval in Springfield, St. Thomas on Saturday, was shadowed by darkness.
Darkness engulfed the cricket pitch as the only lights at the venue were inside the truck where the selectors for Bass Odyssey played. Other than that, the headlights of the cars driving unto the field and lights from a building behind the truck-stage offered little illumination.
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News: Stone Love's anniversary went well but suffered from...A Beenie twist
STONE LOVE'S 33RD anniversary celebration, staged on Saturday, at the Mas Camp Village, Oxford Road, came to an unexciting end at minutes after 5:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, after a bit of tension brewed between Beenie Man and Bounty Killer.
Bounty Killer, the self-proclaimed 'Warlord', had been on stage with more than 20 other artistes when 'The Doctor', Beenie Man, walked up to get a taste of the action. But as soon as 'The Doctor' entered the stage, Bounty left and was followed by several persons.
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News: Baddis rhythm still hot the second time around
It was eight years ago that producer Richard 'Shams' Browne, who was an in-house studio engineer at Main Street Records, scored big with the Baddis rhythm on his Hi-Profile label. The Baddis raced up the charts with multiple hits including Mr Vegas' Jacket, Beenie Man's Number One, Bag a Tings by General Degree, Freaky Type by Tanya Stephens, and Hardcore Lover by TOK featuring Lady Saw.
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News: The 'Poor People's President' speaks
 DANCEHALL DEEJAY Bounty Killer was dubbed the 'Poor People's President' by Gary Foster, Chairman of Upliftment Jamaica, after the artiste delivered a speech to a gathering of politicians, doctors, pastors and several visitors from the United States.
Bounty Killer spoke as the celebrity presenter at the Upliftment Jamaica gala, held last Saturday on the grounds of the Goodyear factory in Springfield, St. Thomas.
MAKE EDUCATION A PRIORITY
In his speech, he asked politicians to make education a priority as it is the key to combat crime. He further stated that street children who are abandoned by their parents from ages seven and eight grow up to be easy targets for organised crime as they were never shown any love.
"Anyone can pay them anything to kill somebody. They can kill a baby and don't feel anyway because dem don't have no heart," said Bounty Killer. He continued by advising the gathering that crime is everyone's problem.
"Jamaica, it's our problem, not just the people in authority, but the people in the streets," Bounty said. The audience was very receptive to the deejay's speech and they showed their appreciation for what he said with loud applause.
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News: Faye Ann on Jamaican Riddim
Faye-Ann Lyons is a busy woman these days. The former Road March queen has lent her voice to the truck back rhythm by Jamaican Harry Todler and is now adding the final touches to her 2006 soca song. Lyons is hoping to release one of the tracks before Christmas.
Lyons won the 2003 road march title with her song Display and also copped three awards at the Copyright Organisation of T&T's sixth annual Music Awards in 2004 for that same song.
The elated singer/songwriter had said then that she had only begun climbing her ladder which she described as "very long".
The former lead singer with Point Fortin-based band Invazion, Lyons quit in January to do her own thing.
Video: Chappelle Show Season 3 Preview
Well it looks like hte Chappelle show is coming back for 1 more season. And its funnier than ever. Check out the video below for the preview.
[ Chappelle Show Preview ]
--Knockz
News: Foxy Brown Speaks On Hearing Loss
Rapper Foxy Brown proclaimed that she hasn't been able to hear for six months. The Def Jam rapper was joined by a gaggle of supporters in front of a crowd of press, photographers & staff on the set of BET’s “106 & Park” show, which is housed inside of the CBS Building in Manhattan. Russell & Kimora Lee Simmons, Doug E. Fresh, Tyson Beckford, Dr. Benjamin Chavis & others attended.
Breaking down into tears, Brown stated that even on stage, she was unable to hear anything going on around her. "We take for granted the simple words such as 'I love you', but I appreciate them all."
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News: Reggae has a new star
You can now officially include the name Devon "Prophet Benjamin" Samuel to the list of talented Trini-born hit-making reggae acts.
With the success of his hit songs "Coming From Moruga" and "Pretty Boy", the Prophet has turned the full stop into a comma ensuring his name follows those of Marlon Asha, Khari "Khari Kill" Williams and Marvin "Mr King" Lewis as the growing cast of underground local reggae acts to penetrate into main stream radio.
But don't be fooled, though seemingly an overnight star Samuel, like Asha, Williams and Lewis, has been working tirelessly behind the scenes for more than a decade to get his career off the ground.
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Two of his songs are on my CD Crucial Vibes Vol 4. You can listen to it in the CD Store. This man has lots of talent.
-- Knockz
News: Local Trinidad Reggae Acts on One Album
Local reggae artistes like Isasha, Prophet Benjamin, Khari Kill, Benjai, Mr. King and Prophet Benjamin have come together for a CD titled Reggae Road Block.
The CD will contain the hits by the aforementioned artistes who are currently building up a huge fan base locally and up the islands.
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News: Sizzla's Non-Performance on the Ultimate Hustler Final Show
Ok, so I just finished watching the Ultimate Hustler. I didn't even care to see who won or anything like that. I tuned in to watch the season finally and see Sizzla perform. I support my reggae artists whenever they get a chance on BET.
So time is counting down and the credits start rolling and still no sizzla. The credits are almost done and we now see Sizzla trying to start and before he gets one word in Comic View cuts them off.
Thats rediculous. How could you cut off Sizzla! The man behind the theme song to the entire show. Nuff people gonna be vex after this one.
I just had to vent that. Once again the reggae artist gets axed on BET.
--Knockz
News: Fiery start to Reggae Campfire
THURSDAY EVENING'S prelude to Reggae Campfire 2005, held at the Kabana Restaurant and Garden Bar just above Half-Way Tree, had fiery indications of what the New Year's Eve concert will be like.
The show will be held at the Windalco Sports Club in Ewarton, St. Catherine, with Capleton, Sizzla, Beres Hammond and Bounty Killer among the performers.
"Camp Fire has come together to present a family event. You can bring yu pickney, you can bring your granny," Denise Miller, host of the Thurdsay's presentation, said.
Miss Prendy of Helshire, one of the concert's sponsors, said, "Tonight I want to reach out to all of you, especially the artistes who are reaching the youths, that when we light the candle on New Year's Eve we are putting an end to 2005, with all its bloodshed and violence."
"We ask that when you leave here, you bring peace into your home, your community," she said.
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News: 'Original Dancehall Jam Jam' covers eras
FROM BIG Youth to Gyptian, Burru Banton to Perfect and Pinchers to I-Wayne, a blend of performers was announced for the third staging of The Original Dancehall Jam Jam on Wednesday afternoon.
Also on the extensive line-up for the third staging of the concert, put on by singer Cocoa Tea, are Capleton, Sizzla, Buju Banton, Anthony B, Jr. Kelly, Chuck Fendah, Lady G, Nadine Sutherland, Ninja Man, Louie Culture, Sanchez, Tanya Stephens, Turbulence, Terry Linen, Terro Fabulous, George Nooks and Josey Wales, along with many others.
Metromedia, Black Kat, Turbo Sonic, Cave Man, Bodyguard, Mighty Crown and One Love will provide the music.
Plans for the concert, set for Saturday, December 31, were outlined at the Versalles Hotel in May Pen, Clarendon, not far from the venue, the Jamalco Sports Club in Halse Hall.
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News: Ringing endorsements for the return of Reggae Sunsplash
Members of the entertainment community have greeted the announcement of the return of Jamaica's first major yearly music festival Reggae Sunsplash with ringing endorsements.
President of the Jamaica Federation of Musicians (JFM), Desmond Young said he was happy to hear that Sunsplash was returning as it will provide an added dimension to the local entertainment product and by extension more work for the artistes.
"Sunsplash was the original festival of that type, and it's a pity that it took so long to come forward," said Young who as a vocalist with the 809 Band was a staple on Sunsplash for a number of years. "It", (Sunsplash), Young continued, "will add another dimension to the entertainment scene and as a result of which, provide more jobs for the artistes and we welcome that."
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News: VP releases new website
Leading reggae label VP Records recently announced the launch of a new web site where consumers and businesses can order directly from the distributors.
The site, the company's principals say, will hold one of the largest archives of reggae music on the net and offers music in a variety of formats including CDs, DVDs, 7-inch vinyl, 12-inch vinyl, VHS cassette, and audio cassette. Described as a 'reggae lover's dream,' www.vpreggae.com will have every reggae title in the VP Records distribution catalog of over 25,000+ available to its consumers.
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News: Irie-FM 'cleans up'
Reggae format radio station Irie-FM has announced that come January 1, it will not be playing any music that contains, bleeps and/or edits.
In a release from the station Andrea Williams Green, programmes director of Irie-FM stated, "Irie-FM is committed to cleaning up the airwaves and this is one step in that direction. Regular listeners will realise that this sort of music is being gradually faded out already and by the end of December, that process will be complete."
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News: Damian Marley, Shaggy, Sean Paul, Burning Spear, Third World the Grammy nominees
Dancehall virtuosos turned cross-over successes Damian Marley, Shaggy and Sean Paul are among five Jamaican acts nominated in the Best Reggae Album category in the 48th Grammy awards.
The nominations, which also include veteran singer/songwriter Burning Spear and cultural reggae supergroup Third World, were announced yesterday by the Recording Academy and are for recordings released during the eligibility year October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005.
Marley received the nomination for his album Welcome To Jamrock, which is creating a lot of buzz internationally. He won the award in 2002 for his set Half Way Tree.
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News: Chris Rock won't host next Academy Awards
Chris Rock won't be back to hand out Oscars next year. "He is not hosting the Academy Awards," the comedian's publicist Matt Labov said Friday in a brief statement e-mailed to The Associated Press. He did not elaborate.
Labov told The New York Times that Rock did not want to do the show "in perpetuity" but would "like to do it again down the road".
Rock took over as host for the first time last year. He drew younger viewers, but his barbs skewering stars like Jude Law, Tobey Maguire and others alienated some members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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News: Reggaeton
Recently, in doing the research for a major project now being planned for implementation in 2006, my team did an informal representative poll on popular knowledge of the historical spiritual leader of the Haitian revolution, a Jamaican known as Boukman Dutty; the numerous Jamaican settlements spread throughout Latin America; the extent of the spread, perpetuation and influence of Jamaican mento music on newer musical genres of the region.
The results were quite discouraging. It was also indicative of the Northern orientation and slant of our press, educational institutions and current cultural impulses.
Even more pronounced in our feedback however, was the almost total lack of popular knowledge among Jamaicans of the latest musical genre taking Europe, North America, South and Central America by storm, right under our noses- reggaeton. Bewilderingly, this is so even though this new form and style has very strong dancehall roots and the drum pattern adopted for most of its original tunes is a direct copy of Shabba Ranks' hit tune Dem Bow. So much so that at its genesis the genre was actually known as 'Dem Bow'.
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News: Marley's 61st birthday anniversary celebrations
Africa will once again be the main focus for the 2006 birthday celebrations for reggae's most venerated icon Bob Marley. For the second consecutive year, the celebrations will take the title of one of the maestro songs, 'Africa Unite'.
Like this year, when the legendary superstar 60th birthday was celebrated with a month long festivities in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, it will be another ostentatious affair on Sunday, February 5, 2006 in Accra, Ghana. Bob Marley was born on February 6.
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News: Comedian Richard Pryor Passes At 65
 Iconic comedian/actor Richard Pryor passed away this morning (Dec. 10) of a heart attack, after being ill for years with multiple sclerosis.
Pryor, 65, who has been sampled by such artists as Dr. Dre, DJ Premier, A Tribe Called Quest and others, passed away at a hospital near his home in the San Fernando Valley.
Pryor’s business manager Karen Finch stated that a private memorial service will be held by private invitation.
The family is also requesting donations to Pryor’s recently established animal charity, Pryor’s Planet.
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Video: Minmi - Summertime
A japanese dancehall artist singing soca. This song gets you hype and its interesting to see how the Soca now is expanding to Japan. Check out the video and let me know what you think.
-- Knockz
[ Minmi - Summertime ]
News: Party 'Yaad' Style
IT WAS ALL about voguish Jamaican fashion and non stop vibes last Friday at Yaad Trendz, staged at Back Yaad, Constant Spring road, St. Andrew.
The patrons, though not large in number, enjoyed a seemingly well-co-ordinated fashion show that featured some top class outfits by local designers, with several red, green and gold pieces grasping the interest of the eyes.
The fashion show was timely and spicy and was well supported by performances from Monster Twins and T.O.K. The duo and quartet group ensured that the patrons enjoyed their $500 entry fee.
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News: 50 Cent Sex Toys
50 CENT IS planning to create a vibrator of his manhood - so his female fans can pretend to have sex with him.
The sexy rapper is desperate to release a line of condoms and waterproof sex toys designed to excite his female fans and make them feel closer to their idol.
The Get Rich Or Die Tryin' star said: "I need to make a 50 Cent condom and motorised version of me, which will have to be waterproof so you can utilise it in the tub.
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News: TOK Mobbed by Fans
 IT WAS LIKE a scene from the life and times of the late Elvis Prestley or the English rock group Beetles.
Like pop icons, dancehall group T.O.K. was mobbed by overzealous fans who wanted to meet, greet and hold their musical heroes.
On Saturday evening, November 26, children from St. Cecelia Prep rushed to the stage and surrounded the group as they were about to exit the venue. The children, who were screaming and flashing note pads, surrounded the group for autographs.
The occasion was St. Cecelia Prep's annual Musical Explosion which was held on the grounds of the St Andrew High School. The school's administration gave out awards to Jamaican artistes, groups and bands whom they deemed to have contributed to the upliftment of the local music industry.
This year's recipients included T.O.K., Katalys Crew and Dean Frasier, who was unavoidably absent. Desmond Young, president of the Jamaica Music Association, collected Frasiers' award from Aneita Holness-Williams, director of St. Cecelia Prep. Also getting an award was Reggae artiste Tony Rebel.
T.O.K. kept things quite clean and motivational for the kids who screamed and chanted as they went into the song Footprints. They later closed with their latest hit Tears to a big round of applause.
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News: Full House at Mas Camp as Nightclub Celebrates 8 Years
IT WAS a jam-packed affair at the Mas Camp Village, Oxford Road, New Kingston, last Saturday night when the Asylum nightclub held its eighth anniversary celebrations.
The event attracted a full house, as patrons flocked the venue by the thousands to celebrate with Asylum.
Inside the Mas Camp was completely transformed to accommodate all the desires that patrons could possibly have in order to enjoy themselves. Two bar areas on either end of the venue, a food area, a specially-elevated VIP area setup towards the rare of the venue with their own personal bar and food areas, complete with sofas and tables under a tent, and of course, the dancing females on pedestals, skimpily attired, strutting their stuff to the music.
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News: 50 Cent to be Banned form Canada
50 CENT IS set to be banned from Canada - because he attracts too many guns.
The Get Rich Or Die Tryin' rapper has been shot nine times and the country's Junior Foreign Minister is worried that his music promotes gun violence.
Dan McTeague is trying to stop the star entering the country to perform seven concerts next month.
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News: Pinchers Back In The Spotlight
PINCHERS WAS ONE of the hottest dancehall singers back in the 1980s to early 90s and was known for combining smooth vocals with pulsating rhythms. But then he just disappeared from the musical landscape.
Well the singer who intrigued followers of both lovers rock and dancehall is now back to the fore with his typical sound, but this time it is on a different type of rhythm.
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News: Sunsplash Back In 2006
One of Jamaica's and reggae's most acclaimed and well known shows, Reggae Sunplash is set to return in 2006.
Reports are that Kenny Benjamin, chairman of the Guardsman Group of Companies along with Charles Campbell, former Sunspalsh show producer and director of operations for Synergy Productions Limited are the principals behind the effort to revive Sunsplash, which not only captivated local audiences but also gained worldwide acclaim following tours of Africa, North America, South America, Europe and Asia. The Sunsplash overseas tours were especially popular in Japan.
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News: Veterans Reunion at Rebel Salute 2006
Preparations for the 2006 renewal of Rebel Salute are reportedly in full gear, with the list of artistes officially confirmed thus far reading like a "veterans reunion".
The latest acts from what is widely dubbed "the foundation era", are singer Leroy "The Don" Smart, deejay duo Michigan and Smiley and the popular vocal trio from yesteryear, the Tamlins, all making their first appearance on the roots and culture showcase.
But it will not all be retro-music for the event that has been branded "a conscious party" since its inception 13 years ago. Noddy Virtue of Rising Star fame, and Rated R (for rightegousness) another upcoming act, are also on the bill.
Even though the promoters of Rebel Salutes are keeping the names of some of the main attractions close to their chest, at least until the press launch scheduled for December 29 at the Hilton, Splash has been reliably informed that Turbulance and Queen Ifrica have been confirmed.
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News: Jump off Rhythm
Vybz Kartel is a hot seller in the record shops with his latest groove, Realest Thing (popularly called the Stammer song). The song is among a batch of songs featured on producer Preston Onfroy's Jump Off rhythm, which have been released on the In Time Music label.
Realest Thing is currently riding up the local charts and looks set to become the first chart topper for Kartel since he soared to the top a few years ago with Tekk.
The red hot rhythm also contains primed tracks, including Jump Off by Capleton, Fully Fraud by Black-er, Mouth Bad Man by Anthony B, Cho Cho Cho by Elephant Man, Black And Poor by Spotlight, Mad Again by Frisco Kid, Touch by Terror 3000, Right Here by Wayne Marshall, Oh Girl by Voice Mail, Don't Call Me by Delicious, Rise It Up by Bounty Killer, Thief by Macka Diamond, Everybody Wants by Beenie Man and Bone Crusher, and Cardinal Point by Idonia.
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