Dancehall artiste Mavado for LIME Carifta Games & Portmore Seafood Festival

Dancehall; artiste Mavado, whose given name is David Brooks, is the latest addition to the line-up for the LIME ‘Zone’ at the 40^th staging of the CARIFTA Games.

The competition, which is now being sponsored by telecommunications company LIME, is scheduled for this weekend, April 23 to 25 at the Catherine Hall Sports Complex in Montego Bay, St. James.

The lineup will also feature dancehall artiste Shane-O and some of Jamaica’s top disc jockeys including ZJ Elektra, ZJ Liquid and Crazy Chris.

Dancehall star Beenie Man Beenie to help raise $15 million for Alpha Boys School

From left: Sister Shirley Chung, principal of Alpha Boys School, Beenie Man and Richard Josephs, president of the Rotary Club of Kingston, before they went on the school tour. - Hasani Walters

"Let's do it for the Alpha boys!" is his mission and Beenie Man is the man on the mission as he tries to accomplish one of his aspirations.

Deejay Vybz Kartel could sue police . Deejay claiming loss of revenue.

CONTROVERSIAL deejay Vybz Kartel is again in the headlines. This time, the artiste who is known for his witty lyrics, bleached skin, colourful tattoos and his Portmore Empire, is threatening to take legal action following the cancellation of his Colouring Book Party which was scheduled to take place last Saturday.

Busy Signal tries to fill the gap - Artiste works on reggae album because young musicians neglect genre

In trying to save what many believe is a dying genre, dancehall artiste Busy Signal will be doing a full reggae album.
Speaking with the artiste's manager Shane Brown on Friday, he explained that Busy Signal was currently working on a one-drop reggae album that should be ready for release by the last quarter of this year.
"Busy has the talent to do different genres of music. A lot of people give up on reggae but we a raise the reggae flag. You can't go nowhere outside of Jamaica and don't hear reggae," he told noting that the album is being produced by himself, Donovan Germaine and Busy Signal.
"When people from overseas come to Jamaica and not hear reggae, it's like a culture shock. He has a lot of reggae fans so that's why he is so frequent in Europe and the Caribbean."
Brown said there is an even greater push to do a complete reggae album because there is a demand for it that is not being fulfilled locally.

NIKKI Z RETURNS TO JAMAICA LOCAL RADIO

Disc jock's new show debuts on Portmore radio station today
As promised late last year, Nikki Z has finally returned to local radio with her show that will be aired on SunCity FM.

After spending more than two years with ZIP FM and gaining vast popularity, Nikki Z and the radio station severed ties in early 2009. This came after she was suspended for playing Munga Honourable's Ride It in the previous year.

THEY ARE FRIENDS AGAIN - Macka Diamond and Unicorn put differences aside for collaboration

Macka Diamond and Unicorn have managed to put past differences aside.
The two recently teamed on the follow-up for the chart-topping Think Bout Mi titled Mi Hear Yuh, which is to be released soon.

They made headlines last year following a dispute about money and have decided to now move forward for the greater good.

Blak Ryno on week-long Caribbean tour

Dancehall artiste Ryno left the island on Monday for a week-long Caribbean tour.
Earlier this week the artiste made stops in St. Maarten and St. Kitts before docking in Antigua to promote his annual birthday celebrations set for March 5 at the Coast Night Club in the capital.