Mr. Vegas lost his adopted father, Kenneth Maitland, to a sudden illness on this past Friday, Dec 2, 2008, according to YardFlex.com. Mr. Vegas always noted his close relationship with his father and stated that his death had come at a “criticial time” for him. It was just two months ago that Vegas announced his [...]

If you’re a fan of Southern rap then you’ve heard of Bushwick Bill and the Geto Boys. Today is the 42nd birthday of Bushwick Bill, born Richard Shaw on December 8th, 1966 in Kingston, Jamaica. Bushwick Bill is known just as much for his lyrical talent as he is for his small stature (he is [...]

Street Life
Listen to the latest single by Richie Spice entitled “Street Life”.

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MONTE CARLO (Reuters) — Olympic champions Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia were named 2008 World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Gala on Sunday.
Bolt, 22, captured three gold medals at the Olympic Games in Beijing in August, sweeping the 100 and 200 meters and running the third leg [...]

Sean Paul is all over the place these days making cameos and doing collabos. He recently teamed up with Estelle on “Come Over”, a nice reggae tune tinged with his expected “biggabingdingdongs”. LOL! I think the video and song is quite nice and smooth, and they both look great. Estelle and Sean Paul also convincingly [...]

Founder of Island Records and heavyweight producer of some of the greatest reggae acts of all time, Chris Blackwell, recently participated in the Mayberry Monthly Forum on Investment at the Knutsford Court Hotel. When asked about his sentiments on Jamaican music and its current state, Blackwell replied that, “I believe that the golden age of [...]

I recently read a feature on the Marley Resort & Spa, located in the Bahamas, in the New York Times and decided to look at it more in-depth to see just what a typical stay at the luxury resort would be like. As the site states, the Resort was formerly a governor’s mansion, but was [...]

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The January 2009 edition of Jamrock Magazine will feature President-Elect Barack Obama on the cover. Ebony and Essence Magazine will both feature Obama as well, and Essence even has a double issue that will feature President-Elect Obama on one cover and future First Lady Michelle Obama on [...]

I’m not a big fan of the Grammy’s Reggae category simply because: #1 I don’t believe reggae and dancehall should be in the same category #2 I’m not convinced that even 10% of The Academy even knows, let alone listens to the nominees that they vote for, #3 The Grammy’s are commercialism at its finest. [...]

Heavy D recently dropped the video to his first single, “Long Distance Girlfriend” from his first reggae album “Vibes”. I stated before that I think that Heavy has some nice singles on his new album, but there are some out there that think Heavy should return to obscurity or at least his hip hop roots. [...]