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‘BEST OF THE BEST’ IS BACK!
SUNDAY – MAY 24, 2009
BICENTENNIAL PARK – MIAMI, FLORIDA
MIAMI, FLORIDA – The Best of the Best International Music Festival is back and this year, its promise of being “the best of the best” delivers yet again. The premier concert event in North America returns on Sunday, May 24, much [...]

T.I. is performing in his last concert before beginning his 1-year stint in prison next month. Lloyd, Sean Paul, and Young Jeezy will also be hitting the stage. This is sure to be a hype concert, and I’ll have pictures from the event by this weekend, so look out for that!

NEW YORK, NY (RHONA FOX, INC.) – Dancehall star Mr. Vegas is set to take New York City by storm on Friday, January 30, 2009. He will be bringing his moves and grooves to New York promoting powerhouse – Upscale Crowd and Caribbean Fuse’s Caribbean Fridays at Club Element in lower Manhattan, with his signature [...]

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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 [...]

It’s hard for me to believe that my daughter is 3 years old today! I started my blog just a little over a year ago and at that time I explained how my sister nicknamed my baby “Ziggy” when I was just a couple of months pregnant. At the time I didn’t know whether the [...]

This past Saturday, the annual CB Pan Chicken Celebrity Cook Off was held at Dump Up Beach in Montego Bay. Each celebrity artist (Tifa, Dahlia Harris, General Degree, Timberlee, and Konshens) submitted a leg and breast of a chicken for judging after preparing them according to their own tastes. The winner was determined based on [...]

Gyptian is celebrating the release of his sophmore album, “I Can Feel Your Pain” in New York on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at Club Element. Best of all it’s free, so be there if you can!

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For the first time this year, dancehall fans will be able to enjoy three of their top entertainers on the same stage. At this year’s undertaking of the International Caribbean Music Festival or the ICM FEST, dancehall giants Beenie Man, Bounty Killer and Mavado are set to take the stage, in an unprecedented concert [...]

On Monday, September 8th, all of Jamaica welcomed home their favorite son and the fastest man on earth, sprinter Usain Bolt. Three time Olympic gold medalist and world record holder, Usain Bolt, was received by an enormous crowd both at the Norman Manley Airport in Kingston Jamiaca, and all along the roadsides on the way [...]

Happy Anniversary to me! LOL! I made it through my first year of blogging and I must say I am proud of my stick-to-it-tive-ness! One year has gone by quickly for me here on YawdFromAbroad.com, but not without many headaches, disappointments, sacrifices, and changes. Starting a blog can be like yelling into the Grand Canyon, [...]

17 year-old Carlton Grant, son of dancehall star Spragga Benz, was killed on Saturday August 23rd by Kingston police. The circumstances surrounding the death of Grant are under investigation and are  questionable to say the least, according to eye witnesses.
Reports are that Grant was on Church Street where he and a friend were riding their [...]

Check out Capleton’s “St. Mary Mi Come From” on Tuesday, August 5th at Gray’s Inn Sports Complex at Annotto Bay, St. Mary. Gates open for children’s activities at 9:00 am and the stage show begins at 6:00 p.m. Fun times for all!

I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Wayne Wonder perform in Houston before, and I have to say he puts on a great show, so if you happen to be in H-Town on tomorrow then I highly recommended checking out the show at The House of Dereon Media Center. To all my Houston friends…”buss a wine” [...]