Late Sunday night, 20-year-old, Jamaican resident Stephen Fray hijacked CanJet Flight 918 at Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport. It is reported that Fray breached numerous checkpoints before ultimately boarding the Canadian flight headed for Santa Clara, Cuba. While most of the passengers had not yet boarded the plane, there were at least a small number [...]

Usain Bolt was featured this past Sunday on the NY Times online. 22 year- old Bolt spoke with reporter Jere’ Longman on a variety of subjects, including his desire to revitalize track and field and his plan to become the first track star to earn $10 million a year . Wow, that’s a lot of [...]

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( Source & Written by: Brittany Somerset, Intrepid Reporter)
Singer Luciano, AKA “Jah Messenger,” whose given name is Jepther McClymont,  was beaten with a lead pipe on Friday,  February 20th,  and required 6 stitches in his face, after he was allegedly attacked by his sound engineer, “Freckles” Trench at a service station, on Constant Spring [...]

Homophobia in Jamaica is again front and center in this month’s issue of Essence Magazine. In the 6-page  investigative feature entitled “Trouble in Paradise”, written by Senior Writer, Jeannine Amber, the climate of violence and hatred against homosexuals in Jamaica is explored in-depth. The article features first-hand accounts by gay and lesbians living both in [...]

Mavado’s “So Special” video will be airing on BET’s 106& Park today on the Unfinished Business” riddim)  from his sophomore CD, “Mr. Brooks…A Better Tomorrow”.  You can catch 106 & Park at 6pm EST.
*Update: Check out the video below, BET did not air the video due to censorship issues.

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 [...]

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 [...]

The third season of BET’s American Gangster begins on Thursday, October 23rd, and this season’s line-up includes the notorious Jamaican gang, The Shower Posse. In the 4th episode of the show, the murderous and brutal reign of the gang is explored and will feature an interview with the leader of The Posse, Vivian Blake, who [...]

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 [...]

On YawdFromAbroad.com, I do my best to focus on positive things and individuals, but I felt compelled to write about this story today. A young child’s life was taken and we lost a promise for our future, and it hurts alot.
I read alot of heartbreaking stories, but Lord knows when I read the Jamaica Observer [...]

The Jamaica Star has confirmed that Beenie Man’s 17 year-old daughter, Desha Gaye is pregnant. Rumors have been circulating all around the internet for the last week or so about the pregnancy, as well as the identity of the father. Dancehall artist, Aidonia has been rumored to be the father, but his brother has denied [...]

Here are some more pictures from the funeral of Carlton Grant Jr, the son of reggae DJ Spragga Benz. Carlton was shot and killed by a Kingston police officer on Saturday, August 23rd under questionable circumstances, for more information on the story you can click here and to see more pics from the funeral, click [...]

On this past Saturday, the 17 year old son of reggae entertainer Spragga Benz was laid to rest. On August 23, 2008 Carlton Grant, Jr was shot and killed by Kingston police under questionable circumstances.
A large congregation of mourners were on hand at Our Lady of the Angels Church in St. Andrew, where the services [...]

Poison Dart DJ’s Antone “Tony Montana” Geargo-Neely (some reports are that he was not part of Poison Dart, but had his own sound system), Michael “Chris Rock” Rottigan, and their friend Kevin “Bumba Blaze” Jordache Webster were murdered last Saturday, in what appears to be a senseless act of retaliation, from an incident which [...]

I’m back from my birthday weekend and there’s a lot of things happening in the news, so click the links for the details:

Grand Theft Auto IV hits stores today and 6 million people will be introduced to the Real McKoy aka Mavado in just the first week! The video game makers enlisted Mavado on it’s [...]