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QQ, whose real name is Kareem Dawkins, was at the centre of a custody battle between his parents Joseph 'GQ' Dawkins and Jackqueey Banks, in October 2007. During this time, QQ was not allowed to perform because he was a child and would have needed a special work permit to do so. But on March 30 this year, his father was awarded full custody of his now 15-year-old son. At his present age, QQ no longer needs a work permit to perform.

Currently, videos for his songs, Waist and How Do You Feel, are in rotation. His other songs, Soldiers and Be Careful Of Your...

Bob Marley Award for Entertainer of the Year: Beres Hammond

Recording Artist of the Year: Mavado

Best Male Vocalist: Tarrus Riley

Best Female Vocalist: Queen Ifrica & Etana (TIE)

Best Song: Mavado - "So Special"

Best Album: Etana - "Strong One"

Best Crossover Song: John Legend & Buju Banton - "Can't Be My Lover"

Best Gospel Song: Stitchie & Elephant Man - "What A Mighty God"

Best Female D.J./Rapper: Queen Ifrica

Best Male D.J./Rapper: Beenie Man

Best New Entertainer: Serani

Best Calypso/Soca Entertainer: Alison Hinds

Best...

Contrary to popular belief, Mother's Day was not conceived and fine-tuned in the boardroom of Hallmark. The earliest tributes to mothers date back to the annual spring festival the Greeks dedicated to Rhea, the mother of many deities, and to the offerings ancient Romans made to their Great Mother of Gods, Cybele. Christians celebrated this festival on the fourth Sunday in Lent in honor of Mary, mother of Christ. In England this holiday was expanded to include all mothers and was called Mothering Sunday.

In the United States, Mother's Day started nearly 150 years...

Deejay Buju Banton's Rasta Got Soul debuted on Billboard Reggae charts at number 2 knocking Jah Cure out of that spot but reggae band Easy Star All-Stars remains at number 1.

It is Banton's second highest charting album to date, after Inna Heights which peaked at number 1 in 1997 according to Billboard's chart history. Banton had two other albums which peaked at number 2: Unchained Spirit in 2000 and 'Til Shiloh 1995.

Rasta Got Soul is also number 38 on the Top Heatseekers Charts, a subset of Billboards. But Banton will find resistance from Easy Star...

The St Andrew North police said they will be questioning popular singer Gyptian, whose real name Windel Edwards, in connection with the recent alleged assault of a man in Stony Hill.

The police confirmed receiving a report from the injured man, saying he was assaulted after being involved in a squabble about money. The man is said to have had to seek treatment at the Kingston Public Hospital after the incident.

It is alleged that the victim was asked to visit the singer at a location in Stony Hill to discuss the theft of $300,000 belonging to the singer...

Richard Anthony McTear Jr., 21, was arrested Tuesday, hours after a confrontation at his former girlfriend's apartment in which he snatched the infant, Emanuel Wesley Murray, the Hillsborough County sheriff's office said.

The child's body was found about 4 .am. Tuesday on the side of Interstate 275 in Tampa, Florida, by a local television photographer on his way to work. The photographer, WTVT's Jason Bird, said he stopped when he spotted something by the roadside

A preliminary autopsy determined the child died of blunt trauma to the head, the county medical...

Reggae legend Bob Marley's "One Love" topped a list of Jamaica's 100 best songs over 50 years by a panel of musicians and cultural officials associated with the University of the West Indies.

Marley, whose mastery of reggae made him an international superstar, had nine selections in the top 100 and two in the top 10, with "Simmer Down" landing at No. 9. His popular "No Woman No Cry" was picked No. 12 and "Redemption Song" No. 14.

"One Love" recorded the highest score, 726 points, well ahead of the 540 points given to the second placed song, "O Carolina,"...

Ninja Man who has been locked up since March was recently accompanied by his son Janile Ballentine who has also been charged for the death of 20-year-old Ricardo Johnson.

Janile Ballentine has been on the run since the incident but was eventually captured in the parish of St. Ann. The members of the Major Investigation Task Force also charged a third man, Clayton Dennis who they believed was also responsible for the young man's death.

They are all scheduled to appear in Court on Thursday to answer to several charges such as illegal possession of a firearm and...

Nas and Kelis have officially ended their marriage after a lawyer for the female singer filed divorce papers.

The couple first met in 2002 at a post Video Music Awards party being thrown by P Diddy and they eventually married in 2005.

A spokeswoman for Kelis confirmed the news, saying; "I can confirm that she has filed for divorce. We request the media to respect her privacy during this very difficult time."

The pair's personal life also became professional in 2003 when Nas appeared on Kelis' album 'In Public', Kelis later appeared on a track on Nas' album...

Freddie Mcgregor

The Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JARIA) will hold elections to its board of directors on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. There are two excellent nominees for the post of Chairman of JARIA, in the persons of Tony Rebel and Freddie McGregor.


Tony Rebel

Both individuals are blessed with charisma and have dedicated their lives to Jamaica and Reggae music, doing us proud, over many years. At all times, Rebel and Freddie conduct themselves with appropriate courtesy and decorum. They are successful artistes in their own right...

At least three shows featuring Jamaican artistes have been cancelled in Belize as a result of the swine flu.

Owner of Synergy Promotions, Omar Vasquez, said he was given orders by Belize's Ministry of Health to cancel two shows he was promoting: Island Madness scheduled for yesterday in San Pedro, Belize, and UB Spring Fling, scheduled for tomorrow.

Both Vasquez's shows had dancehall artiste Vegas as the main act. Morgan Heritage is the other Jamaican act billed for another show called Reggae Bring Back Love, which was scheduled for Saturday in Belize City.

A Mexico City toddler...

Usain Bolt outran serious injury and possibly death yesterday but wrote off his $15.3-million 2009 BMW M3 Coupe on the Vineyard Toll section of Highway 2000 in St Catherine.

Usain Bolt sustained only minor injuries to the ball of his feet, caused by thorns when leaving the ill-fated car, was released from the Spanish Town Hospital after some three hours of examination by doctors. He shortly after declared himself in "good" health.

Reports are that the two female passengers, who were travelling with Bolt, also escaped major injury.

Swine Flu Alert Raised


The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert for swine flu to the second highest level, meaning that it believes a global outbreak of the disease is imminent.
the phase 5 alert means there is sustained human to human spread in at least two countries.


It also signals that efforts to produce a vaccine will be ramped up.

The World Health Organization raised its pandemic alert to 5, its second-highest level Wednesday, indicating the outbreak of swine flu that originated in Mexico is nearing widespread human infection.

Swine influenza is a respiratory illness that is caused by the influenza A virus.
It is transmitted from infected pigs and also by human-to-human contact.

With the current swine-flu outbreak, which has seen hundreds of people infected in Mexico, the United States and other countries, close to becoming a pandemic, the Ministry of Health of...

The news coming out of the spice isle, Grenada, states that the controversial deejay Adijah Palmer, aka Vybz Kartel has been banned from performing there and a concert scheduled for this Saturday has been cancelled. And it has nothing to do with any homosexual campaign.

According to a statement from the promoter published on the Internet, Kartel was scheduled to perform a "rap-it-up" concert in Grenville, St Andrews, on May 2, where his popular Daggerin condom was to be officially launched.

The release goes on to say, "no reason was...