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YouTube - LADEN - Time To Shine-Official Video 23-year-old Okeefe Aarons. Laden’s star is about to shine bright in the sky, having logged generous airtime both at radio and in the dancehall with his latest single Time To Shine. Produced by Stephen McGregor, Time to Shine which is currently riding the charts, has somewhat placed Laden into the spotlight “I always had songs playing on the radio like I’m Sorry but Time to Shine has given me a real fan base. This looks like the song to give me the big break that I have always wanted,” said Laden. http://rapidshare.com/files/144995300/Laden-Time_To_Shine.zip

In an effort to expand on her brand and celebrity status, Jamaican dancehall artiste Tifa has ventured into merchandising with the release of her signature headphone line. The project is a partnership with Sound is Genious (SIG) and is called the Tifa SIG line. The headphones is reasonably priced starting as low as $2500 each. She also released a Bluetooth headset and a travel friendly sound box. The headphones will be distributed in select Digicel stores and electronic stores.

Jamaica police have charged three men with the murder of attorney at law, Clover Graham. Owen Patterson, 23, Simeon Lewis, 36 and Shamone Campbell, 18, all from Gordon Pen in St Catherine were arrested late Friday evening. On August 18, Mrs. Graham drove to her home to Eltham View in St. Catherine and on entering her the men abducted her. She was reportedly taken away in her silver Honda Aria motorcar. The car was found abandoned along Waltham Park Road about 9 p.m. the same day. Ms. Graham's body was found around 6:30 the following morning, at the Kingston Polo field, at Caymanas Bay in St. Catherine. Her cellular phone, which had been stolen, was also recovered by investigators. The three men are scheduled to appear in court...

YouTube - Top 20 Chart - Jan. 8, '10 1.Ding Dong ft. Chevaughn - Holiday Last Week: 1 | Weeks On Chart: 10 2.Flippa Mafia - Foundation Over Hype Last Week: 2 | Weeks On Chart: 13 3.Mr. Vegas - Gallis Last Week: 3 | Weeks On Chart: 14 4.Mavado - Hope & Pray Last Week: 8 | Weeks On Chart: 8 GREATEST GAINER 5.Mavado - House Cleaning Last Week: 4 | Weeks On Chart: 15 6.Barbee - Feel So Good Last Week: 7 | Weeks On Chart: 11 7.Floyd West - Reasons Last Week: 5 | Weeks On Chart: 12 8.Neville Lindo - Love Is Where You Find It Last Week: 9 | Weeks On Chart: 9 9.Vybz Kartel - Like A Movie Last Week: 6 | Weeks On Chart: 19 10.Demarco - True...

Reggaeme- On Friday, January 29, 2010, the Riu Hotel in Montego Bay, Jamaica, will host Third World Band's 35th Anniversary press conference. The Reggae Ambassadors, in celebrating over three decades of hit singles and albums, will announce their plans for a year- long tour - which will see the group performing in Europe, Asia, Africa, Canada, the United States and the Caribbean, and the release of their upcoming album "Patriot." Following the press conference, on Saturday, January 30, 2010, Third World will perform on the main stage at Jamaica Jazz and Blues. Patrons can expect to see the band perform hit songs such as "Now That We've Found Love," "96 Degrees in the Shade," "Try Jah Love," and "Sense of Purpose."

Jamaica is anticipating the opening of its third international airport next month, The Ian Fleming International Airport, located just five miles from Ocho Rios. Formerly known as the Boscobel Airstrip, the facility has undergone refurbishment and has been expanded to facilitate the arrival of private international aircrafts. The Ian Fleming International Airport will allow for easy, efficient and timely processing of small aircraft and passengers. Features of the facility include a passenger lounge, pilot briefing room, customs and immigration clearance, and other specialized services for private flights.

Singer, Duane Stephenson, upon return from his maiden tour of the European continent, is bursting with confidence that there’s hope for Reggae music. “Three people who had never toured before managed to fill venues night after night, despite freezing temperatures. We played to predominantly white audiences and they sang the songs word for word. In some places there were literally one or two Africans and then in France there were a few Jamaicans, but it was mainly white people who came out to support us. And we made sure to leave a positive and lasting impression on them,” he told Chat!. He was on tour with Tarrus Riley and I-Octane. Duane, whose album August Town, with the hit song of the same, did well both locally and overseas...

Jamaican drummer Lloyd Knibb, who helped develop and popularise the ska beat has died at the age of 80. Knibb was an original member of The Skatalites, a ska and reggae band created in 1964. His frenetic style was one of the band’s hallmarks. Born in Kingston on March 8, 1931, Knibb came up in jazz but started exploring African rhythms in the early '50s as part of Rastafarian drummer Count Ossie's jam sessions. These beats, plus American R&B and a Jamaican folk style called "mento," led Knibb to develop ska's trademark propulsive drum sound, with accents on the upbeat. Slowed down and tweaked, this rhythm is the heartbeat of reggae: the one drop. Knibb died May 12, 2011 from liver cancer.

(AP) Cedric Brooks, a Jamaican saxophone player and influential roots reggae musician, has died. He was 70. One of Brooks' sisters, Paulette Keise, said he died Friday of cardiac arrest at New York Hospital Queens. She said Saturday that he suffered from high blood pressure and diabetes and fell ill several years ago, losing his ability to speak. Brooks began his music career in the late 1960s as a studio musician, playing in songs such as Burning Spear's "Door Peep." He also had hits with trumpet player David Madden including "Money Maker" and "Mystic Mood." Brooks also was a member of the Jamaican ska band The Skatalites. He is survived by seven children and four sisters.

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Wayne Marshall and Tami Chynn were married yesterday at the Mona Visitors’ Lodge in Kingston.

By Shannon Shields The Icon Concert which took on Saturday, July the 28th in the St. William Grant Park in South Parade was an inspiring addition to Jamaica's 50th Year of Independence celebrations. The Free Concert which was sponsored by Lime and CB Chicken and organized by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation in association with the Jamaica Vendors and Higglers' Association was the final event of the Downtown Sizzling Summer Savings event which consisted of three days of shopping and entertainment held in Downtown Kingston. Under the clear blue evening sky and in the sparkling clean park which smelled sweetly of the park's flowers the crowd full of people from all walks of life were entertained by some of Jamaica's greatest...

The movie The Harder They Come may be getting a remake. The 1972 film, which starred singer Jimmy Cliff, is credited with helping to introduce the world to reggae. The film came out around the same time that Bob Marley was also bringing reggae to the international arena. Filming on the new The Harder They Come is scheduled to start later this year in Jamaica and England; the cast is still being finalized.

1985 Black Uhuru was the first winner of a Reggae Grammy: Album titled "Anthem" 1986 The second Artist to win a Grammy is the Legendary the Rt Hon. Dr. Jimmy Cliff Album Titled "Cliff Hanger" 1987 Steel Pulse took home the 3rd Grammy for their album Titled "Bobylon the bandit" 1988 Peter Tosh won with his Album Titled No Nuclear War makes him the first to do so solo as a Ex member of the group Bob Marley led Wailers Band 1989 Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers at a tender age of (20) makes him Ziggy Marley the youngest to win Album titled "Conscious Party 1990 Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers also won the award for best Reggae Album titled One Brite Day. 1991 The second Artist to win Solo album of the year Legendary Bunny "cool...

Singer Terry Linen, real name Kiplin Simpson, was involved in a motor-vehicle accident on Sunday in which one person died. Police say Linen, 33, was driving along the Cheapside main road in Junction, St Elizabeth, in a 2007 Toyota Tacoma which collided with a 2006 unregistered motorcycle ridden by businessman Ainsworth Smikle, 26, from Junction. Constabulary Communication Network liasion officer for St Elizabeth, Constable Karole Panton, said Smikle was among a group of five cyclists riding along the road, but he failed to properly negotiate a left-hand corner and collided with the left front section of the Tacoma. Smikle was taken to the Mandeville Hospital where he died yesterday. Linen was reportedly shaken up by the...

Cecil "Terror Fabulous" Campbell pleaded guilty when he appeared in the Spanish Town RM Court last Tuesday for using a stone to smash a window in Portmore, St Catherine. It was reported that Terror Fabulous used a brick to smash the window to the house of a Portmore based Justice of the Peace. The deejay was sentenced following his guilty plea when for malicious destruction of property and paid for the window said to be valued $11,000 dollars. Terror Fabulous was sentenced to 90 day's hard labor.

Ali Ollie Woodson, who led the Motown quintet the Temptations in the 1980s and ’90s and helped restore it to hit-making glory with songs like “Treat Her Like a Lady,” died on Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 58. Mr. Woodson was not an original member of the group, which had several lineup changes since it started in the 1960s. Woodson died Sunday in Los Angeles California after battling cancer.

Police in Jamaica have detained two teenage girls in the death of a 39-year-old man as they investigate accusations that he tried to rape one of them. Police said Friday that Phillip Bell lured the two girls, ages 16 and 14, to his house to use his computer on Thursday afternoon. Police said Bell apparently tried to rape one of the girls, prompting the other girl to attack him with a machete. The man was taken to the hospital, where he later died. No one has been charged for his death.

Teena Marie was one of the first white women to score hits consistently on the R&B charts. The singer, composer and producer died Sunday at age 54 at her home of natural causes. Born Mary Christine Brockert in Santa Monica, Calif., on March 5, 1956, she grew up in a predominantly black area of nearby Venice, Calif., and began singing and acting while still a child.

Blackstreet Entertainment, Inc., Files Trademark Infringement Lawsuit Against Two Former Work for Hire Singers with the Grammy Award Winning Group Blackstreet. There is nothing more valuable to any world renowned recording artist than legally protecting rights to their brand. “My clients icons Teddy Riley and Chauncey Black d/b/a Blackstreet Entertainment Inc., have retained attorney Duncan G. Byers of the Byers Law Group in Norfolk, Virginia to file a Trademark and Copyright Infringement Lawsuit. The “Blackstreet” brand must be protected from misuse by two former work for hire artists,” says Monica Anders PR/Media Strategist. A lawsuit was filed on December 1st, 2011 in the United States District Court in the State of Virginia...