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Tyga has confirmed that he is now the proud owner of a ginormous 9,279-square-foot mansion in Calabasas for which the Young Money rapper paid $6.5 million.

And to think that just 20 miles away we have a Malibu landlord named Gholamreza Rezai who has sued the rapper for not paying rent on his $16k / month mansion. Tyga’s team has dismissed the allegation as 100% false.

Tyga new house boasts of 7 bedrooms, 8 baths, a movie theater, pool spa, waterfall, tennis courts, gym and classy interiors with high ceiling rooms.

The rapper is evidently worth more than...

Twenty-five years after his murder, Jamaica's government on Monday honored the contributions of reggae artiste and songwriter Peter Tosh.

Tosh's daughter Niambe, an educator from Boston, Massachusetts, received the post death "order of merit" - Jamaica's third highest honor - on behalf of her late father during an annual national awards ceremony on the lawns of King's House, the residence of Jamaica's governor general.

Tosh was a founding member of the Wailers, forming the three-man core of the group with Bob Marley and Bunny "Wailer" Livingston...

The legendary 5-piece reggae group Morgan Heritage release their brand new digital EP The Return on September 25. After various solo projects, Morgan Heritage is also preparing for their first new studio album in four years, slated to drop at the top of 2013. The 4-song EP, produced by Shane Brown, gives fans a taste of whats to come and is on the heels of the group's massively successful Europe tour spanning Holland, Sweden, France, Italy, England Belgium, Spain and Poland. The band rocked major stage shows including The Garance Reggae festival to over 50,000...

The two houses of Jamaica's Parliament held a special joint sitting last week Tuesday to honor former Prime Minister Edward Seaga, a major player in national politics for decades and the only survivor of the leaders who drafted the constitution when the Caribbean island gained independence from Britain in 1962.

Seaga attended the session of tributes at Gordon House, the home of the legislature. The 82-year-old often appears at public events in Jamaica. A respected authority on local culture and a former record company owner, he's even putting out a four-CD box...

Police responded to a call of shots fired outside the Holiday Motel in Eastchester just after 3 a.m and found the bodies of a 50-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman, each with multiple gunshot wounds, According to the New York Post, the shooter may have been the woman’s ex-boyfriend which Bennett had a restraining order against.


Wayne Captain Barkey Hamilton was shot dead in the parking lot at the motel in Bronx, New York. After killing Hamilton, the shooter chased dwon 36-year-old Tracy Bennett, to the back of the hotel. She...

2010 Miss Universe runner-up Yendi Phillipps and dancehall artiste Daniel Chino McGregor welcomed their first child together last friday. Yendi gave birth to a baby girl on friday September 21, 2012, with her baby weighing in at approximately 7lbs, 11 ounces.

The name of Yendi's baby has yet to be released to the public. Congratulations Yendi and Chino.

The nominations for the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards, taking place in Liverpool, England in November, were announced on Monday. Now in its 17th year, the annual MOBO Awards recognises acts who have impacted the UK music scene.

2012 Best Reggae Act:
Damian Marley
Konshens
Mr Vegas
Popcaan
Sean Paul

The internationally renowned MOBO Awards are held annually in the UK and over the past 17 years, MOBO has showcased and honoured many of the music industry's finest talent from around the world with performances and attendances from A-list...

Trinidad government officials are moving to repeal an unpopular law that calls for dismissing court cases 10 years or older that have not gone to trial in the Caribbean nation.

Many Trinidadians oppose the law because it would drop charges against a former prime minister and other government officials accused of receiving millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks from a U.S. contractor in the 1990s.

U.S. authorities have long sought to extradite two of the suspects and have condemned the law as well. Two business executives in the case pleaded guilty in a...

A woman arrived at a party. While scanning the guests, she spotted an attractive man standing alone.

She approached him, smiled and said, "Hello. My name is Carmen." "That's a beautiful name," he replied. "Is it a family name?"

"No," she replied. As a matter of fact I gave it to myself. It represents the things that I enjoy the most - cars and men. Therefore I chose "Carmen". "What's your name?" she asked.

He answered "B.J. Titsengolf."

T.I has announced the release date of his eighth studio album Trouble Man and its December 18th, a perfect New Year gift for his fans. T.I has been working hard ever since he came out of prison last year after a nine-month prison term on gun charges.

T.I arrived at BET’s 106 & Park to speak on his BET Hip-Hop Awards nomination and he let this information drop during the conversation. T.I has DJ Toomp, Pharrell Williams, Andre 3000, and Cee Lo Green appearing on the album.

T.I also hinted that this could be his last rap album; he believes rap is not...

(AP) Prime minister Portia Simpson is calling on private companies in the Caribbean country to each hire at least one more qualified, jobless islander.she dubbed the job-creating initiative the Jamaica Employ Program. She estimates it can eventually create 40,000 new jobs if businesses comply and help reduce Jamaica's 14.3 percent unemployment rate.

On Monday, officials with the Labor Ministry and the Chamber of Commerce signed a memorandum of understanding to work on the government initiative. Labor Minister Derrick Kellier says the program can potentially...

A pregnant Female was shot and killed by a Jamaican Police Officer in Yallahs, St. Thomas sat September 02,2012, has been identified as 25-yr-old Kayann Lamont. Her sister was also shot and has been hospitalized.

The police officer overheard indecent language coming from Kayann, while writing a speeding ticket for a motorist in the Yallahs Square. The officer warned the Kayann that she would be arrested and charged for the indecent language. The officer attempted to arrest kayann and take her to the police station.

A struggle ensued between the officer and...

(AP) Michael Clarke Duncan - who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in The Green Mile - has died in hospital after a heart attack, his fiancee has said.

Publicist Joy Fehily released a statement from the actor's partner, Omarosa Manigault, saying the 54-year-old died on Monday morning in a Los Angeles hospital after nearly two months of treatment following a heart attack in July.

The 6ft 4in actor appeared in dozens of films, including such box office hits as Armageddon, Planet Of The Apes and Kung Fu Panda.

Michael, a former bodyguard who turned to...

(AP) A sedition trial for the leader of an Islamic group that once staged a deadly coup attempt in Trinidad has ended with a hung jury.

A judge ordered a retrial Thursday for Yasin Abu Bakr after jury members reported they could not come to a decision after six hours of deliberation. The trial had lasted four months. Abu Bakr has been released on bail pending a new trial.

He is accused of making threats during a 2005 sermon against affluent Muslims who he believed were not paying an Islamic tithe. His lawyer says he was not making seditious statements but...

Little Johnny and his father went into a local drug store to pick up a prescription. While in the store Little Johnny looked around and came upon a rather large display for condoms. He looked at all the brightly colored packages and the different types and the different quantities. He went to his father and asked, "Daddy, what are these condoms?"

His father stuttered, and said, "They are for protection from diseases when a man and a woman make love."

Little Johnny contemplated the concept for a few moments and then asked, "Then, why do these come in a...