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VP Records is set to release the 20th edition of the best-selling annual reggae compilation Reggae Gold. The June 26th release of Reggae Gold 2012 will mark this achievement with a two disc set offering double the hits. The deluxe package includes a commemorative sticker and 15” x 10” fold out poster of the this year’s Reggae Gold cover girls.

The compilation’s first disc carries on the Reggae Gold tradition with the year’s most popular reggae hits. Highlights include Sean Paul’s latest single “She Doesn’t Mind,” Jamaica’s hottest newcomer Popcaan’s “Only Man...

Come Sunday July 22, 2012 New Yorkers will once again get their fill of the best in Caribbean jerk cuisine, music and cultural expressions with the second staging of the Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival – New York. The one-day family-friendly food festival will bring together professional chefs, eager taste-testers, reggae and soca music lovers, dance aficionados, and cultural enthusiasts in the most anticipated event of the year at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens.

Building on the success of last year’s initial staging, the producers of the event - Jamaican Jerk...

Glendale "Busy Signal" Gordon, was picked up at the Norman Manley International Airport, immediately after he stepped off a flight from the United Kingdom on Monday May 21, 2012. Busy Signal was returning to Jamaica from a tour in Amsterdam.

According to Jamaica law enforcement officers 'Busy' has been under investigation since 2002. Busy Signal was arrested on an extradition warrant for the United States. Busy Signal has waived his right to an extradition hearing to go to the US to be tried for absconding bail.

(AP)Jamaica's two main political parties are investigating allegations a Jamaican fraudster gave them millions in 2007. A confiscation order by a Turks and Caicos court claims that convicted fraudster David Smith gave generously to both the Jamaica Labor Party and the People's National Party.

Former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson is accused of accepting $1 million from Smith, who ran a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme through a phony investment group called Olint. Patterson of the PNP denies "soliciting or receiving any such gift." The PNP says it has no record...

Winston Yellowman Foster was born January 15, 1956, in Kingston, Jamaica. He is a Jamaican reggae (rub-a-dub) and dancehall deejay, widely known as King Yellowman. He was popular in Jamaica in the 1980s, coming to prominence with a series of singles that established his reputation.

Yellowman grew up in a Catholic orphanage called Alpha Boys School in Kingston, and was shunned due to having albinism, which was usually not socially accepted in Jamaica at the time. In the late 1970s Yellowman first gained wide attention when he won the Tastee Talent Contest in Kingston, Jamaica.

The American track team got the best of their Jamaican rivals in the sprints at the season-opening Diamond League meet in Doha on Friday. Justin Gatlin led the way for the Americans, nipping Jamaica's Asafa Powell at the line to win the 100 meters in a time of 9.87 seconds. Powell got off to the faster start but Gatlin pulled even and then managed to get in front as they crossed the line.

Gatlin tied Powell's world record in Doha six years ago only to see the result erased when he was caught doping a few weeks later. Gatlin had tested positive for excessive...

Singing sensation Kim Nain is fast becoming the most sought after live act after just a few performances. The young singer is thrilling her audiences with her powerful vocals plus commanding and entertaining stage presence already being described as the newage Toni Braxton fused with Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson with a hint of Rihanna.

Ever since her first musical note note, Kim Nain has become the centre of attention on any stage she steps on since her high school years which was her training ground for both music and drama.

On Sunday July 1st, R&B icon R Kelly, Boys 2 Men and Jimmy Cliff will ignite New York City with musical flames when they headline the annual "Groovin In The Park” concert at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens. This will be Kelly’s first outdoor performance in NYC this year.

Jimmy Cliff created history in 2010 when he became the first Jamaican performer since Bob Marley to be inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The talented actor, musician, singer and music producer is arguably the most celebrated reggae act alive on the international stage. He regularly plays...

Cash Money Records co-founder, Birdman announced that his label has now signed We The Best Music Group under their imprint, making Mavado an affiliate of the Young Money Cash Money Billionaires (YMCMB) as he's now under the Cash Money umbrella.

Last summer, Mavado signed his first international record deal with DJ Khaled’s We The Best Music Group and has since release reputable efforts such as Emergency with label mate, Ace Hood as well as Survivor, featuring Senegalese-American hip-hop artiste, Akon and Soulja Girl.

A U.S. DEA officer under a co-operation agreement with Jamaica stopped at
a farm in St Elizabeth with his team and engaged an old Rastaman in
conversation. He told him, "I need to inspect your ranch for illegally
grown ganja (marijuana)."

The Rastaman looked at them suspiciously and said, "Okay , but don't go
in that field over there.....", and he pointed out the location.

The DEA officer verbally exploded saying, "Mister, I have the authority of the
Federal Government of the U.S.A. and also of the Jamaican Government with me
! How dare you to...

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For 16 years, the annual award-winning Soca Gold series has been the ultimate soundtrack of soca music for Carnival seasons and 2012 is no different. Soca Gold 2012 will unleash the freshest anthems on May 29 on VP Records and feature the genre's hottest artists - representing the islands of Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica and St Vincent. This top-selling series, which won "Best Soca Compilation" for the past 5 years in a row at the Soca Music Awards, includes the monster hit "Jab (No Pain)" from 3-time Soca Monarch Winner Iwer George, the catchy dance...

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Former Miss Universe World runner up Yendi Phillips and artiste Daniel "Chino" McGregor have announced that they are expecting a baby together last night on facebook. The announcement last night confirmed months of rumours that were swirling in Jamaica that there was a relationship between Yendi and Chino.

Jamaica announced a new government task force Thursday to fight proliferating lottery scams that have made the Caribbean country a center for international telemarketing fraud.

The Jamaican and U.S. governments already have a 3-year-old joint task force that has been dealing with the schemes, which mainly target elderly Americans, but the problem has gotten worse. Three years and roughly 100 arrests later, the United States-Jamaica task force set up to combat the burgeoning lottery scam appears to have failed spectacularly.

The most conservative estimates...