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Comcast is launching a new cable channel devoted to music programming, headed up by music industry mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs.The announcement was made in a video posted by Combs. There have been no mentions of a website or streaming component to the new music channel.

Combs said.

I'm here to announce my new cable network Revolt. I first want to say thank you to Comcast, the Comcast diversity council and NBC for recognizing the importance of minority ownership in cable television… I would also like to encourage and invite Time Warner, DirectTV...

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Wilmot Perkins, a veteran Jamaican journalist considered the island's "godfather of talk radio," has died at age 80. Perkins died Friday February 10, 2012 at his home after a brief illness.

Perkins, nicknamed "Motty," was considered Jamaica's longest-serving radio talk show host. He worked for more than 50 years in radio, launching his first program "What's your Grouse?" on RJR 94FM in 1960. He quit a couple years later to become a farmer but returned to radio in the 1970s, ultimately launching a show called "Perkins On Line" on Hot102 FM.

Perkins is...

Former Managing Director of Synergy Production, Ronnie Burke, is urging Jamaica's recording artistes to create more sustainable music that will be accepted in the global marketplace, and thus contribute to the economic development of the country.

He pointed out.

We have lost out a lot on marketing and overseas tours, because our dominant music is dancehall, which is not accepted in the traditional European festivals. What we have found in Europe, North America and the United Kingdom (UK), is that they simply don't understand what the DJs are saying and...

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Oscar-winning documentary maker Kevin Macdonald has made what critics are calling the definitive biography of reggae legend Bob Marley, aided by the singer's family and record label who have given the project their blessing.

The documentary Marley is 144 minutes long, features interviews with Marley's children, his wife Rita, friends and a former bandmate, as well as concert footage. The film traces Marley's well-documented journey from a boy born in a small village in Jamaica to a music superstar who brought reggae and the Rastafari movement to a global...

The streets and online community have been ablaze since the release of Irish and Chin's fiery line-up for World Clash R.E.S.E.T. in New York. The epic clash will be nothing less than spectacular with high caliber competitors like Tony Matterhorn, Fire Links, Bass Odyssey, Black Kat, Earth Ruler, Poison Dart and David Rodigan.

One of World Clash's most surprising contenders is Fire Links, namely because he has not clashed in over three years and is new to the World Clash stage. Credited with being one of the modern day arena's most accomplished...

Roughly two thousand firearms were melted down in a blazing furnace Tuesday February 07, 2012 as part of an effort designed to combat gun trafficking and corruption in Jamaica while reducing violent crime.

Police, government and U.N. officials destroyed pistols and revolvers by pitching them into a kiln at the cement factory in Kingston. Most of the guns were decommissioned or seized in police operations over the years.

Winston "King Stitt' Spark, a pioneer in the distinctive Studio 1 music, died on January 31, 2012 at his home in Kingston, Jamaica. No official cause of death was given for his passing. King Stitt was 72 years old.

He was called Stitt as a boy due to a stutter in his speech. Because of a facial disfiguration, he named himself The Ugly One, referencing the 1967 spaghetti western "The Good The Bad and the Ugly,".

King Stitt became the first deejay to have a hit record with "Fire Corner" produced by Clancy Eccles, for whom he recorded numerous hit singles...

Oniel "Elephant Man" Bryan has been charged with grevious sexual assault and rape. Elephant Man was taken into police custody on monday January 30, 2012 for allegations that he raped a 31-year-old female at his Hillcrest Avenue, St Andrew home earlier in the month. The alleged rape victim who is of Chinese descent reported the matter to the police shortly after the incident.

Elephant Man was booked to appear in court on wednesday. He was taken into custody by detectives from the Center for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse.

Three Jamaican sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. Getting back together, they discussed the gifts they were able to give to their elderly mother:

The first son said, "Mi bill a big house wid land an gi mama."

The second son said, "Mi sen har a cris Benz wid a driver"

The third smiled and said, "Mi beat di 2 a unnu. Yuh memba how Mama use to love fi read har Bible? An yuh know seh she cyaan see too good. Mi sen har a Church parrot dat recite di entire Bible. It tek di elders inna di church 15 years fi teach im. Im exclusive man. Mama jus...

Consumers now have access to more affordable state-of-the art portable computers coupled with internet service due to a new partnership between computer manufacturer HP and Jamaica’s sole triple play service provider Flow.

Flow and HP have joined forces to give consumers great value when making their PC purchases this season - a PC/Internet Service bundle that combines the HP’s personal computers with the power of Flow’s blazing speed internet. This initiative is in keeping with the broadband service provider’s commitment to deliver the best value to customers...

Lil’ Wayne has partnered with Grand Central Publishing to put together a memoir that will shed light on his days behind bars. The project, called Gone Till November will give us details on his eight months at the Rikers Island complex for gun possession charge, and will be based on diaries he kept while locked up.

Gone Till November will be released in November, which will mark the two- year anniversary of his release.

On Jan 24, 17 North Parade will release Live At The Turntable Club for the first time on CD. The original 1974 release, presented and produced by Niney The Observer, was the first live album recorded in Jamaica that gave the rest of the world aural access to Kingston's lively music scene during a definitive era in reggae.

With electrifying live performances from Dennis Brown, Delroy Wilson, Big Youth and backing band Soul Syndicate, Live At The Turntable Club is a vibrant snap shot of the key players who paved the way for the roots genre. Reggae's most...

The Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival has proven to be an important tool for marketing Jamaica throughout its 15 year history. The Festival’s ability to do this was further augmented this year with the premier of the HBO documentary special titled One Love: JAMAICA Jazz and Blues Festival, which widened the Festival’s audience from the several thousand who attend annually to the over 300 million viewers of the cable network.

The One Love documentary eases aside the curtain to the spectacle and entertainment at JAMAICA Jazz and Blues and takes the Festival...

Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Fashion Designer, Visual Artist, Cen’C Love is a 21st century renaissance woman. Born in America to Caribbean parents, Cen’C Love was raised between Kingston, Jamaica, New York and Atlanta. Her early school years in Jamaica grounded her in her father’s culture and exposed her to the roots of Rastafari culture and Reggae music.

Traveling throughout most of her summers with her designer/dancer mother, Sequoia of Ites International, she attended music, art and trade festivals around the US where she received some of the inspiration...

An old Jamaican lady is in an elevator in a high rise apartment building in New York, going to visit some relatives.

A beautiful young woman gets in smelling like very expensive perfume.

She turns up her nose at the old woman and says arrogantly, "Giorgio, Beverly Hills, $120.00 an ounce."

The old lady with a deadpan expression says nothing.

Another young, beautiful, expensive-smelling woman enters the lift, turns, looks down her long pointed nose at the old lady and says "Chanel No.5, Paris, $200.00 an ounce"

The lift is now filled with the aroma...