Rapper A$AP Rocky says balancing fatherhood with his music career is his greatest joy. The artiste and fashion icon has three children – daughter Rocki and sons RZA and Riot – with partner, business mogul Rihanna, and describes being a dad as the...
AP: As Grammy and Oscar winner Billie Eilish accepted the music award at this year’s WSJ. Magazine Innovator Awards on Wednesday night, she urged the ultra-wealthy to address more of the world’s issues. “We’re in a time right now where the world...
The Treasure Beach Food, Rum and Reggae Festival, originally scheduled for November 7–9 in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, has been postponed, organisers announced. The decision comes after Hurricane Melissa wreaked havoc on the western and southern...
“Barry G just loved radio.” That’s how Michael Chambers, a lifelong friend of the late broadcaster Barrington ‘Barry G’ Gordon, summed up the legendary announcer’s dedication to the medium that defined his career. Barry G, who had been...
It is not often that a group that has been in the business for two decades comprises members who barely look as if they are in their twenties. That’s true of siblings Oshin, Ovando, and Oneil, the children of gospel heavyweight Lubert Levy and his...
AP: Call of Duty, one of the biggest video game franchises of all time, is becoming a feature film with Peter Berg and Taylor Sheridan spearheading the adaptation, Paramount Pictures and Activision said Thursday. Berg and Sheridan will co-write...
Dancehall diva D’Angel is in full give-back mode as she prepares to visit communities devastated by Hurricane Melissa, which ripped through Jamaica on Tuesday. “I have been watching the videos of all the devastation and my heart is burdened. I saw...
Managing Director of Dream Entertainment, Scott Dunn, whose Dream Weekend event will debut in Montego Bay next year, said the team is preparing to support those affected by Hurricane Melissa. The Category 5 hurricane, which struck on Tuesday,...
Nine Mile is the title of the ninth studio album from Italian reggae singer, deejay and producer based in Kingston, Alborosie. If the name sounds familiar, it could be because Nine Mile in St Ann is the birthplace of King of Reggae, Bob Marley. “...
NEW YORK (AP): If you wondered why Miguel didn’t release a studio album for nearly a decade, his response is simple: life. “I needed to do some growing. I had to get [it] together.” Since 2017’s War...
Gospel music veterans Tommy Cowan and Carlene Davis are encouraging Jamaicans to hold firmly to God as the country grapples with the impact of Melissa, the major Category 5 hurricane which has wreaked havoc across Jamaica over the last few days. “...
LOS ANGELES (AP): June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers, whether at home in Lassie or up in the stratosphere in Lost in Space, has died. She was 100. Lockhart died last Thursday of natural causes at her...
PARK CITY, Utah (AP): At 66 years old, Flavor Flav went 67 mph. That was all it took to get him hooked on sliding. Meet the newest fan of the US bobsled and skeleton programme: a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, a founding member of Public Enemy, a...
The Cultural and Creative Industries Alliance of Jamaica (CCIAJ) — a grouping of industry associations, including Kingston Creative, BIAJ, JAFTA, WIFT, JaRIA, Dream Entertainment, Montego Bay Creative Arts Network, and others — officially...
LONDON (AP): Bon Jovi will embark on their first tour in four years in 2026 – and it’s more than just a victory lap. In 2022, singer Jon Bon Jovi saw a doctor who said one of his vocal cords was atrophying. He had major surgery and has been in...
MIAMI (AP): His presence had remained a mystery, but Bad Bunny was there in person Thursday night to receive all the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards that were given to him, including the special Billboard Top Latin Artiste of the 21st Century...
Chief executive officer of Jam Rock Events, Eton Pearcy, always had a dream to give back to his alma mater, Windward Road Primary School. Pearcy, who benefited from meals provided by the school, says that the time has come to return the favour....
Barbados is about to be ignited with music and uplifting energy as RISE Reggae returns this November. Following the success of the inaugural RISE Reggae Festival in Montreal and the vibrant soca-powered RISE Wednesday in Barbados and St Vincent and...
Following an intimate funeral service in Florence, Italy, Starr Brewster, widower of late theatre icon Yvonne Brewster, says he hopes to honour her life and work at two upcoming ceremonies: one in the United Kingdom (UK) and another in Jamaica....
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO (AP): A lawsuit by actor Alec Baldwin alleging malicious prosecution in the 2021 fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie Rust has been reinstated and moved to federal court by the defendants....
Horror sequels are hardly ever worth anyone’s time. The novelty of the initial scary thing fades away the more you see it, and the situations are usually a pale imitation of the original. Yet, still, with Black Phone 2, director Scott Derickson and...
Reggae artistes Christopher Martin and Romain Virgo are confident of carrying on the musical torch with the impact, influence and strong inspirations garnered from legend, Sizzla. Just after his rootsy performance tailored for Sizzla’s Rise To The...
NEW YORK (AP): The union representing Broadway’s musicians reached a tentative labour agreement with commercial producers on Thursday, averting a potentially crippling strike that would have silenced nearly two dozen musicals. The American...
NEW YORK (AP): Taylor Swift, Kenny Loggins, LL Cool J, Pink, Sarah McLachlan and Talking Heads’ David Byrne are among the list of nominees for the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame class, an eclectic mix of pop, hip-hop, folk and rock innovators. Also...
I’ve never been the world’s biggest Tron fan. I’ve never found the Grid a particularly interesting world to visit, and although I love a good light cycle race as much as the next man, it’s never been a series I’m excited to revisit. That said, I...
