By Howard Campbell— Bob Marley rarely cracked the United States national chart during his illustrious career, but he certainly had a constant presence in what was known as the ethnic market in that country. Clinton Lindsay, principal of this website and the Foundation Radio Network Chart, can attest to this. Lindsay was a student at New York Institute of Technology in the mid-1970’s when he began compiling charts. That was 1975, and Lively Up Yourself, from the … Read entire article »

By Tanasia Kenney —r A high school track coach in Indiana who failed to see what’s so offensive about dressing in blackface could soon be out of a job after posting a photo of himself dressed as reggae star Bob Marley. Richard Gist, who coaches both track and football at Brown County High School in the tiny town of Nashville, Ind., made headlines after sharing the racist blackface photo in response to a Facebook post explaining why white people should NOT … Read entire article »

By Gary Suarez Contributor– (Photo of Daddy Yankee by: Alberto Rodriguez/Telemundo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)GETTY— At first glance, Daddy Yankee and Snow may not appear to have all that much in common. Yet when joined together, the música urbana superstar and the 1990s reggae crossover sensation have managed to make a promising chart hit. A bilingual interpolation of Snow’s once ubiquitous hit “Informer,” their “Con Calma” collaboration enters the Billboard Hot 100 this week at No. 90, with a verse courtesy … Read entire article »

BY BALFORD HENRY—Observer senior reporter—- Dennis Brown — This year’s Dennis Brown Tribute concert is under new management as the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport is reclaiming full oversight of the program for Reggae Month. “I have taken over full oversight and direct control of the month-long celebrations,” Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia “Babsy” Grange told the Jamaica Observer yesterday. She suggested that this is necessary with 2019 being the 50th anniversary of the birth of reggae music. Olivia “Babsy” … Read entire article »

Bunny Brown Veteran singer and former member of the classy group, The Chosen Few, Noel “Bunny” Brown, lost his battle with cancer early this morning in the Northside Hospital, in Atlanta, Georgia. Bunny Brown was 67 year-old. The Chosen Few evolved from The Federals, with the latter’s Franklin Spence and David Scott joined by Noel Bunny Brown and Richard McDonald. They initially recorded reggae covers of songs by artists such as Blue Mink and The Delfonics for producer Derrick Harriott. Scott left the group to embark on … Read entire article »

Actor Kristoff St. John has died, the Los Angeles Police Department confirms to Us Weekly. He was 52 years old.Celebrity Deaths in 2019: Stars We’ve Lost Law enforcement sources told TMZ that one of the Young and the Restless star’s friends went to check on him at his home in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles on Sunday, February 3, and discovered his body. Police and paramedics were called, but St. John was pronounced dead at the scene. There … Read entire article »