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AS CARNIVAL GROWS IN JAMAICA, ARTISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO DABBLE IN SOCA!
By Shereita Grizzle— Macka Diamond— As soca continues to grow in Jamaica, more artists are being encouraged to dabble in the genre. Several industry insiders believe that artists should not limit themselves to one genre, but should try their hands at as many as they can. Popular publicist Keona Williams told THE WEEKEND STAR that having seen the rate at which carnival is growing in Jamaica, recording artists should think about releasing more soca-influenced songs. “I think it’s best for an artist to be versatile and possess a catalog of songs that can please fans from different regions,” she said. “The increase to four carnival bands in Jamaica is a clear indication that support for the genre is on the rise, so artists should do what makes them marketable everywhere.” ZJ Rush agreed. The selector-turned-recording artist … Read entire article »
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POPCAAN WINS HIS SECOND MOBO AWARD!
Popcaan came out on top to win the 2016 MOBO award for Best Reggae Act. This marks the second straight win for the “Unruly Boss” deejay. This year it was Popcaan and Alkaline who were the two hot favorites to win the award. But Spice, Protoje and Kranium were also nominated in the category. Spice became the first female hardcore dancehall artist to receive a MOBO nomination and only the third woman in the reggae category. There is no doubt that Popcaan has been seeing great success locally and internationally over the last few years, scoring major international collaborations with the likes of Drake and Young Thug. Despite having a great year in dancehall, Popcaan saw at least one bad patch this year with his impromptu beef with Mavado. The “Good Times” deejay … Read entire article »
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DANCEHALL ARTIST SPICE, FACES BACKLASH FOR RAUNCHY PERFORMANCE HONORING ATHLETES!
BY: DENIECA BROWN The blame game has started after Spice’s awkward performance for athletes at the National Indoor Sports Centre on Saturday. Minutes before she was to hit the stage to perform at an event to honour Jamaican athletes, Spice tweeted “#I got this”, showing off her fuzzy shoes. But, while her confidence was ‘Up’ and her energy was super high, a scantily-clad Spice -with posterior visible – was greeted with awkward silence from an audience that included Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Governor General Sir Patrick Allen among other dignitaries. Spice’s performance was in stark contrast to the well-received set delivered by Kevin Downswell. Nothing in the gospel singer’s set seemed to have prepared the audience for the ‘spicy’ performance by the dancehall artist. Among the athletes being honored, Shelly-Ann Fraser- Pryce and Yohan … Read entire article »
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SPICE, ALKALINE, PROTOJE, AMONG FIVE VYING FOR THE UK’s MOBO AWARD, NOVEMBER 4!
BY KEVIN JACKSON —- Spice (Philp Lemonte Photo)— FOR the first time in eight years, a female artist has been nominated in Best Reggae Act category of the United Kingdom’s (UK) MOBO Awards. Dancehall act Spice is up against her male counterparts Alkaline, Popcaan, Kranium, and Protoje. To date, three female reggae artists have been nominated in the category since the award’s inception in 1996. British reggae singer Sylvia Tella and Jamaica’s Etana were nominated in 1997 and 2008, respectively. This is the fifth nomination for Popcaan, who is last year’s winner. He has been making inroads on the UK dancehall scene with hits including Ova Dweet, We Still a Win and Weed is My Best Friend. Both Protoje and Alkaline have earned their second nomination. Alkaline, whose Champion Boy and Block and Delete have been … Read entire article »
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DANCEHALL ARTIST SPICE, BUYS SCHOOL BOOKS FOR SOME OF HER FANS!
By Curtis Campbell— Spice and Maya Lindsay—- With the harsh economic climate that currently exists in Jamaica, many parents are finding it difficult to purchase much-needed back-to-school supplies for their children. Spice having purchased schoolbooks for 10 of her young fans last evening at the Kingston Bookshop, told THE STAR that she knows first-hand how much of a burden it can be for parents during the back-to -school period. The 10 lucky fans were selected via a social media competition hosted on Spice’s Instagram page, where parents were required to remix any Spice song. Each contestant was required to re-create the song using lyrics which focused on education and schoolbooks. The 10 winners were personally selected by Spice. “My mother was unable to provide certain things for me to go to school, and books were one … Read entire article »
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FEMALE ARTISTS ARE ASKING FOR MORE FROM REGGAE SUMFEST 2016!
By Curtis Campbell— The organiZers of Reggae Sumfest have been forced to respond to suggestions that the festival, which takes place in Montego Bay, St James, later this month, is bias against women. Only three women, Spice, who is arguably the number one female dancehall artist in the island, Clymaxx and Ishawna have been booked for this year’s show, leading critics to declare that it is a ‘bullfest’. Robert Russell, a member of Summerfest Production, which is staging the July 17-23 festival, conceded that more women could have been included in the line-up. “To be honest, we could have had more. It was perhaps an oversight,? Russell told THE STAR yesterday. “We expect the three that are booked will do very well. We look towards a good Sumfest, the production will be first world and we have … Read entire article »
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DANCEHALL ARTIST SPICE “I FORGAVE LADY SAW!”
Dancehall artist Spice says she has forgiven former dancehall nemesis, Marion Hall. Spice made the statement in a Real Talk interview with the STAR. She was asked for a response to an open letter penned by Hall after her baptism, where Hall asked for forgiveness from Spice, Tifa and Macka Diamond. “”The Lady Saw I know is a feisty woman. So I know that if she didn’t mean it, she wouldn’t come out and apologise. I have forgiven … Read entire article »
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LADY SAW WRITES OPEN-LETTER, ASKING FORMER RIVALS TIFA, SPICE AND MACKA DIAMOND FOR FORGIVENESS!
Though a week has not yet elapsed since Lady Saw got baptised, the former queen of the dancehall is wasting no time where “getting it right with God and man” is concerned. In an open letter, Lady Saw bears it all, answering questions that well-wishers and critics have thrown at her since she gave her life to the Lord on Monday, December 14. “Some people are making negative arguments that I did it to steal the limelight of dancehall artist J Capri, whose funeral was held on Monday,” Saw’s letter stated. “It took me having to go to J Capri’s funeral to become a Christian. I started conversing with God in the church. The Holy Ghost ‘dash’ it all over me. God did a transformation in my closet,” said Saw who went on to … Read entire article »
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AS THE PROMOTER, DANCEHALL STAR MAVADO LEADS THE PACK TO CLUB AMAZURA, IN QUEENS!
Movado —- Dancehall DJ Mavado has never been identified as a regionalist, though he has performed throughout the Caribbean and collaborated with soca artists. This weekend, the singjay reaches out to his Caribbean brethren as promoter of League Weekend, a two-day show at the Amazura Nightclub in Queens, New York. Friday’s opening night is a dancehall showcase with Mavado as headliner, alongside Spice, Vershon and I-Octane. On Saturday, it is an all-soca affair. Barbadian Alison Hinds, Trinidad’s Bunji Garlin, Fay-Ann Lyons and Lyrikal will perform. Mavado, 34, first held the show in 2014. It was dubbed ‘Darkness’ and featured deejay Alkaline. This year, he went for diversity. “People might sey dem neva know Mavado into soca but from it coming from the Caribbean wi support it,” said Mavado. One of his latest songs is Bad Rule, a soca … Read entire article »
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DANCEHALL ARTIST SPICE, COMES UNDER FIRE FOR ENCOURAGING LEWD DANCING!
Spice— FEMALE dancehall artist Spice has come under sharp criticism via social media due to her conduct at one of her recent performances in Westmoreland. The deejay was captured on video urging a boy to dance suggestively with a female patron at the event. In the video, Spice — whose given name is Grace Hamilton — and other adults in the audience were seen encouraging a young boy to gyrate behind a skimpily clad female as she performed … Read entire article »
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