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Vybz Kartel and his co-convicts are hoping they will spend Christmas at home. Bert Samuels the lawyer who represents Shawn Storm who is one of Kartel’s co-accused is saying his client is anxious and optimistic, he believes the verdict will be read before the year ends. It has been 1 year and 6 months since the judges have been deliberating and he can’t wait to re-join his family. The lawyer believes his client’s right to a fair trial was prejudiced by some factors. Evidence was allegedly contaminated and still admitted during the 17-week trial. A Blackberry message that was lifted from the deejay’s mobile phone was the chief contaminated evidence. The trial for the killing of Clive ’Lizard’ Williams lasted for 65 days and Kartel and his co-accused Kahira Jones, Shawn Storm and Andre St John were found guilty in 2014.

Mavado’s teenage son will be spending Christmas behind bars. The bail application was denied again when he appeared on Wednesday before the Home Circuit Court. Mavado whose given name is David Brooks has a teenage son that was charged jointly with 23-year-old Andre Hines for the murder of Lorenzo Thomas on June 5, 2018 in Cassava Piece, St Andrew. They both were charged with arson, illegal possession of firearm and ammunition, shooting with intent and conspiracy to murder. February 18th, is the date that is set for him to return to court for case management. There was also an allegation that the teenager had given his co-accused Hinds an order, to behead the victim. The teenager appeared in the Corporate Area Criminal Court and denied the allegation last year. Even though the witness statement that was given to the police was this, “Memba di boss want him head” and Thomas’ …

Veteran dancehaller Bounty Killer is the latest Jamaican celebrity to be hacked, Killer’s verified account which has over 400k followers is now selling shoes and renamed to “Enes Demir”. After finding out that he was hacked Bounty created a new IG account and posted the following ““DI BATTY B***H WITCH FISH DEM A TRY CULTIVATE MI WRATH😂😅🤣,”. All of the Killer’s photos and written contents(identity) were removed by the hacker. Notably Dancer Renee six thirty’s page was hacked by Ivany however this time it would appear that Bounty’s account was hacked by someone overseas. See the hacked page below EARLIER… Rodney Price aka Bounty Killer the consummate social entrepreneur and philanthropist who gives back to communities and he was recognized by the University of Technology in Jamaica. For Bounty Killer the recognition meant a lot to him as he was not able to finish school. He is always looking at …

The nominees for the Best Reggae Album category of the 62nd Grammy awards are ‘Rapture’ by Koffee; ‘As I Am’ by Julian Marley, ‘Mass Manipulation’ by Steel Pulse, ‘More Work to be done’ by Third World and “The Final Battle: Sly & Robbie vs Roots Radics. Koffee who is the youngest solo Reggae act to have ever been nominated in the category. Has five songs that was included in “Rapture” and they were truly powerful; they met the necessary requirements that made them eligible to be nominated. The young artiste who seemed to pop up out of nowhere, has enjoyed huge success, and even replaced Vybz Kartel as the Jamaican artiste with the most streams outside the island. The streaming service YouTube reported that Koffee’s ‘Toast’ holds the number one spot. It is the most streamed single with 3.91 million streams over the past 12 months. “Blessing” by Tommy Lee …

The Jamaica Reggae Boyz narrowly missed out on a perfect run in the 2019-2020 CONCACAF Nation’s League’s group stage after winning all their preview 5 matches, doing so without conceding. Jamaica played Caribbean opponent Guyana on November 18th at Catherine Hall Sports Complex, Montego Bay. Match time, the match kicked off at 8:00 pm. Guyana scored first in the 45th minute then the Reggae Boyz equalized shortly after in the 50th munites. The match was balanced with Jamaica getting a clear chance on goal in added time but was unable to find the back of the net. After this draw, Jamaica still tops Group C with 16 points and is on a path to Group A. Guyana came second place in the group with 10 points, the last the two played Jamaica won 4-0. The CONCACAF Nation’s League has 41 different countries/teams from the Concacaf region in the same competition …

After hitting the #1 trending spot on youtube with “Scorched Earth” in less than 24hrs and having 2 of the fastest moving songs online this week, Vybz kartel retakes the number one spot in dancehall, the high tempo track as top several other online charts and has been getting raved reviews from YouTubers. “YEAH YEAH MI KNOW DEM FRAID A MI DEM A MEK TUFF TALK BUT MI KNOW DEM SCARED A MI” sings worl’boss in what is the hotting dancehall song on the island. Notably BRAVE another track released a couple of days ago on November 15th has racked up over 400k views. However “Scorched Earth” is the fastest moving song online in Jamaica. The high tempo grimy dancehall track was released on November 14th, less than a week ago and has racked up over 450k views on youtube as of November 17th. Buju Banton’s “TRUST” is the 2nd …

The Reggae Boyz are on an unbeaten run having won all their matches in the 2019-2020 CONCACAF Nation’s League. On Friday, November 15th the Reggae boyz managed to put 2 goals pass Caribbean opponent Antigua and Barbuda without getting any reply. Jamaica scored in the 34th and 58th minutes. The last time the teams met Jamaica won 6-0. As a result of this win, Jamaica has qualified for the 2021 Concacaf Goldcup. After this win, Jamaica also tops Group C with 15 points and is on a path to Group A. The CONCACAF Nation’s League has 41 different countries/teams from the Concacaf region in the same competition for the first time. After this 5th straight win, Jamaica is yet to concede a goal while scoring 20 goals. See Jamaica’s starting 11 below The Reggae Boyz are currently ranked at 47th in the world. Current 47 (Oct 2019) Highest 27 (August …

Marion Hall who is previously known as Lady Saw, is one of the chief organizers of the event that is being planned to help the Bahamas, even though she was in Canada watching when the hurricane-ravaged the island. She then said, she would love to help them in some way and her manager started promoting her idea immediately, Beenie man responded and Carlene Davis joined in as well, they wanted to be a part of the effort to restore the Bahamas. Her manager Escoffrey recently gave his life to Christ also, has been working very hard to make the event great. She says she knows God can turn things around, even though she knows his ways are different from ours. She also sang her new song that is all about encouraging the people. It begins like this, “Got no money in the bank tonight, but it’s gonna be alright”. Hall …

“go take a seat yo front a leaK!” sing Jada Kingdom in what is the hotting dancehall song in Jamaica. According to youtube and several other online platforms “Shen-Heng” By Jada Kingdom is the fastest moving song online in Jamaica. The high tempo grimy dancehall track was released on November 4th, less than a week ago and has racked up over 700k views on youtube as of November 10th. Shenseea failed to respond to Jada Kingdom’s diss track and now she is getting trolled by dancehall fans. One person commented “I’ve never heard a diss so smooth!! She’s definitely my mood “while another said “Jada Kingdom is more talented than Dhenseea but shenseea is managed and marketed better hence the difference in their success. Jada need new management to get her to a higher level”. She posted her video on Monday morning and it racked up more than 250,000 views. …