Kingston Jamaica: 2006 ‘Deejay of the Year’ Sheldon ‘Aidonia’ Lawrence is definitely on a path to reclaim the top spot in dancehall. The J.O.P leader fresh from his two weeks tour of the United States where he made stops in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut last Friday clinched his first No.1 for 2010 on the FIWI Choice chart with the hit single ‘Evil Head’ produced by Tarik “Russian” Johnston of Head Concussion Records.

The single now gaining international notoriety also received top accolades on the ZIP FM Dancehall chart last week, while the Stephen McGregor produced ‘Mood For Love’ continues to steadily inch its way up the FIWI Choice chart positioning itself at No.4 this week.

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Is Mavado bad lucky or what? Since 2007 the Jamaican Dancehall Singjay has been robbed in Canada by armed robbers.

According to our source, there are several reports circulating the internet and among members in the music industry that Dancehall deejay Mavado was robbed at gunpoint while voicing several dub plates at a studio in Canada early Sunday morning.

According to one report, Mavado and his manager was robbed at a studio called Sonny Diamonds located in Toronto, Canada.

Reports are that, a group of armed men stormed into the studio making demands. They allegedly stole Mavado’s jewellery and money and they also robbed other persons who accompanied the Deejay to the studio.

Mavado suffered a similar fate back in 2007 in Canada, when his passport, credit cards, laptop and other valuables were stolen forcing the deejay to cancel his appearance at several events.

(Photo by Cassius Watson: Chino accepting his EME award)

(Kingston, Jamaica) — After a lengthy night at the EME awards on Thursday, sprinkled with ‘Hellelujahs’ (Denroy Morgan after receiving his award) and psuedo male strippers (Dancehall/Rapper, Unique from the USA), Chino and Spice were ranked among some of the top awardees for the night.

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Two days after his brothers Stephen and Ziggy picked up Grammy Awards in the Best Reggae Album and the Best Children’s album category respectively, Julian Marley played to a full house at the Negril Escape Resort at Negril One Love Reggae Concert show which was held on Tuesday February 2, 2010. It was Marley Magic all the way as Julian Marley rocked the house in fine style.

His nearly two hour long performance saw him reeling of songs such as Father’s Plce, Harder Dayz, Boom Draw, Awake, Lion In The Morning and Loving Clear along with several of his father’s timeless hits. The huge audience sang along, screamed and applauded right throughout his performance.

The show was opened by Ras Noble, Power Drill and Iron Head all these acts gave a good account of themselves.

The next show in the Negril One Love Reggae Concert winter series will feature veteran lovers rock singer John Holt along with Richie Melody and the Uprizing Band.

When reggae band Third World exited the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival stage on Saturday January 30, they brought the curtains down on the biggest staging of the event since its inception.

2010 saw the 14th renewal of the JAMAICA Jazz and Blues Festival, and the event moving from a three day event, to an all-out, week-long musical experience, that drew thousands of people to witness it. With prelude shows in Kingston and along the northern coast of the island, the Festival headed to its new home, The ‘Greenfield’ Stadium, for an awesome three nights of live music from performers like Babyface, Gladys Knight, Marion Hall, Erykah Badu, Hall and Oates, Machel Montano, Jon Secada, Joss Stone, and more.

“It was magnificent,” said Walter Elmore, Executive Producer for the festival. He commented that the event had stepped into a new era this year, and that “more growth is inevitable”.

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Rising reggae/dancehall artist Timmi Burrell was in fine form when he performed at the Excellence in Music and Entertainment Awards (EMEs), which was held last night at The Gardens at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. The dapperly dressed young man was the first performer in a segment of the awards show dubbed the Tribute To Studio One and he got things off to a very good start with a splendid rendition of Horace Andy’s timeless classic Skylarking which was produced by the great Jamaican producer Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd who founded the Studio One studio and label in the 1960s.

Judging from the response of the audience his effort was well appreciated. The main man behind the EMEs Richard Burgess was very pleased with Timmi Burrell’s performance; “Timmi got the show off to a very fine start I must say, he is certainly poised for great things”, said Richard Burgess when asked for his thoughts about the budding artist’s performance.

Reggae star Spanner Banner has been working hard to regain his former status in the local music industry since he returned to Jamaica a few years ago. The prolific hit maker was residing in the UK for over three years hence his absence from the local music scene in the earlier part of this decade. Despite all the obstacles he has faced in his bid to achieve this goal, Spanner Banner has stepped back into the local spotlight wit his recent number one hit single Rolling Stones.

His return to the local musical landscape has found favor with fans and music industry insiders alike. Therefore it comes as no surprised that he has copped the award for Biggest Come Back Artist of the Year in the Excellence in Music and Entertainment Awards (EMEs) which was held last night at The Gardens at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston.

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Source: Associated Press

LOS ANGELES – With a criminal charge looming, Michael Jackson’s doctor is negotiating his surrender to Los Angeles authorities, his attorney said Thursday.

A statement from Ed Chernoff said he was negotiating with the district attorney’s office for Dr. Conrad Murray to turn himself in, but there has been no agreement on specifics.

“When the agreement is complete, we will report further,” Chernoff said.

Murray has maintained that nothing he gave Jackson should have killed him.

Murray’s arraignment already has been set for Friday afternoon, a person familiar with the planning told The Associated Press. The person declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the situation.

The possible charge was not disclosed. However, two law enforcement officials have told the AP prosecutors plan to charge Murray with involuntary manslaughter, alleging he gave Jackson a powerful anesthetic that led to his June 25 overdose death at a rented mansion in Los Angeles.

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By: Sophia McKay

DJ Currency unleashed his best performance yet at “Mix It Fridaays” last weekend at The Roof located at 07 Half Way Tree Road. Currency had patrons dancing up a sweat and ‘bussing blanks’ to his selections as he launched into one hour of red hot, blazing high energy performance. Many female patrons were seen backing it up on their male counterpart as they get on bad at the sound of the music. Such was DJ Currency performance that immediately after, several party fans scrambled to take photos with him “for facebook of course” said one excited female fan. DJ Currency who celebrates his 21st birthday on Thursday February 4th and plays next at Club Afrodiziac on Saturday February 6th.

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Aides to Jennifer Lopez’s ex-husband, Ojani Noa, say they want to quiz Sean “Puffy” Combs in open court on whether he filmed a sex tape with the singer.

Ed Meyer, Noa’s business manager, told us he was ready to call Combs as a witness in court proceedings and quiz him on the possible existence of an alleged sex tape of the pair, who dated for over two years until 2001.
Meyer also said he intended to put J.Lo on the witness stand and ask her about her sexuality since she was allegedly seen kissing a woman in another video filmed more than a decade ago.

The move is part of a legal battle over Noa’s attempt to release a video he shot of J.Lo when they were married for a year in 1997. J.Lo’s lawyers have gotten an injunction blocking the release on the basis that the video is private and personal. Meyer insists the footage is not overtly sexual, containing nothing more than images of the star kissing a woman and performing a lap dance.

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