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A Jamaican attorney Oswest Senior-Smith says incarcerated dancehall artist Vybz Kartel’s murder appeal at the Privy Council should not be speculated on as
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Rihanna was spotted out and about in Milan with her boyfriend A$AP Rocky and their son, ahead of her big performance at the 2023 Oscars.
The Oscars will have a very special guest this year as Rihanna is primed to perform her Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack at this year’s staging of the awards. On Thursday, Variety reported that Rihanna is booked to perform the Oscar-nominated song at the 95th Academy Awards ceremony.
Executive producers and showrunners Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner reportedly confirmed the singer’s performance, the second public performance for this year on the heels of her successful Super Bowl Half-Time Show in which she announced her second pregnancy with partner A$AP Rocky.
The event to be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel will take place on Sunday, March 12.
The Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences announced “Lift Me Up,” among several other nominees vying for Best Original Song. The other nominees are Diane Warren’s “Applause” from the film Tell It Like a Woman, Lady Gaga’s “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick, N.T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan’s “Naatu Naatu” from RRR, and Son Lux, Mitski, and David Byrne’s “This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Rihanna’s return to music started with a bang, with her winning her first Academy Award and a nomination for the Golden Globes earlier this year.
The seven-time Grammy winner last month celebrated her nominations on Twitter with an ecstatic tweet, “God be showin out!”
In the meantime, Rihanna was spotted out and about in Milan, Italy, with her family. The singer was seen wearing a hoodie and oversized puffer jacket while her son wore an overall brown bodysuit. Rihanna was seen holding the baby and entering a waiting SUV. In the car, she is seen smiling with the baby, whose coat was removed to reveal his black and white striped shirt.
Meanwhile, A$AP Rocky was also in tow as he was seen walking with members of his entourage, one of whom carried a baby seat for his little one.
The family is said to be visiting Milan for the Milan Fashion Week.
The Oscars will be aired live on ABC on March 12, 2023 at 8:00?PM EDT.
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Boosie Badazz says that he loves his daughter, who recently came out, but he does not support her lifestyle for fear it might corrupt his other children
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Nicki Minaj shoots a music video with dancehall rockstar Skeng in Trinidad this week and also previewed a new song.
The Trinidad-born rapper has previewed a verse from a new song, “Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” which is set for release on March 3rd as she kicks off her campaign leading up to her next album. Nicki Minaj excited fans on Wednesday when she previewed a snippet of the song’s music video showing her rapping in front of a throng of skimpily-clad women dancing and bubbling. The song appears to be a sample of “Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh)” by Lumidee featuring Busta Rhymes, Fabolous. It was Lumidee’s debut single and was released in 2003.
The track peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and is now gold certified in several countries worldwide. In the meantime, fans of Nicki Minaj reacted to the announcement of a new song which would be Minaj’s second track to be released for the year following her gift to the soca genre- “Shake The Place” with Machel Montano and Destra Garcia.
“Definitely gon recognize you when you come,” Winnie Harlow said.
Fans also reveled at Nicki Minaj spitting bars in her signature flow. “Only on the seas with the breeze #RedRubyDaSleeze/ Chinese on the sleeves/ These wanna be Chun Li’s/ Ni hao, who tf told b*chs they was me now?/ I know these b*tches was slow/ ion know these b*tches senile,” Minaj rapped.
Many fans also dug into the meaning of the lyrics with some musing that in the first line of the first verse, Nicki Minaj appeared to be throwing shots as she rapped that she did not do Cs (for cocaine) by only Breeze (for the Caribbean cocktail).
One line from the song also went viral, “Ion f**k with horses since Christopher Reeves,” which had fans’ minds blown as they googled and shared the meaning behind the lyric.
Nicki Minaj is fresh off her visit to Trinidad and Tobago, where she attended Carnival and promoted her latest soca song. The rapper has also teased that she will be visiting Jamaica for Carnival in April even as she shared love for controversial personality Foota Hype and was spotted hanging out with Skeng, whose song “Likkle Miss” she remixed.
Nicki Minaj shout out Skeng for making time to shoot a new music video with her in Trinidad. “S/o to [Skeng Don] for making that lil vid happen that we shot last night in TRINI! #RattyGang Beetham RastaCity 7family grung yktv Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier pon mi dress St. Laurent on the heel,” she wrote.
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Dancehall star Valiant is a victim of theft in Antigua. Multiple sources confirmed with Urban Islandz on Thursday that the dancehall deejay was robbed in
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NEWS AMERICAS, New York, NY, Fri. Feb. 24, 2023: – From learning about recording from the iconic King Tubby to being an engineer for the likes of Sly & Robbie and Winston Riley to working with pop icons like Rihanna and Britney Spears, Collin ‘Bulby’ York has been a central figure in Jamaican music for more than 30 years. With his latest album Time & Color, Bulby is drawing from his expansive career with a variety of Caribbean and Latin-American flavors and a roster of talent that spans decades.
Jamaican-entertainer-Collin ‘Bulby’ York’s Time & Color drops on his birthday, tomorrow Feb. 24th. (Rohjay Anderson image)
Set for release on his birthday, February 24th, Time & Color is a reflection of the range and scope of work he has produced over the years with names ranging from Reggae legends Beres Hammond and Ali Campbell (of UB40) to Panamanian artist El Maleante and new vocalist Stacey Mirander.
“This album is a reflection of my career, in both time and what I call ‘color,’” explains Bulby. “It features timeless music with ageless artists like Beres, Ali, Bounty Killer, Tanya Stephens, Admiral Bailey, and Richie Spice.” Most people think color is what they see, but I am referring to sound. How music colors what we feel and how we see the world. The kind of music we listen to even colors our identity.”
Time & Color features 13 tracks colored with the sounds of Gospel, Reggae, Dancehall, and Latin music. The latest single “Good Time” by Richie Spice is a feel-good bass-heavy roots Reggae single that is currently streaming on all platforms. The album also features spiritually uplifting songs from
Jahvinci and Stacey Mirander, a smooth lovers rock single from Beres Hammond, and a remake of a pop music classic with Ali Campbell and Bounty Killer.
Previously released singles on the album include dancehall singles “Queen” with Tanya Stephens and Malica, “Ignorant” with Admiral Bailey and Christopher Martin, and “Race to Waste Your Life” with Spragga Benz, and the pop tinged “Want her Love” with Maxi Priest.
Bulby’s 30-plus-year journey in music began when he started following his uncle, George “Dusty” Miller of the famous Firehouse Crew band, to King Tubby’s studio in the Waterhouse area of Kingston. Bulby learned the art of recording and engineering from the master and even helped Tubby build his state-of-the-art studio, assisting with rewiring and soldering. Bulby eventually created the Fat Eyes label with Lynford ‘Fatta’ Marshall and produced classic hits like “Stop Live Inna Di Pass” (also known as
“Memories”) by Beenie Man, “Suspense” by Bounty Killer, “Down By the River” by Morgan Heritage, and “Want You Back” by Singing Melody. He has engineered tracks for No Doubt, Chaka Khan, Cyndi
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Lauper, Sinead O’Connor, Michael Franti & Spearhead, and Sean Paul. He launched his own label Bulby York Music in 2016.
“To be honest, I can’t even remember all the albums I’ve worked on and all the people I’ve worked with,” Bulby chuckles. “I’ve been involved in music since I was very young. It’s been a long time and A LOT of
color!”
Time & Color is Bulby’s fourth studio album on the Bulby York Music imprint, following Epic & Ting (2016), Master Blaster (2018), and Heart Crafted (2020). Additionally, he has released juggling projects Padang Padang Riddim (2021) and Far East Riddim (2022).
Time & Color will be released on all platforms on Friday, February 24th.
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Wild’N Out comedian Jess Hilarious says Master P owes her $15,000 for a skit. The comedian was on the Breakfast Club show, where she was asked about working with the hip-hop mogul when she revealed that she’s still owed money for her skit “I Got The Hook Up.”
“That man could talk a good game to you. Even with me, ‘I got the hook up.’ I’m still owed some bread for that. I ain’t gon lie,” she said while DJ Envy asked incredulously, ‘did he pay you at all?’
“Yeah, yeah, for the first scene,” Jess answered. “I did two scenes but he thought because he used one scene, he ain’t gotta pay for the other one. I stayed there for 13 hours,” she said.
Charlamagne Tha God also asked about how things worked when she was shooting a skit if she wouldn’t get paid upfront. She added, “a scene, when it comes to a skit movie like that …you know ‘I got The Hook Up’ was a long skit.”
Master P has a bunch of debtors claiming that he has failed to make good on his financial obligations in the past. On Tuesday, TMZ reported that Master P said he wanted to propose a law to make it illegal for them to sue him or make claims about monies owed to them in the past.
Master P was recently called out by Fat Trel over a Gucci Mane film and his 2013 album “Al Capone” featuring music with Trel and Atlanta rapper Alley Boy which they did not get paid.
According to Trel in a No Jumper interview recently, the movie never happened.
As for the No Limit Records founder, the rapper/producer says doesn’t like that his former artists are waiting more than a decade to talk about him. Master P also shared that the movie production did get derailed, but that was due to the fault of the lead actor, Gucci Mane, whose legal woes, including imprisonment, affected the movie production.
In the meantime, Master P referred to his ex-artists as “disgruntled baby mamas” and said he wanted a 7-year statute of limitations to restrain them from chatting about him.
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Tems won her first NAACP Image award on Monday night for her cover of Bob Marley’s “No Woman, No Cry” featured on the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack. The song won the award for Outstanding International Song category at the 54th annual NAACP Image Awards.
The Image Awards presented by the NAACP recognizes the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in 80 competitive categories, including film, television, streaming, music, literature, and podcasts.
Along with Tems, Shenseea was also nominated in the Outstanding International Song category for “Diana” along with “Bad To Me” by Wizkid (RCA Records/Starboy/Sony Music International), “Last Last” by Burna Boy (Atlantic Records), and “Stand Strong” by Davido featuring Sunday Service Choir (RCA Records/Sony Music UK).
Meanwhile, Rihanna has also announced the winner of the Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album category for her song “Lift Me Up,” which was one of two soundtracks she recorded to be used as soundtracks for the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever released late last year.
In the meantime, the NAACP Image Awards will continue to announce the winners for the non-televised categories throughout this week, leading to the final live ceremony on Saturday, February 25, on BET from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in California.
Tem’s cover of “No Woman No Cry” was released in July 2022 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart. The track spent almost a dozen weeks on the US Afrobeats Songs Chart, peaking at No. 7 and also peaked at No. 50 on the Billboard US Digital Song Sales chart.
The original “No Woman No Cry” was co-produced by Bob Marley, Chris Blackwell, and Steve Smith and released on the legendary reggae artist’s 1974 album ‘Natty Dread.’
Rolling Stone ranked Marley’s live version of the track as the No. 37 Greatest Songs of All Time, particularly for its themes that spoke to the economic and other oppressive circumstances that women faced in Jamaica in the 1970s that resonated with the hardships women faced across the world.
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Nicki Minaj says she is heading to Jamaica Carnival 2023 next after creating waves in Trinidad this week. The “Super Freaky Girl” rapper is also showing Foota Hype love.
Yesterday, the rap veteran stopped by Instagram to give Foota Hype a shout out where she called him “mi general.” Foota quickly responded saying, “happy to see you back in full effect queen I’m reviewing your new song tomorrow a chubble lol.”
Nicki Minaj then revealed that Trinidad isn’t the only carnival that she is planning to attend, but also has her eyes set on Jamaica. “[Foota Hype] need you to go brazy when you playing it,” she said. “We need @ next Trini carnival and I’m going to JA carnival.”
Nicki Minaj is showing major love for her birth country Trinidad as she celebrated Carnival Monday in the twin island republic with some of the stalwarts of soca music.
The artist says in a new clip that she will be repping her “real flag” after years of not only repping Jamaica but also enjoying the sounds and mimicking the language of Jamaican people as well as their music.
Nicki Minaj’s embracing of Jamaican culture and people has led to many conflicts with her own countrymen who publicly bash her for not promoting Trinidad more, although Minaj grew up in the United States and has been influenced by the Jamaican diaspora community, including her ex-boyfriend Safaree Samuels.
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The artist has been on the island following her “Shake The Place (Remix)” collaboration with Machel Montano and Destra Garcia, released ahead of Carnival week. This is her second public appearance since last July at her Essence Festival performance in Louisiana and a few firsts since she gave birth in 2020 and took a break from the music scene.
On Monday night, Minaj shared several photos and videos of herself enjoying Carnival Monday, including her sexy outfit, which included short shorts, heels, and a bustier style top that accentuated her large breasts.
The rapper also shared a message on her Instagram account, which is bound to stir up a little island rivalry.
“Legendary footage with the greats of my country. I couldn’t be more proud if I tried. I reppin dat red dat white dat black I reppin my real flag,” Minaj said.
She added a sentimental note as she shared that embracing her culture and heritage was important to her late family members.
“Wish my grandmother was alive to see. Wish daddy was alive to see this. See you tmrw, Trinidad,” Minaj hinted at Carnival Tuesday festivities that will likely bless her fans with her costume look.
In the video shared on her Instagram, Minaj said- “Queen things, king things that’s all that comes out of Trinidad.”
Nicki Minaj also shared that she was at peace being at home where her ancestors rested.
“My spirit is soaring. Thank you for noticing. Great ppl around me, too but that glow/happiness is coming from inside. From God. Gratitude,” she responded to a fan.
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Rapper T.I. is backtracking from his previous comments that he bargained with the feds for his freedom by selling out his dead cousin. After being called a snitch by the likes of Boosie Badazz, the rapper now says it was all a joke, and he didn’t expect it to be blown out of proportion, especially after his long-time friend called off the release of their joint album.
T.I. recently made the comments on his brand new podcast where he was talking about an incident when he was a youth who got caught up with the law along with his cousin. He claims that his cousin told him to pin a gun charge on him so that Tip could escape jail time.
Many people like Boosie felt that if the story was true, T.I. was no better than any other snitch. Boosie also shared in a Vlad Interview that the rapper had never mentioned anything like that during their decades-long friendship. He believed he did it to get podcast views rather than the incident being real and T.I. being a “truthteller.”
T.I., however, says he had embellished the story.
“It came off a conversation I was having with my patna and I were having and that conversation was ‘hey bruh if me and you catch a case together and I die before you, it’s mine’… off of that conversation, I created a set of circumstances and I thought that the embellishment was clear when I said that I talked to my cousin and he told [he was ok,’” T.I. said to Richard Benjamin from Trapper of the Trap News Network.
The rapper added, “humor, satire and sarcasm, it escapes them,” and said that he understands the outrage even though he was pushing the boundaries of the narrative.
“I can offer some alternative perspectives to the way things are being viewed by the majority… open up the conversation about taboo topics. Free thinking,” T.I. said.
TIP added about the story, “it came from a very real place but I added embellishment to it to fit the needed discussion.”
The Atlanta rapper was asked about the court case and said that it was eventually dismissed due to the suppression of evidence after it was discovered that the police conducted an illegal search and seizure and even offered to show paperwork to prove he did not snitch on his cousin.
TIP was dragged by Boosie earlier this week as he became impassioned as he said that his joint album with the rapper is off since his uncle and other friends and family warned him not to associate with Tip. In an Instagram response, T.I. hit back at Boosie who he said could have called his phone rather than go on Vlad and blast him.
“To get on da net & speak on shi*t you’ve never spoke to me about is leaving me to believe you been hiding ya heart the whole time!!!! I’d NEVER speak “certain disrespect” on your name/reputation bout a “IF” homie,” he said.
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