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Fans started booing during Skillibeng and Shenseea’s sets at Kingston Music Festival on Sunday in Toronto as the pair separately performed at the event marred by sound problems.

The two artists caught flack from fans due to the disorganization by the event organizers, who have been accused of not putting proper security measures in place, leading to patrons pushing down a fence separating general admission from the VIP section. To be clear, the problems were not of the artistes fault but appears to be on the part of the event producers.

A video shared on Tik Tok users showed the fence falling and patrons getting trampled on as others behind ran into the VIP section was separated by a large space. There were also light and sound issues during Shenseea and Skillibeng’s performance leading to fans not hearing them.

On Tik Tok, a user shared a video showing fans at the back chanting “we can’t hear, we can’t hear,” while the two artists were on the stage. “I wanted to see Skillibeng so bad and could barely hear him. They need to apologize to him Rs and Shenseea too,” one person said.

Another woman who vented about the event claimed that it was highly disorganized to the point that the sound engineer took three hours to get to the venue to fix the sound, and he was only able to fix it in time for Popcaan’s performance.

“Coming there at 6 o clock, the event started at 1 o clock, there is no water, no chasers… you couldn’t have sent one of your bartenders to go to Walmart to pick up some water? It’s one of the hottest days of the summer,” the woman vented.

“Mans can’t hear, Skillibeng, Big international artist Skillibeng, Popcaan, Shenseea and Chronic Law – the man Chronic Law came for the first time to Toronto and this is how you treat him? You put your guests at risk,” the woman said.

A video of Skillibeng on stage was also disrupted by patrons who boo’ed the artist off the stage.

“Toronto boo’ed Skillibeng off the stage because his mic wasn’t working. We waited HOURS to see him perform,” one Tik Tok user said.

In the video, the artist is seen on stage wearing camouflage pants and black t-shirt singing, but he appears to stop mid-performance as he acknowledges the fans who were shouting, “we can’t hear, we can’t hear,” at him.

Other videos showed Skillibeng on stage, but the audio was not loud enough. The artist’s background music seemed to be playing, but sounds from his mic were heard.

“Kingston Music Festival…one of the worst events this whole year, worse experience ever,” one person wrote.

In the meantime, attendees at the event, which was held in North York, are demanding refunds from the organizers.

In the meantime, Popcaan, who also performed at the venue, used his set to criticize organizers for their poor efforts as he referenced the fact that his hardworking fans paid good money to go to the event and deserved better. The artist said he wanted to leave but decided to stay and perform for his fans.

Kingston Music Fest organizers have not publicly addressed the issues raised.

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Pardison Fontaine is marking his territory as he shares that he is not here for actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s wanting to be one of Megan Thee Stallion’s pets.

On Sunday, The Rock was asked which celebrity dog he would prefer to be if he could be one, and he replied that he wanted to be Megan Thee Stallion’s pet.

The actor was talking about his upcoming movie DC League of Super-Pets with Kevin Hart. He sat down with Hart for a hilarious conversation, but while social media found the Rock’s response that he wanted to be one of Meg’s dogs hilarious, Pardi is not entertaining it.

In a comment left on a Shaderoom post, Pardi stamped his authority as he said that Rock wouldn’t make a good pet for Megan while also mentioning that the actor has a wife. “All Our dogs is named after #s… Just teach ya wife how to use seasoning… You’ll be iight… Moana is the shit tho,” he wrote.

The clip has since gone viral with Rock, who plays the role of Krypto The Super-Dog in the upcoming Marvel flick.

“What celebrity would you want to be a pet to?” the interviewer asked. The Rock quickly responded with, “Megan Thee Stallion.” Kevin Hart laughed as he asked why. “We don’t have to talk about that,” the Rock said

Megan Thee Stallion and Pardison have six dogs that they’ve named after numbers. Megan owns three French Bulldogs, a Pit Bull, a Merle dog, and a Cane Corso, and she has shared her love for them in many of her hilarious TikTok videos and Instagram reels.

They were also featured on her Snapchat series ‘Off Thee Leash’ with Megan Thee Stallion.

In the meantime, Megan has been busy with her upcoming album. On Monday, she teased that all of the female rappers sent in their verses for her project.

“I really got some of the BADDEST women on my album!” she said.

Back in July, she also teased a collaboration with Future for the album and released the name “Pressurelicious” for her fans,

“So happy abt my album,” she wrote. “it’s finished. it’s for the hotties. it’s honest. it’s me. it’s real,” she said.

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Skeng channels his focus on his health after he recently hit the pause button due to exhaustion and dehydration.

One of dancehall’s fastest rising stars, Skeng, has been ordered to rest before returning to the stage. The information comes following his recently canceled performance at Dream Weekend. According to the organizers of the show, the “Protocol” deejay was deemed medically unfit to get on stage.

Skeng’s co-manager and music consultant, Cara Vickers, confirmed the information with The Star. She shared that the 21-year-old artist was extremely disappointed that he could not entertain his fans but also realized that his health was of paramount importance.

Vickers revealed that before the performance Skeng, whose real name is Kevon Douglas, admitted that he was not feeling well and that he was concerned about it. She added that he might have been feeling drained because of how many back-to-back performances he had in recent times. Thankfully, in the end, it turned out to be dehydration.

Vickers revealed that the “Life Changes” deejay is feeling much better and should be performing in a show in Grenada with Shaneil Muir next Saturday.

Skeng’s rise to the top has been fast, and he has been requested for performances worldwide since the beginning of 2022. Vickers went on to explain that he has been traveling since the start of the year, including places around the globe like the US, UK, and all over the Caribbean region.

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She further explained that the busyness of his schedule and the fact that he was constantly waking up in different time zones had negatively impacted his sleep schedule.

That being said, she added that he is a hard worker and fully committed to seeing his dream of dominating in dancehall. With this goal in mind, he is fully aware that he must put in the long hard hours and make the sacrifices that many fans don’t see, Vickers shared.

“If Skeng starts something, he has to finish and he records up to four songs in one session [so] for every hit that goes out through public speakers, him dash down three or more songs in one session. I guess it has taken a toll,” she said.

On top of his desire to put out great music, he is also committed to his onstage performance. That means long and hard hours of back-to-back rehearsals for shows. Vickers shared that part of Skeng’s practice even includes exercising to have proper breathing techniques.

To this end, he is not taking his health for granted and has been focusing on eating on time but may have forgotten somewhere along the line to keep himself hydrated between studio time and performing live.

It seems that the young artist has quite a work ethic as well. Vickers revealed that even though he was ordered to rest by his doctor, he still wanted to record, which is made easier for him because he has access to two in-house studios.

Following his upcoming performance next weekend, he intends to take September and October to rest and record.

Vickers also revealed that Skeng is working on an EP and is now in talks with international female rapper Nicki Minaj about future collaborations. She also disclosed that there might also be a few European and British collaborations in the near future.

She added that the team is committed to helping him realize his dream, but he must rest when needed.

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Mase is beefing with a lot of people, but fellow rapper Cam’ron is no longer one of them, as the rapper shared that he and the Harlem rapper have buried the hatchet.

In the heyday, while he was Killa Cam and Mase was a Bad Boy rapper, the two Harlem rappers carried on an intense beef that has spanned decades starting in 1999 and continued publicly up to 2017 when they traded diss at each other.

However, an Instagram video posted by Stason Betha shows Mase having a conversation with Cam’ron. “Killa what’s good,” Mase says as he smiles at the video and then laughs.

The two men have a friendly exchange that lasts for a few seconds on the video, something starkly different from the insults and disrespect they have both shown each other over the years.

Last week while on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast, Mase revealed that he regretted beefing with the other Harlem rapper and explained what had caused the beef to start.

Mase said that he and Cam’ron problems started becase the Dipset rapper thought he had money that he didn’t truly have. He said that in the 90s he was flexing real hard during his time with Diddy’s Bad Boy imprint and his friends thought he had a lot of money that he wasn’t sharing with them.

“By the time I got the bag we was enemies already. So I didn’t get to break ’em off,” Mase said.

The rapper said that he was hurt over the beef. “That’s one of the relationships I regret,” he said about his past beef with Cam’ron. “I think I got two that I regret, and going at Killa, I wanted to do that but that was like my n***a, you know what I’m saying? So that really hurt me.”

It’s unclear when Mase squashed the beef as the two rappers also traded diss at each other in 2017 when the former released his album ‘Oracle’. At the time, Cam’ron had accused Mase of leaving rap to start a Ponzi scheme, while Mase had said he was going off to ministry to become a pastor.

As for Mase, he’s down one enemy but more to go as he has several active beefs with Diddy, who still owns his masters, and 50 Cent, who called him out for locking down Fivio Foreign in a ridiculous contract, and it seems that Fivio Foreign is also beefing with the Bad Boy rapper.

In his interview with Gillie and Wallo, he also touched on his beef with Diddy and why he’s still upset at the label boss. Mase said that he didn’t feel appreciate and adequately compensated and so he has deep resentment for Diddy. He also accused the rap mogul of holding him back.

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Wayne Wonder’s 2002 hit single “No Letting Go” was Certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on August 3rd, almost 20 years after the song was first released.

The song which appeared on the Diwali Riddim was written by Wayne Wonder and producer Steven “Lenky” Marsden, who also produced the track. It is one of Wonder’s most successful tracks as it was the lead single released on his 2003 studio album No Holding Back.

Speaking to Urban Islandz exclusively from Leeds in the United Kingdom, where he is presently on tour, the artist said he was happy for the song’s recognition and that fans continue to enjoy the track 20 years later.

“Sometimes a good song takes time to marinate…the song creates its own space and I give thanks still, time is the master and I feel good that I put in the work and I see the outcome that every artist’s dream,” he said.

The song has been one of his best commercial works as it peaked at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart and landed at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.

Born Von Wayne Charles in 1972, the artist says that he has always believed in making good music for his fans. “I always try to do music from a good place and sometimes it takes time to develop the right way. [this song] It’s time is now.”

Wayne Wonder added that the track is now certified Gold in the U.S and the U.K.

In the meantime, when asked about the formula for continuing to make great music, Wonder had nuggets of Gold for younger artists as he shared that the key is to know how to reinvent one’s self.

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“I’m coming from the 90s you have to reinvent yourself in the new era. Reinvent yourself and just figure it out. it’s a new time now, the digital age, adjust and you will be fine. I’m coming from the era of records (the 1990s) to CDs (2000s) to streaming (2010 onwards,” the artist said as he pointed out that when he started in the music business, streaming didn’t exist, and neither did CDs.

The artist spoke about seeing music develop over the past three decades as music consumption shifts with technological advances.

“That’s a blessing yow!” he said.

In the meantime, Wayne Wonder, who has an active presence on Instagram, also shared that he has incorporated aspects of social media in his life, particularly Tik Tok, where his son encourages him to join in the trends.

“My son is getting me into Tik Tok so we buss a one dirt and one thing,” he laughed.

As for “No Letting Go,” the artist shared that he was grateful to VP records and Atlantic for supporting his early career.

“VP with Atlantic gimme the chance to express myself and carry my talent out to the world, big up to VP, Lenky, Waggy Tee all the great producers, all the DJs and producers,” he said.

The artist also gave a big shout-out to Wendy Williams, who he said was the very first DJ to play the track on her WBLS Radio show in New York.

“Music is my life, my passion, I’m always working,” he said as he shared that he has several new singles out for his fans to check out and stream.

These are “Party All Night” featuring Frankie Sly, “Tuff Times” featuring Mr. G, “Let Me Love You Tonight,” and “Please Me” produced by Boom Dem records, to name a few.

The “Bounce Along” artist also had some words of gratitude for his fans who faithfully support him.

“Keep supporting good music, music with good substance, don’t support the darkness, I hope that good music can overshadow and shine a light in the darkness, when I hear the music coming out now with this generation I’m like wow,” Wayne Wonder told Urban Islandz.

“Time and a place for everything, we just hope for the best for good music,” he said as he shouted out artists Christopher Martin, Romain Virgo, and Dexta Daps for continuing to make music fans love.

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