Entertainment
December 9, 2025
Talks of Mavado concert
Dancehall artiste David ‘Mavado’ Brooks has returned to Jamaica for the first time in several years, following the vacating of a 2018 warrant that had been issued for his arrest. Superintendent Randy…
December 9, 2025
by Yasmine Peru
Technology helps to uplift the music, says King Jammy
“ Don’t want no ice-cream love it’s too cold for me,” Sparrow Martin belted out as he dropped a “wicked” freestyle at a presentation workshop by Swedish design and technology collective Teenage…
December 9, 2025
by Damian Levy
‘Him’– Football film fumbles
If the name Jordan Peele means anything to you, you’ve likely had some vague interest in the movie Him. Every bit of marketing has featured the horror mastermind’s name as producer. While not at the…
December 9, 2025
D’Angelo’s career-spanning playlist
LOS ANGELES (AP): Few artistes of his era blurred the lines between sacred and sensual quite like D’Angelo, who died Tuesday at 51. With his unmistakable voice, deep-rooted musicianship and devotion…
December 9, 2025
Grammy-winning R&B singer D’Angelo dies at 51
LOS ANGELES (AP): D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognised by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless Untitled (How Does It Feel) music…
December 9, 2025
Joe Bogdanovich receives AFJ International Achievement Award in New York
It was a night of Jamaican pride and international prestige as Josef ‘Joe’ Bogdanovich, chief executive officer of DownSound Entertainment, producers of Reggae Sumfest, received the International…
December 9, 2025
R&B icon D’Angelo dies at 51 after cancer battle
D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognised by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless Untitled (How Does It Feel) music video, has died. He was…
December 9, 2025
72-y-o Nugent Hewitt wins big at JCDC Visual Arts Competition
JIS: Manchester-born artist Nugent Hewitt has won seven medals in the 2025 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Visual Arts Competition: six gold and one silver. The 72-year-old, who turns…
December 9, 2025
D'Angelo, Grammy-winning R&B singer dies
D'Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognised by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless 'Untitled (How Does It Feel)' music video,…