Entertainment

Funeral programmes for Owen Lenox Moncrieffe, better known as Fantan Mojah.
August 13, 2026

‘Hail the King’: Family and music fraternity celebrate life and legacy of Fantan Mojah

Late reggae entertainer Fantan Mojah was today remembered as a fighter and a man of principles who believed in unity, hope and upliftment. His thanksgiving service was held today at the University…
Rachel Griffin Accurso, also known as Ms Rachel, and her husband Aron Accurso.
August 13, 2026

‘I’m So Happy’

NEW YORK (AP): Parents of toddlers everywhere, prepare yourselves. YouTube sensation and music teacher Ms Rachel and her husband, Aron Accurso, will release their debut album, the 23-track I’m So…
Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith
August 13, 2026 by Yasmine Peru

‘My mother waited 100 years for this’

The official announcement that veteran guitarist Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith was being conferred with the Order of Distinction for his contribution to the music industry came on his birthday, August 6. Smith…
Revellers were out in their numbers at the historic Jamaica Day parade in Brooklyn, New York last Saturday.
August 12, 2026 by Anthony Turner

Brooklyn’s first Jamaica Day parade a huge success

New York made history on Saturday, August 8, as the inaugural Jamaica Rising Day Parade brought thousands of revellers into the streets of Brooklyn to mark Jamaica’s 64th Independence. It was the…
Foundation singer Derrick Morgan.
August 12, 2026

‘Forward March’ - Key to the City of Lauderhill for Derrick Morgan during Independence celebrations

More than six decades after Derrick Morgan helped provide the soundtrack to Jamaica’s birth as an independent nation, the legendary singer has received another major honour – this time from one of the…
Portrait of journalist, author, film-maker and cultural consultant, Barbara Blake-Hannah, which hangs in the Museum of Colour UK.
August 10, 2026

‘Life has nice surprises’

Three artists were commissioned by the Museum of Colour UK to create portraits of people of colour who have profoundly shaped British television history, both behind and in front of the camera. The…
A Whitney Houston Barbie doll appears in New York on July 30.
August 10, 2026

The Whitney Houston Barbie doll has arrived

Whitney Houston has been immortalised with her first Barbie doll, unveiled on what would’ve been her 63rd birthday on Sunday and styled after her I Wanna Dance with Somebody look. The Barbie Signature…
Directors of the Treasure Beach Food, Rum & Reggae Festival, Gregory Wright (far right) and Jason Henzell (far left) are joined by Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Floyd Green, at the launch of the 2025 event. The festival organisers recently
August 10, 2026

Treasure Beach Food, Rum & Reggae Festival returns

One year after Hurricane Melissa forced organisers to reimagine one of Jamaica’s premier culinary and cultural festivals as a one-day benefit concert, the Treasure Beach Food, Rum & Reggae…
DJ Damage sits in front of his Billboard No. 1 plaque hanging prominently on the wall.
August 11, 2026

Billboard Gospel chart success for DJ Damage

Jamaica-born Leonard ‘DJ Damage’ Douglas is celebrating career-defining achievements as the creative force behind Without You, a chart-topping single by Jevon Dewand and The Trap Starz. The single,…