by everton wint | Jun 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
With every second Kendrick Lamar holds on to the last letter of “minor” in Not Like Us, the inflammatory song about his fellow rapper Drake, his raspy vocals reverberate through hip-hop and popular culture. It’s an explosive allegation, made without...
by everton wint | Mar 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
In a groundbreaking turn of events, Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel, born Adidja Palmer, has had his conviction for the murder of Clive “Lizard” Williams overturned. Initially sentenced to life in prison in 2014, Kartel’s successful appeal, heard...
by everton wint | Mar 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
At the recent Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting in Zanzibar, Tanzania, ministers and officials from the Caribbean have come together to endorse a set of measures aimed at enhancing access to justice for citizens. These measures, the product of four days of...
by everton wint | Jan 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
Inna di ever-changin’ landscape a music production, artificial intelligence (AI) a mek big moves, offerin’ innovative solutions to musicians an’ producers. Dem cutting-edge tools nuh only mek di workflow easier, but dem also open up new creative...
by everton wint | Dec 3, 2023 | Reggae News
Undeniably, the music industry maintains an allure for attracting creatives who entertain and in the process earn exorbitant rewards for their effort. Perhaps true in the case of most, Vivian Scott Chew entered with a purposeful role of inspiring youths to maximize...
by everton wint | Jun 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
Ziggy Marley has followed up on the legacy of his father, Bob Marley, and has become one of the greatest living reggae artists. The musicians’ sun-soaked melodies and positive vibrations have made Marley an 8 times Grammy winner and a Daytime Emmy...
by everton wint | Jun 8, 2022 | Reggae News
Sean Paul reminds us why he is the best of the best when his comes to dancehall projects. Multiple Grammy award-winning artiste, Sean Paul, is reveling in the success of his new album Scorcha. For over two decades, the Jamaican artiste has kept the culture...
by everton wint | May 19, 2022 | Reggae News, Uncategorized
Above: Tabou Combo By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Tabou Combo and Jamaica’s Jah Cure are among the headliners for this year’s World Creole Music Festival in Dominica. The festival, which will take place from Oct. 24 to 26, will be hosted at the Windsor Park...
by everton wint | May 12, 2022 | front page featured post, Reggae News
At more than five decades into his musical career with an untold number of recordings to show for it, Lowell “Sly” Dunbar sails into 70 today, May 10. The drummer and his creative partner, late bassist Robbie Shakespeare, first asserted themselves as a joint force...
by everton wint | Apr 19, 2022 | Reggae News
Bounty Killer has called for his one-time rival Super Cat to get his flowers as he noted that they have both buried the hatchet. Super Cat is regarded as one of Jamaica’s biggest artists in dancehall, gaining popularity in the late 1980s- 1990s. The artists’ beef...
