Snoop turned some heads this past year when he announced that a pilgrimage of sorts to Jamaica resulted in him learning he was reincarnated, and that he would be adopting the Rastafarian personae Snoop Lion. Since then, he has released some Lion material interspersed with Snoop Dogg tracks, and his obvious non-commitment to Rasta culture has angered some, […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica — On Jamaica’s rutted streets, the complaints have been chronic — home ownership is out of reach for most wage earners, the cost of electricity has skyrocketed, water service regularly fizzles out and decent jobs are scarce. Fed up with chronic hard times, voters in this debt-wracked Caribbean nation on Thursday threw out […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The center-right party of Jamaica’s youngest prime minister was in a tight race Thursday against the left-leaning party headed by the island’s first female leader in a battle to win control of the government for the next five years. SEE ALSO: Most Overlooked Movies Of 2011 Jamaican elections have turned violent […]
KINGSTON-Patrick Drysdale, who was convicted of three separate cases of rape, including one where he forced a woman to perform oral sex on him by gunpoint before she almost severed his penis by biting it has been convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Drysdale was convicted of robbery with aggravation, indecent assault, wounding […]
Patriots safety, Patrick Chung is one of the few Jamaican born players in the NFL and is having a great season for the New England Patriots. Chung is half Chinese and his mother is a former reggae star who appeared on the popular British music program, “Top Of The Pops.” Yahoo Sports reports: Patrick Chung […]
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt stunned spectators today at the 2011 Track and Field World Championships, clocking in the fourth-fastest time ever in the 200m (19.40), reports USA Today. Bolt’s performance comes nearly a week after he was disqualified from the 100m final, a race in which he holds the world record. His time was the […]
NEW YORK-Jamaican strong man Christopher “Dudus” Coke has plead guilty to racketeering charges in New York City. Dudus was captured last year in Jamaica after a two month manhunt in Jamaica that included a violent clash between his supporters in Tivoli Gardens and Jamaican Police in which 76 people were killed. Dudus has been connected […]
JAMAICA — An article on The Grio touches on a frightening new trend of Jamaican women using preventative stomach ulcer medication to abort unwanted pregnancies. The Grio reports: Cytotec — the generic name for Misoprostol — is supposed to be accessible only by prescription. But according to reports the drug is being sold in markets […]
JAMAICA-Footage has surfaced of Jamaican police executing an unarmed man after a fight. RELATED STORIES
Check out Chris Brown, Usher and Elephant Man’s performance at Reggae SumFest in Jamaica over the weekend. The Jamaican Observer is reporting that Usher and Chris recorded a song together in a studio in Montego Bay.
Reggae music has changed the face of music, the face of Jamaica and the face of the world. From a small island of less than three million people, thousands of songs have traveled the whole world, influencing billions.
