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ReGGae's Blog – May 2009 Archive (68)

Laden Arrested

Big Ship recording artiste Okefe Aaron better known as Laden was yesterday arrested and charged for use of indecent language and disorderly conduct.

According to the St. Elizabeth police, a sergeant attached to the parish reportedly approached a female student and enquired why she was still on the streets in uniform during the latter hours of Wednesday evening (6:30pm) and was ordered to go home.

The 23-year-old deejay who also hails… Continue

Added by ReGGae on May 29, 2009 at 9:19am — No Comments

Elephant Man takes ovea Reggae charts

01 - 03 - (10) Elephant Man - 'Alli-Lu-Ya' - Very Huge (Chester) - (1wk@#1)

02 - 01 - (12) Mavado - 'Again & Again' - (1wk@#1)

03 - 04 - (07) Vybz Kartel Mind Pon Mi Money' - Liv Up Records

04 - 02 - (11) Vybz Kartel 'Get Wild' - Adidjaheim/NotNice Records (2wks@#1)

05 - 06 - (08) Charly Blacks - 'Rich Dis Year'

06 - 05 - (13) Mavado 'I'm So Blessed' - Big Ship - (2wks@#1)

07 - 08 -… Continue

Added by ReGGae on May 28, 2009 at 8:08am — No Comments

C-Murder get 10 years!

Rapper C-Murder has pleaded no contest to attempted murder charges.

The rapper, whose real name is Corey Miller, plead out to two counts of attempted second-degree murder will be sentenced to 10 years in prison in a deal with the state at the recommendation of the prosecutor.

Miller will also receive credit for time served in jail since August 2001.

Miller’s trial began today and the 38-year-old rapper was accused of trying to… Continue

Added by ReGGae on May 28, 2009 at 8:02am — No Comments

Is This Your Baby Fada!

This fertile dude pictured up top has eleven baby mothers and twenty one children. His name is Desmond and he is twenty nine:

As if Octomom wasn’t bad enough, a Tennessee man, 29 year old Desmond Hatchett has now fathered at least 21 children he can’t support. Hatchett was in child support court again last week. His name appeared on the dockett 11 times in one day, representing 15 of his children.

Hatchett says he wasn’t out to set a… Continue

Added by ReGGae on May 27, 2009 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Flippa Insults Bounty Again @ Best of the Best +Patrons comments

Philadelphia based deejay Flippa Mafia seems to be in a militant mood of late after being publicly dissed by the Warlord Bounty Killer. In earlier utterances made by the Alliance leader he referred to Flippa as "behaving like a little 'b***h" and said since he had so much money instead to flossing and showboating in public he should use that money to move his mother out of Waterhouse (an inner-city community).… Continue

Added by ReGGae on May 26, 2009 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Rihanna & Kanye West.

Well now we can OFFICIALLY tell you that Rihanna is now seeing Kanye West.

We spoke with an EXTREMELY reliable source yesterday who confirmed that Rih and Kanye are "seeing each other, but taking things slowly." MediaTakeOut insider continued, "They've been platonic friends for a while, so they want to make sure that if they're going to get into anything serious, that they do it right."

But there's another wrinkle in the new… Continue

Added by ReGGae on May 26, 2009 at 10:08am — No Comments

Konshens Injured During Shoot

Saturday morning while on the set, of his latest video for 'She's Happy' featuring Delus, Konshens was injured during the execution of some very physical stunts. (which included him being accosted by a police officer, played by his brother-Delus).

In the midst of the scene, Konshens was accidentally slammed into the front glass of Avery's Beauty Concept at Bujon Plaza, Molynes Road, causing the glass to shatter.

Fortunately he never… Continue

Added by ReGGae on May 24, 2009 at 10:39pm — No Comments

Bounty Killer On Empire Vs Alliance

Bounty Killer was his usual brash self when he spoke with THE STAR recently. Never reluctant to speak his mind, the 'Warlord' addressed the Mavado/Vybz Kartel rivalry.

A dancehall veteran of two decades, Bounty Killer, born Rodney Price, has been credited for launching the career of several deejays ("All the yutes dem need a Killer a back dem and dem gone"), chief among them, Mavado and Vybz Kartel, who are now bitter lyrical rivals… Continue

Added by ReGGae on May 22, 2009 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

Kenyon Martin & Kobe Bryant off court Jamms

Tense stand off that occurred between rapper Trina (Denver Nugget Kenyon Martin's fiance) and Kobe Bryant’s wife Vanessa. Well now we’re starting to get SOME INSIGHT into what the problem may be between the two women.

EXPLOSIVE NEWS!!! Apparently Trina may have been one of Kobe Bryant’s jump offs. Where are we getting this from … Well … it came from Trina’s OWN MOUTH. In a 2008 song entitled Heated, Trina said the following:

This n*gga… Continue

Added by ReGGae on May 22, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Bounty & Flippa (new war) + Unfinished House Video

Since the release of the controversial single 'Unfinished House' on the Good Life rhythm by high rolling deejay Flippa Mafia the dancehall community has been buzzing with talk that the contents were aimed at the self titled poor people governor Bounty Killer. However when…

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Added by ReGGae on May 22, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

I have arrived NYC and I am not going no where Nikki-Z Addresses "Sami" from the group '360 Ladies

Yesterday a story carried by a popular entertainment website allegedly contained an erroneous account of an incident involving former Jamaican radio personality Nicole 'Nikki-Z' Duhaney and a U.S. based female disc jock named 'Sami' from the group '360 Ladies' at an event held in Queen, New York.

According to the story Nikki-Z and Sami got into an on-stage fracas during an event for 'Serani' where the multi-coloured hair personality grabbed a… Continue

Added by ReGGae on May 21, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Jamaica Gets new bill + A debate Marley vs Shearer For J$5000

Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw is challenging private-sector leaders who have expressed a view that the introduction of a new $5,000 note only symbolises the dismal state of the Jamaican economy to become more productive.

Speaking at the soft launch of the new high-value note at the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) yesterday, it was a spirited Shaw who argued that opponents to the note are missing the real point.

"The truth… Continue

Added by ReGGae on May 19, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Hip hop & R&B Charts

R&B singer Chrisette Michele's Epiphany topped the charts this week opening at No. 1. According to Nielsen Soundscan, the singer's new album sold 83,800 copies after its first seven days in stores.

Video vixen Ciara's Fantasy Ride followed closely behind debuting at No. 3. The singer's latest solo project sold 81,200 copies after its first week on shelves.

"The Boss" Rick Ross' Deeper Than Rap remained within the Top 10… Continue

Added by ReGGae on May 19, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

R.I.P. Rap artist "Dolla" was fatally shot @ Beverly Center mall

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The man killed during a high-profile shooting at the Beverley Center in Beverley Hills, California today was Konvict Music recording artist Roderick "Dolla" Burton, sources have confirmed. Dolla was reportedly with another artist when the incident took place.

Dolla had gained a buzz via his track "Who The Heck Is That?" which featured T-Pain and Tay Dizm

Dolla, born Roderick… Continue

Added by ReGGae on May 19, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Reggae Charts

TW means This Week, LW means Last Week and WOC means Weeks on Chart TW - LW - WOC Artiste Name ----- Song Title ---- Record Label

01 - 02 - (11) Mavado - 'Again & Again' - (1wk@#1)

02 - 01 - (10) Vybz Kartel 'Get Wild' - Adidjaheim/NotNice Records (2wks@#1)

03 - 03 - (09) Elephant Man - 'Alli-Lu-Ya' - Very Huge (Chester)

04 - 05 - (06) Vybz Kartel Mind Pon Mi Money' - Liv Up Records

05 -… Continue

Added by ReGGae on May 19, 2009 at 8:28am — No Comments

Rap It Up: News: Mashonda and Swizz Beatz, Lil Boosie, Young Joc & gay rappers

May 18, 2009. Mashonda and Swizz Beatz divorced. Well now it looks like the divorce is gonna get REAL MESSY!!!

First off as we told y’all Swizz is currently dating R&B singer Alicia Keys. And, as we reported last week, he’s being open about it.

But there’s more drama. Apparently Mashonda is claiming that she’s NOT getting enough monet from Swizz. Here’s an excerpt from the NY Daily News:

During the winter, the heat in…

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Added by ReGGae on May 18, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Flexx In the complex Denies Feud With Flippa + Video

Fast rising deejay and Mavado's wingman Flexxx has once again found himself embroiled in more controversy. This time around it's alleged that the Alliance young gun is currently feuding with dancehall high roller Flippa Mafia over utterances he made in a song on the Clearance Riddim.

However yesterday 876 caught up with the deejay and posed the question to him in an effort to set the record straight.

According to the Grants Pen native… Continue

Added by ReGGae on May 18, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Usain Bolt Sets New World Record Manchester England!!!+ Video

Usain Bolt ran the world's fastest 150 meters to win a soggy street sprint moments ago (Sunday May 17th) that marked his return to racing after a car crash left him nursing minor injuries.

In windy Manchester, the triple Olympic champion ran down the northern English city's main thoroughfare in 14.35 seconds, breaking Donovan Bailey's 12-year-old world best of 14.99 in the rarely run 150.Triple… Continue

Added by ReGGae on May 18, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Jeffrey Hype Addresses Rumours+ Video Hot!

Over the past few weeks there has been several rumours circulating in the dancehall fraternity that Vybz Kartel's friend and long time road manager Jeffrey Hype was given marching orders by the Empire leader.

The rumours became even more apparent with the release of a track entitled 'The Bizness Need Wi' by the comedic duo Twins of Twins from their soon to be released 'Stir It Up Volume 8' CD compilation.

The song pokes fun… Continue

Added by ReGGae on May 15, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Ziggy responds to Buju's comments

In an interview with Vibe magazine last week, Ziggy, the eldest son of Bob Marley, gave his comments on an issue which many readers have been weighing in on. The remarks made by deejay Buju Banton that Bob Marley is not the greatest reggae artiste as “greater persons are yet to come”.

The Grammy Award-winning recording artiste started off by declaring his love for his father. “Me love my father, you know? And me love all of my… Continue

Added by ReGGae on May 14, 2009 at 8:06pm — No Comments