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FILE - Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, May 15, 2022. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
April 9, 2026

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers appeal his conviction with First Amendment argument

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyers are poised to try to persuade federal appeals court judges that the hip-hop mogul was treated unfairly at the trial that sent him to prison…
April 8, 2026 by Michael Reckord

Enthusiastic audience at NDTC’s 45th Easter concert

The National Dance Theatre Company’s (NDTC) Easter Sunday morning concert drew an enthusiastic response from the near-capacity audience at the Little Theatre on Tom Redcam Avenue in St Andrew. There…
Offset
April 8, 2026

Former Migos rapper Offset stable after being shot

HOLLYWOOD, Florida (AP): Rapper Offset, a former member of the influential hip-hop trio Migos, was shot outside a Florida casino and is in stable condition, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. Offset, who…
Patrice Roberts - Contributed photo
April 8, 2026

Soca artiste Patrice Roberts ordered to pay compensation to Canadian entertainment company

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A High Court judge has ordered Soca artiste Patrice Roberts to pay her former Canadian-based management company more than US$30,000 for services it provided while…
The late Bunny Wailer.
April 7, 2026

Shashamane to honour Bunny Wailer on his birthday

Reggae icon Bunny Wailer will be honoured by the Jamaican/Rastafarian community in Shashamane, Ethiopia, on his birthday, April 10, as part of the Rastafari Month celebrations in that country. This…
Deejay Zess and Trinidadian MC Aaron Fingal keeping the Soca Camp crowd hyped at Friday night’s staging.
April 7, 2026

Soca Camp prepares revellers for the road

For Soca Camp curator Matthew ‘Matt Camps’ Campbell, a personal passion rooted in music has grown into a Carnival in Jamaica calendar event. On Friday, that vision came to life in full force, as…
Rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.
April 7, 2026

Wireless boss stands by Ye headlining concerts as sponsors pull out

As sponsors pull out from London’s Wireless Festival over headliner Ye, its organiser is standing by the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. Melvin Benn, the managing director at Festival Republic,…
Kanye West, who changed his name to Ye in 2021.
April 7, 2026

Wireless Festival cancelled after UK bars rapper Ye

LONDON (AP): The rapper formerly known as Kanye West was barred Tuesday from entering the UK, where he was scheduled to headline the Wireless Festival in July, after a backlash over Ye's history…
Legendary guitarist Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith at the Count Ossie Centennial Grounation held on Thursday, March 26, at House of Dread in St Andrew.
April 5, 2026 by Yasmine Peru

100 years of pioneering Rasta drummer Count Ossie

In the history of Jamaican music, there have been some outstanding counts, among them Count Matuchie, Count Shelly, Count C, and Oswald ‘Count Ossie’ Williams. A seminal figure in the development of…