MIDDLECLASS WHITE FAMILY PURCHASED DISNEY CD AND HEARD DIPSET......KILLA CAM

A WHITE SUBURBAN FAMILY PURCHASED the CD for their daughter at a local Toys R Us store, but received quite a surprise when they opened it up on Christmas morning. It was definitely not Hannah Montana, it was like graphic lyrics, like gangsta rap, Danielson told a reporter from cbs the CD had real explicit lyrics. He goes on to say that they are a christian family and don't want that kind of music in their home... The Family called Toys R Usto report the problem but, they were told they are just a distributor. Disney is looking into the allegations... In a video on CBS you can hear the song I LOVE YOU from the Diplomats in the background

Some people say Bounty 2001 is better than ever. Once again ther's no Deejay more controversial than him. Everybody seem to be his enemy. Reason enough for an exclusive interview with Rodney Price. Nadine talked with Bounty Killa about Sting 2001, his new album, the neverending feud with Beenie Man and of course naked men in music videos

G.O: You said that you would never perform at Sting again, but recently there was a statement from you that you will indeed be performing this year, why the change?
Killa: Sometimes yuh say something and because of certain reasons yuh have to take it back, but that don't mean that people look down pan yuh or even think less of you. My fans dem ask me to do it and I said 'o.k.' Is just like sometimes a mother have kids and don't want to do a certain job but just fi bring in a little money for her kids she will do it.

G.O: Is it a personal thing between you and the shows' organiser Laing?
Killa: Yeah it is a personal ting wid me and Laing, it is not a musical thing and Sting is a good show and if you win Sting yuh on top for the next 12 months, and if yuh in the top 10 and flop at Sting yuh flop. It also highlight upcoming artistes.

G.O: Is it a real feud or war between you Beenie Man?
Killa: Beenie Man and me have feud from a long time and back in the days him used to sound like me and deejay bad man lyrics, but then him change and say him is the girls dem sugar and start deejay fi di girls dem. Bad man no like Beenie Man, Beenie is for the girls, nice guys like Beenie Man and him even act like girl sometimes. Him go pan Ru Paul Show and say him wi do anything fi him career, tell me what Ru Paul have fi do wid music, him is no celebrity, him have no fans, Beenie Man said him do it fi enhance him career. Him go pan Ru Paul show and hug him up...
I did an interview and said that Dancehall music is getting a fight and that we wont win no Grammy till bout 5 to 10 years until wi clean up wi act. The people who dem nominate are Old School and do not represent Dancehall. When Beenie win him Grammy and him broadcast live on Irie Fm, the first ting that come out of his mouth was that him win di Grammy and Bounty did say him not winning no Grammy till 5-10 years, and when dem ask him what him plan to do now, he said that he want a clash wid Bounty Killa. A buy dem buy di Grammy and mi say cho, left him, him happy and him feel good dat him win di Grammy.
Him come on pan di stage at Sting and say him a defend me, him know dat Merciless woulda lose so him come pan my side wid me and Ninja Man because that is the winning side. Him come on and mi say 'low him' and then him turn it round and say him help me. Beenie is not in my class and I am an artist.
Then me do my song name 'Restaurant' and then him do a song what say 'me boss, no boss me caan tek dat boss', any way only one line was for me that was a small ting still and now him do a song that me a sing wid naked man, now tell me is when Gwen (Stephani from No Doubt) turn naked man, him mind too corrupt and fool, there is a naked man in the video but he ain't wid me and dat is a different scene. So me no know what him a chat bout.

Bounty Killa & Gwen Stefani

No Doubt did a song wid Beenie Man and dem reject it, to dem him is just pop, him don't really represent Dancehall. So they came to Jamaica and dem ask the producer (Sly and Robbie produced the single 'Hey Baby') who would be a good person to do a collaboration with and dem say Bounty. I represent Dancehall, is like somebody come to Jamaica and want chicken and you give dem Kentucky, when Jerk Chicken is what dem want. I have the Jerk Chicken and I take it all over the world.
Beenie Man can not do collaborations, him don't bring anything to the collaboration, him just take away. Bounty do so many. Busta Rhymes, Richie Stephens, Barrington Levy, The Fugees, Mobb Deep and others. I don't really go with the people who famous, I have to feel the artist, it's a vibe thing.
Most of the collaborations come bout cause I know people who know dem. Beenie Man performance at Sumfest flop because him come wid a war ting Him neva get no response from the crowd, the people dem expect that from me and then him come pan the stage and mi did afi call him all kinda name.

G.O: What about Merciless, will you be having another clash this year because some people say you won and others that he did?
Killa: Merciless is mi other copy, him call himself Warhead.

G.O: You recently did a song with Gentleman out of Germany what was that like?
Killa: Working wid Gentleman was good, it is a Culture song, slow and was produced by Richie Stephens. It is a good song.

G.O: Splash! 2001 in Germany this year what was that like, and what were your expectations?
Killa: I neva really have any expectations, but Splash! was memorable, working for a white audience is always different. They have a different kind of vibe and most of them read about the music and the culture.

G.O: Are the recent attacks on the US still have a bad effect on the business and people in Jamaica?
Killa: Well wi still feeling di effects because people losing dem jobs and the cash flow tight..di people dem fraid fi fly cause right now the airport dem can lock down over di Christmas.

G.O: What can people expect from your next album?
Killa: Well my album the Ghetto Dictionary will be something from the ghetto we keeping it authentic. It is really the lifestyle on the street and the voice of the people of Jamaica, so that's why it is called the Ghetto Dictionary.
There are collaborations with Richie Stephens, newcomers Angel, Aiesha, Nymran and even an unreleased track from 1993 with Dirtsman.

G.O: Why did you decide to go with Lakeshore Entertainment with this album and not VP Records?
Killa: Well wi neva say dat we were going with Lakeshore Entertainment, we were in negotiation because VP wasn't telling us what we wanted to hear and was unable to meet certain requirements but eventually they started saying what we wanted to hear.

G.O: You no longer work with Dave Kelly and the friendship between you and Baby Cham is no more, rumours are that it is because he didn't perform at your show is that true?
Killa: : it wasn't because him neva come a mi show beacause a did real frienship, but mi did give an interview pan a radio station and say that some artists trying to sound like the Americans and going back to the old sounds and not sticking to what dem know and coming wid the Hip Hop and him and Dave tek it personal cause dem did a come out wid dem debut hip hop album.

G.O: To the private section of the interview People would say that you are arrogant or even unapproachable what would you say to these people?
Killa: Only people who don't know Bounty Killa would say that, a mean if a fan see mi and want a autograph anuh nothing fi wi do that or even take a picture with the person, that is my fan. Jamaicans always want to have something negative to say about you, they always have something negative to say, is just so dem stay. Even if nothing don't go so, dem put dem own meaning to it.

G.O: What is the reason for wearing only black on stage when you perform. Does it have anything to do with your mood when you perform?
Killa: (Laughs) no man Black looks good and goes with everyting, I just love black.

G.O: There are rumours of a clothing line is that true?
Killa: I don't really have a line, but I have few pieces and the response has been good I have been getting requests for dem.

G.O: Bounty let's say I wanted to be your girl, what would I have to be like?
Killa: My woman has to be considerate, clean, charming well the browning dem I guess is to go wid my complexion.but colour doesn't matter, beauty is only skin deep.

G.O: See yourself getting married soon?
Killa: That will be hard because if don't have the qualities of Miss Ivy (his mother), it won't be happening.

G.O: Thanks very much bounty for talking the time out, nuff respect.
Killa: It was no problem, alrightv

International Grammy-winning reggae superstar Beenie Man has responded to the plea of multi-platinum,

Grammy-winning musician, and humanitarian Wyclef Jean whose native country experienced its worstnational disaster for over 200 years on Tuesday of this week. BeenieMan has pledged to lend his artistic skills to help raise fundsdirected towards any humanitarian and fund-raising efforts to help thepeople of Haiti.

"My heart goes out to Wyclef and to the people of Haiti. I saw the devastation of the island on the news and I was moved, the hundreds of dead bodies piling up on the streets, the buildings destroyed by the earthquake, people working to rescue friends and family trapped in the rubble...and I want to make myself available to help in any way I can,"Beenie Man said in a release.

"I hope that the Caribbean community will also organise quickly and help our brothers and sisters in every way possible, or else we willhave an even bigger disaster on our hands. The schools are packed with dead people, the hospitals full of sick and dying, all communicationscut off...it's a catastrophe."

Beenie Man and Wyclef Jean collaborated on the radio hit, Love Me Now and another song called Lie Detector several years ago.

"Wyclef Jean and I share a passion for improving communities throughout the world and he has always been very hands-on when it comes to looking after his home nation so I can't imagine what he is going through at this very difficult time," Beenie Man, who has also spearheaded social and environmental programmes in tough inner city areas such as Craig Town, Arnett Gardens and Waterhouse in his native Jamaica, said. Beenie Man  has already contributed money to the Yele charity to aid humanitarian efforts.

Haiti is regarded as the most impoverished nation in the Western hemisphere and is home to 9 million people, four million of whom live in the capital city, Port-au-Prince and its environs.

The quake's epicenter was only 10 miles from Port-au-Prince. In 2008,Haiti was hit by four hurricanes. Wyclef, a Good will Ambassador toHaiti, started the Yele Haiti Foundation to raise relief funds for thearea following Hurricane Gustav in 2008.

To help Haiti Earthquake Relief, donate $5 by texting YELE to 501501...charity is Wyclef's www.yele.org

The 2010 staging of the Excellence In Music and Entertainment (EME) Awards will unfold on Thursday February 4, at the Gardens at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, 81 Knutsford Boulevard, Kingston. Founded by popular radio personality Richard 'Richie B' Burgess, the awards show was created to honor the players in the local music industry, both past and present.
The EME Awards, a non-profit venture, has garnered unwavering support and popularity through the years and has attracted coverage from both the local and international media. Last year, the presence of America's BETJ Channel, provided quite a fillip for the EMEs and their repeat airings of the event has definitely added to the excitement both here and abroad.
The publication of the List of Nominees for this year has triggered off wild voting well beyond the initial projection of the organizers. An EME Awards spokesman said, we had such a mad rush to our website (www.emeawards.com) that we had to speedily upgrade the capacity of our server to accommodate the increased traffic. In fact, we had to upgrade our server's capacity to terabytes in order to facilitate the existing and growing traffic'. Internet votes represent 30% of final scores, the other 70% based on Chart success and overall impact.
Awards will be given out in over 30 categories including, Dj of the Year, Vocalist, Album, Song, Producer,Singjay, Lyricist, Best New Artist and Breakthrough Artist of the Year among others. Additionally, the Award of Role Model of the Year' will be bestowed on Toots Hibbert and Denroy Morgan.
Considering the number of A-Listers that will be attending the 6th Annual EME Awards, the world awaits the fashion statements that will be made on the Red Carpet which opens up at 7 pm. The Awards Ceremony itself, which gets underway at 8 pm. The EMEs remain an invitation only event but will be aired on CVM TV, CVM Plus, Hot 102 FM and other local and international media affiliates.
Posted by Dancehallreggaeweseh.com

As of late Monday, two suspects had been arrested in the case and a third was being questioned. There is one individual in custody who has made some spontaneous statements that have led me to believe that he is culpable for what happened, Richmond police Lt. Johan Simon said. Nineteen-year-old Manuel Ortega, described as a former student at the school, was arrested soon after he fled the scene and will face charges of rape, robbery and kidnapping, police said. A 15-year-old was later arrested and charged with one count of felony sexual assault. A third teenager was being interviewed, according to Lt. Mark Gagan of the police department in Richmond, California. Based on witness statements and suspect statements, and also physical evidence, we know that she was raped by at least four suspects committing multiple sex acts, Gagan said.

www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/27/california....

Much maligned, maybe misunderstood, Vybz Kartel (aka "Addi the Teacha," "Addi the Emperor," or simply "Addi"), if just for his voluminous output and lyrical mastery, is definitely one of the top deejays in the history of dancehall music. He rose to prominence in the late 1990s, after he impressed dancehall icon Bounty Killer with his lyrical ability. Killer took Kartel under his wings and the relationship proved mutually beneficial: Kartel wrote several well-received songs for Killer, while Killer accepted Kartel into the Killer-led Alliance, making Kartels ascent in the business possibly easier than it would otherwise have been. Kartel rose rapidly, snagging several Deejay-of-the-Year awards, collaborating with several international hip-hop and pop stars, and recording creditable album sales with several projects for UK-based Greensleeves Records. Along the way, Kartel was earning a reputation as a nonconformist who was not afraid to tackle issues, individuals, and institutions.

In 2006, Kartel eventually split from the Alliance after a much-publicized rift with the Alliance patriarch Bounty Killer. Kartel would spend much of the next two years embroiled in lyrical and legal confrontations with members of the Alliance and other entertainment personalities. The constant feuding made him a target of the media, the politicians, and the church, less appealing to some record companies and sponsors, but elevated his standing in the eyes of many marginalized and rebellious youths who shared his seeming distaste for establishment and tradition. It was during this period that the Portmore Empire with Kartel at the helm was conceived.

Comprising, amongst others, Craig Dennis, Deva Bratt, Shawn Storm, Doza Medicine, Omeil, Babydoll, Earthworm, and Black Ryno, the Empire, with its band of mainly upstarts, positioned itself as a legitimate rival to the Alliance, which constituted far more seasoned deejays. Some of the Empire's best early works were recorded for producer Stephen McGregor and at Father's Romie's Exodus Studios. Addi and the Empire focuses on the tracks recorded out of Father Romie's studio for either Father Romie or Deejay Jayy.

The Empire got off to an auspicious start for Father Romie with the eponymous Portmore Empire riddim, an edgy up-tempo beat that Kartel used to claim his rights to the Empire with the line "Addi the Emperor's empire" in Addi the Emperor. Still, the Portmore Empire riddim will be most remembered for Pre Wi (Craig Dennis) and Skin Fi Burn (Portmore Empire), a searing hot combination featuring most of the initial Portmore Empire cast that threw down the gauntlet to the Alliance and unveiled the potential of the Empire to be a bonafide recording powerhouse; however, the cohesion that we saw on Skin fi Burn would quickly begin to fade. The untimely passing of the talented singjay Craig Dennis in a bike accident, robbed the Empire of its most gifted member, next to Kartel, and its foil for Mavado, the singjay/deejay member of the Alliance who was asserting himself as Kartel's main adversary. The Empire continued to press after Dennis' passing, but it was evident that all was not well in the camp.

At the start of 2008, Father Romie's groundbreaking Resident Evil riddim, provided the Empire with another platform to chase commercial and critical success; however, for the most part the Emperor and his subjects lost the plot as most of the members chose to deliver graphic lyrics that celebrated violence and raunchy behavior. The Empire's offerings on Resident Evil coupled with some of its members frequent run-ins with the police provided fodder for sections of the Jamaican media and wider public that were arguing that violent and lewd lyrics were contributing to Jamaica's high crime rate and breakdown in morality.

After Resident Evil, the discord in the Empire's camp became obvious. Kartel publicly distanced himself from Deva Bratt, who was embattled in a legal controversy that alleged unsavory behavior on his part. Separately, Omeil and Babydoll uneventfully withdrew from the Empire, with some arguing that their departure was tied to Kartel's paying more attention to Lisa Hype. Shawn Storm and Doza Medicine, who promised much with his ingenious delivery on Fire Squeeze, were struggling to remain relevant. Earthworm stuck around for the Ghetto Gospel project; however, after being branded as an informer following another Kartel arrest episode, he "took away himself" to his hometown of Mobay and has not been heard from since in the context of the Empire. With Deva Bratt also raising questions about Kartel's rights to the Portmore Empire name, the Empire appeared to be crumbling.

Just when it appeared all downhill for the Empire, Kartel found a new recruit to bolster the Empire's depleted ranks in what had been its weakest area since Dennis' passing. In an effort to combat some of the negative publicity surrounding the Empire, Father Romie asked the remaining members of the Empire to deliver some positive messages on the Ghetto Gospel project. The result was Born and Raised (Vybz Kartel featuring Stripes) and Stroll (Jahvinci, Black Ryno, and Vybz Kartel), which announced the arrival of Kartel's new singjay recruit: Jahvinci. With Jahvinci's unrefined but soulful vocals on the hook, Stroll struck a resonating chord, as it looked at the dilemma facing youths in the ghetto when from their vantage point they see only two options: crime or poverty. Stroll also confirmed that the next phase in the Empire's evolution would be led by the trio of Kartel, Ryno, and Jahvinci.

Addi and the Empire may not find favor with mainstream audiences, but fans of hardcore dancehall will find this album right up their alley. And, considering that this album represents the first and most likely the last opportunity to acquire an album from the original members of the Portmore Empire, it may give you a chance to own a piece of dancehall history. If just for its place as a collectors item, Addi and the Empire is worth adding to your collection.

One of the hottest Jamaican pornographic material being circulated by DVD and on the Internet is a street dance held in a St Catherine community that has people having sex openly in front of other patrons.

The clip or DVD shows a couple having sex in the middle of the street. The dance, Go Go Jam, is held in Charlemont, St Catherine. The last dance is said to have been held in early December.

In the clip which is being circulated, the couple carries on in several sexual positions, and they are surrounded by the patrons who are either watching the sexual action or dancing to some of the latest songs. The music selector not only unleashes several hot songs but makes mention of at least one popular dance group that was said to be in the crowd.

But while to most persons this may seem to be a lewd and inappropriate act, the monthly dance has being going on for approximately two years and is well attended. The females involved in the act are said to be either exotic dancers or persons selected by the organisers.

So popular are these dances that, for the persons who missed out on the action, copies of the DVDs bearing the title are being sold in sections of Linstead and surrounding areas.

When THE STAR visited the St Catherine community recently, there were varied opinions from residents about the dance.

"When the film is from foreign everyone will buy it. However, if it is a local one then the problem start," said one resident, Marjorie.

Other persons agreed with her view, and pointed out that the dance did not bother them.

"It nuh badda mi and mi did go watch it about three weeks ago when it was on the front of the club. Nothing nuh wrong with it, a just a lickle outside thing," another female resident told THE STAR.

The reaction was, however, not the same from a businesswoman in the area.

"The whole thing is sad. The things that happen out there should be in the privacy of the bedroom," she said.

Head of the Linstead police, Inspector Michael Walker, said he was not aware of the event or its happenings, but promised to investigate.

"A destructive widespread tsunami threat does not exist based on historical earthquake and tsunami data," the center said. "However, there is the possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts located usually no more than a 100 km (60 miles) from the earthquake epicenter."

(Reporting by Sandra Maler, Editing by Stacey Joyce)

Most japanese ppl are not christian. But why is crime in Japan lower than in many Christian countries?

why are they well-mannered?

The problem of atheist crime and Christian moral perfection is certainly a vexing one.

these are some of the comments posted on the internet:

Wrong: Atheists.

Right: Polytheists.

Because the eyes of other people are more scary than those of God.

The Sun watches down on us so we can do no wrong.

Because we dont have any religious wars.

Isnt it because religion itself breeds violence?

Were not really atheists though. And whats called an atheist overseas is practically a cultist, like some kind of atheist religion.

You cant watch late night anime in prison. That makes for a polite society.

Piety destroys character.

It must be genetic. Just look at those damn Koreans!

Because were Japanese.

Religion serves as an expedient means of making the uncultivated or ignorant obey the law.

Because you can only believe in yourself.

Theyre clever because they eat lots of fish.

I dont think Japanese are smart, but I do think the person who wrote this is an idiot.

As expected of someone from a place where they dont each much fish, hes pretty stupid.

If you compare them to America, the crime rates in most countries are just a joke.

Not revering a single god doesnt give rise to useless prejudice.

Religion is aweapon of mass destruction.

You can do whatever you like if God forgives you.

We arent without religion.

December is Christmas.

The New Year is Shinto.

The funeral is Buddhist.

The marriage is Christian.

Theres no more faithful people!

Its almost like you cant have morals, happiness or love without religion to them. Their culture has been hijacked, hasnt it?

Its because they are 98% one people.

This is a big factor mixing in different cultures and religions causes public order to deteriorate.

The reason is because sex is completely tolerated.

Society is a harsher master than any God. The punishments actually happen after all.

Crime may be rare and manners good, but it is stifling here.

Look at the troubles after the war or in the Showa period, and the crime rates then. Japanese society is currently stable, thats why crime is low. Individualism vs collectivism or whatever are just secondary factors.

Overseas, atheists get suspected of communism. In Japan, its the Catholic priests and the Buddhist monks who are the communists.

Japanese only believe in capitalists and men of power.

Id like to ask those American fellows the opposite just why is it the religious folk are the ones with the worst manners and the highest levels of crime?

In the US, theres one god for 300 million people.

In Japan, theres 8 million gods, thats 1 to 15. Plenty for everyone.

Lets just put it down to bushido.

what do yall think?