Things really are looking up for Amy Winehouse -- her junkie, jailed husband wants a divorce.

Blake Fielder-Civil has asked his lawyer, Henri Brandman, to get the wheels turning on divorce papers by citing adultery -- after Amy has been spotted hooking up with a 21-year-old dude while vacationing in St. Lucia, according to the Daily Mail.

Amy just admitted in an interview that she's "forgotten I'm even married" and that their "whole marriage was based on drug use."


Good News.....At least now she can get her life straightened out

Dr. Jan Adams, the non-board certified plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West's mother the day before she died, has been sentenced to one year in jail after rolling over to a charge he drove super drunk last year.

Adams pleaded no contest to one misdemeanor count of DUI over an incident in the Bay Area last June where he was caught driving the wrong way on a freeway with a *lo** alcohol level of .20 -- more than twice the legal limit.

Adams will receive eight days credit toward his sentence from the time he served right after he was arrested.

The BART police officer that pulled the trigger and sparked another riot based on injustice has resigned:

Scheduled to meet with BART police investigators today, the BART Police officer involved in the tragic shooting New Years Day at Fruitvale Station submitted his resignation effective immediately. On Monday, the officers attorney postponed a meeting that had been scheduled by BART investigators for Tuesday and sought to defer the meeting until next week. BART investigators declined the delay and scheduled a meeting with the officer for this morning. At this mornings scheduled meeting, the officers attorney and his union representative submitted his resignation letter. The officer was not present. BART investigators have urged the officer to meet and cooperate with the transit agencys investigation into the fatal shooting. BART Police investigators have notified the Alameda County District Attorneys Office of the resignation and this development. The District Attorneys office is conducting an independent probe of the January 1, 2009 shooting. The BART Police investigation will continue to seek and examine all available evidence and will continue its full cooperation with the ongoing independent investigation by the District Attorney. This shooting is a tragic event in every respect for all involved, BART General Manager Dorothy Dugger said. We recognize that the family and friends of Oscar Grant are in mourning and we extend our condolences.

Oscar Grant did not have to die, but the pig that killed him should have to suffer some extreme consequences. This type of behavior must be extinguished. F*ck a Thug ass Cop too.

People, mi de pon mi lunch break and see oonu ah write some hurtful things about the suss say it lame and all these things. Mi agree say mi nah kick dem inna dem teeth like mi used to but yu fi understand say mi have a nine to five, and the way the earth rest right now, wid the layoffs and unemployment, mi haffi secure mi bread. Mi have a daughter to feed, a mortgage and a bagga tings a gwaan inna mi life. I will endeavour to do better as the year progresses but just bear wid me, mi a sort out some personal and work-related issues so mi nuh really feel di joy so much but do, see wid me. Mi soon sort oonu out. And by the way, mi have mi owna laptop, yu bright, mi no borrow people tings.

BARBEE AND BEENIE SPOTTED LUNCHING
Wah dis mi a hear? Beenie and Barbee are getting reacquainted again. Mi watch Profile Sunday and mi see D'Angel ah talk say she nah carry no other man inna the house pon Marco Dean fi confuse him and all these things and how she and Beenie are not really together as husband and wife. And now, mi girlfriend tell me say she spot Beenie and Barbee having a nice lunch at an uptown spot well cosy up and laughing and all these things. The media personnel dem need fi get the picture so we can see wah really a gwaan. Mi no know if dem really a date again, but old firestick ketch quick and mi know say she probably still a carry a flame fi Beenie Man so mi ah go watch it and see how it a develop . Later, ciao!

NUFFY ASKS FOR APOLOGY FROM MAVADO
How Mavado ah try style up Nuffy say him and Kartel plan up over Sting and all these things? Right now, ah Nuffy ah deal wid himself, mi see Beenie Man walk out and say Gaza, Kip Rich say Alliance, and nobody nah pree dem. Mi sure say Nuffy neva say Gaza or Empire over Sting, so why everybody ah target him? Mi hear say him de pon the front page of the STAR today ah demand a public apology. Nuffy ah get a big forward offa the controversy because mi all see him pon Onstage last weekend ah talk up a bagga tings. Gwaan Nuffy!!!

SHOTS FIRED OVER WATERFORD DANCE
Nobody was injured last night when shots were fired during a dance in Waterford. Mi friend dem tell me say dem ah go over the dance after hours and see crazy police tape and all these things, so dem just turn back and head back to town. 


OBEAHMAN IMPRISONS FEMALES IN SALT SPRING
Ah crazy iniquity workings a gwaan inna Salt Spring inna St. James. Mi hear say a pastor man inveigle some young girls from Spanish Town fi come live wid him and imprison dem as him personal sex slaves fi over a year. Him all mek him friend dem have sex wid dem and him videotape it and all these things. The police say all witchcraft involve because him threaten fi guzum dem and dem families and do all human sacrifice if dem leave from under him control. Why Jamaica get so billias? Pure demons, iniquity workings and witchcraft. People, mi a  tell oonu, watch oonuself, don't eat and drink from dem 'cause dem not wid yu. Alla-Kayamba. SCIENCE AGAIN


PEOPLE WAAN KNOW....
How rounda Big Ship did pack up wid crazy celebrities last night? The selector dem nuh stop big up Mavado and Bounty Killer and dem de de a pose wid Boom Boom fi tek picture. Ah crazy Big Ship riddim dem rinse out roun de. Mi see the photo dem wid Milk wid her hot hairstyle ah party up a storm and all these things.

Wyclef Jeans sister, Melky Jean got married this past weekend in South Florida and Mavado was a guest of the bride and groom.

Melky and her husband, Supreme planned an amazingly lavish wedding a luxurious resort and one of the brides special wishes was for Mavado to attend.

Melky, who is a Grammy nominated songwriter, considers Mavado as her favorite artist. The Gully God has also been a friend of Wyclefs for some time now. They have collaborated on recordings in the past and plan on continuing to do so.

From the wedding Mavado went on to rock the cities of Orlando and Tampa with two sold out performances.

This year has started off with a bang for Mavado whose sophomore album titled, Mr Brooks - a Better Tomorrow, will be on shelves next month.

With BETs 106 & Park set to jam the premiere of the So Special video; and his many promotional appearances, Mavado is definitely in line for greater things this in 2009.

Vybz Kartel - Krista Henry

Shouts of 'boo' have long been the standard cue in the dancehall for entertainers to cut their losses and make a hasty retreat off the stage - before bottles begin to fly.

However, since Sting 2008, fans of dancehall artistes Vybz Kartel and Mavado have been voicing their opinions beyond the stage shows and taking it to the party scene.

On New Year's Eve, loud cries of "boo", to the shock of many patrons, rang out at parties such as Absinthe, 11:59 and Destination Las Vegas, when songs from lyrical rivals Kartel and Mavado were played. The trend continued at other events, including the weekly Bembe Thursdays last week, where overzealous fans proclaimed Gaza over Gully, or vice versa, thus keeping the lyrical clash from Sting alive and well.

For the selectors, it is a difficult spot to be placed in when patrons boo songs that are played. DJ Marc Chin of Coppershot Disco has seen it happen at a lot of parties since Sting and has had to play to the divided crowds.

Dancehall culture

"Each artiste have dem supporters, so it isn't anything out of the ordinary ... It happen wid Beenie and Bounty before.

"The rival tradition just continues in the Jamaican dancehall culture. In a way, it's just like sports. Sporting fans boo the rival's team. It's something that will stop as soon as the confrontation dies down."

Mavado - Contributed

Razz from Razz and Biggy also believes the phenomenon, which he has seen happen at a number of events, will peter out. According to Razz, this is the first time he has seen something like this happen in a party, as not even during the 15-year-long Bounty/Beenie feud did patrons bring their partiality to the party scene. He told the STAR, "It's going to happen 'cause is like half seh Gully, half seh Gaza - is like the country split in half."

Razz believes, however, that the unpleasant responses to certain songs is in part brought on by the selectors who play long sets of Kartel and Mavado clash songs.

"Di selectors, when they play a song a seh who seh Gaza, then they play another song and seh who seh Gully. For me I play so that people can just dance and party 'cause, obviously, if yuh seh Gully the Gaza people a go boo, and vice versa," he said.

Selector Firelinks has tried to bring peace recently at New Year's Bembe, telling music fans to keep the booing for the stage shows and keep the parties 'nice'. After playing back-to-back Mavado and Kartel songs, he encouraged the fans not to take the music personal, but lyrical, and to encourage both artistes in their endeavours.

Though the process of becoming a part of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is fairly simple, it seems there are some people who prefer to pretend.

Just a month after two men were arrested and charged with impersonating an officer, arising from an incident that occurred at the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre, another has been charged with a similar offence. He has been identified as Omar Maitland, a 23-year-old security guard of a Lightbourne Road, Kingston 5, address.

He was arrested on January 2 at a popular hotel in Kingston. Reports are that at 10:25 p.m., the police received a call that a man was being disruptive and behaving in a boisterous manner on the premises. He was reportedly spoken to by security guards at the hotel, but told them that he was a policeman.

When the police arrived and accosted him, he reportedly also identified himself as a member of the JCF. He was, however, unable to provide a valid ID. He was searched and an imitation firearm found on his person. He was charged with illegal possession of a firearm. He is to appear in court soon.

Simple larceny

On Tuesday, two men who were earlier charged with impersonating an officer appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court. One of the accused, Jermaine Vassell, an 18-year-old of a Seven West, Greater Portmore address, has also been charged with simple larceny, after being accused of stealing a police vest belonging to a detective corporal stationed at the Greater Portmore Police Station. Vassell was found with the vest at the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre on December 12 last year.

Reports are that the policeman locked his vest in a drawer at the station, but it went missing about five weeks before being found in Vassell's possession.

He and his co-accused, Akeem Rohan Davis, are to return to court on January 19.

In the meantime, the Half-Way Tree police are advising persons who pretend to be members of the JCF to desist, as they will be punished accordingly. The police are also advising that those who want to join the force should visit the JCF Recruiting Centre at 12 Ocean Boulevard, downtown Kingston, where they will be further advised.

Thirty young men from the March Pen and Corlettes roads communities of St Catherine, are being trained by the Ministry of National Security as lifeguards and will be deployed to hotels upon completion of their training.

This was revealed in Spanish Town on Tuesday by permanent secretary in Ministry of National Security, Major Richard Reese. The men are said to be the first batch to be trained as lifeguard under the ministry's Community Security Initiative, where special inner-city communities are targeted to make youths more productive.

Agents of change

The 30 participants will start their training in Kingston today

Reese, in his message, implored the participants to be agents of change.

"I know that you can help in changing the views of persons outside of your community. You are very talented persons who are specially selected and you are blessed that spaces are awaiting your employment," he told the men.

Reese, who recently left the correctional service as commissioner of corrections, related stories about how hard work, dedication and discipline had helped him climb social and professional ladders. He told them that, despite the hardship, if they were disciplined, nothing could stop them.

Community initiative

The Community Security Initiative is a project that started in 2002 and has been implemented Mud Town, Matthews Lane and other depressed communities in the Corporate Area.

According to Patricia Balls, head of the Community Security Initiative, the cost for training the 30 men is over $200,000.

Persons willing to participate in the training programme must be able to read at the ninth grade level. In addition to swimming, they will also be taught ethics and basic survival skills.

'I know that you can help in changing the views of persons outside of your community. You are very talented persons who are specially selected and you are blessed that spaces are awaiting your employment.'

Kidnappings doubled in 2008, but the high incidence of staged hostage taking in recent years has caused concern among police sleuths.

Data revealed by Errington Malcolm, acting deputy superin-tendent at the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID), show that there were 15 reported cases last year, compared with eight in 2007. These statistics are significantly lower, though, than the 38 kidnappings and abductions in 2006.

However, detectives said that 21 per cent - 13 reports - of cases over the last three years implicated hostages in ransom requests. Virtually all hostages suspected of hatching plots with conspirators refused to assist in police investigations, The Gleaner has learnt.

Public mischief

Though unable to provide The Gleaner with specifics on the investigations being pursued, OCID said many of these cases are already before the courts.

Individuals have been charged with causing public mischief in relation to bids, in conjunction with cronies, to extract financial gain from unsuspecting family and friends. Most hostages and hostage-takers fall in the 16-40 age cohort, the police said.

Acting Senior Superintendent Fitz Bailey, who heads OCID, credits the division's anti-kidnapping and anti-abduction strategies, as well as specialised training from Scotland Yard and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, with limiting the incidence of deadly violence in breaking cases.

However, OCID detectives are urging individuals who are approached with ransom requests to desist from unilaterally giving money to perpetrators. The police said such payouts complicate and hamper investigations, noting that it was often difficult to convince relatives that some hostages were complicit in kidnappings.

Paying ransoms

"If money needs to be paid out, a trained negotiator must properly supervise the situation at any stage it becomes necessary," said Detective Sergeant Colin Campbell.

"In case it is a situation where money has to be paid out, the life of the hostage must be taken into account first, and we can't be certain that the hostage is still alive, or that the persons making the demand have the person to be released, or that the hostage will be released safely, so we will encourage persons not to pay out any money."

Vigilance virtues

Never leave children alone or unsupervised.

Be careful with whom you leave children.

As soon as possible, teach children steps to avoid being abducted or kidnapped.

Bring it to the attention of an adult if children are in an uncomfortable situation.

Where possible don't take taxis alone.

Walk in groups.

Never loiter on the street.

Avoid walking near abandoned buildings, lots and shortcuts.

Abductions vs kidnappings

Carl Berry, detective sergeant, at the Organised Crime Investigation Division, emphasises that there is a difference between abduction and kidnapping.

"Abduction is in relation to a female, where she has been taken against her will (for sexual reasons), while kidnapping is taking male or female against their will, usually for a ransom," said Berry.

Despite being entirely illegal, skin lightening creams are big business both in the UK and in Jamaica - but who are the women - and men - who use them? And who sells them?

 

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-- Edited by Pr0n at 04:33, 2008-09-24

Police in St Ann yesterday fatally shot one of five men who robbed patrons and proprietors at two business establishments in Cave Valley, St Ann, then engaged the lawmen in a gun battle at Bohemia district in the parish. A firearm was also taken from the deceased. Another was disarmed of his firearm, which was later handed over to the police. Three of the robbers were taken into police custody.

The dead man, identified only as 'Pepe', is of a Kingston address. The names of those in custody have been withheld pending an identification parade.

Struggle developed

Police reports are that shortly after 9:00 on Tuesday night, five men armed with guns and knives went to a shop at Borobridge district, where they robbed the proprietor of an undetermined sum of cash and jewellery. The gunmen then went to another shop at Cuffie Ridge district, where they also robbed the owner and patrons, of an undetermined amount of money.

During the robbery, a struggle developed between the gunmen and the patrons, who managed to disarmed one of a Westhurley .45 pistol. The hoodlums escaped in a waiting motor car. The police were summoned and the firearm handed over to them. Three of the patrons who had received stab wounds were taken to hospital where they were admitted in stable condition.

Special operation

At 4 a.m. yesterday, a team of police carried out a special operation in Cave Valley. The team was greeted with gunfire as they approached a house in Bohemia district. The fire was returned and a group of men ran from the building, still firing at the lawmen. When the shooting subsided, a search was conducted, and one of the men was found suffering from gunshot wounds. A 9mm Beretta pistol - serial number erased - with five rounds of ammunition was taken from the injured man. He was taken to the Percy Junor Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

 

Barack Obamas presidential limo is in some need of serious pimping:

As a candidate, Barack Obama promoted hybrid cars. Auto enthusiasts have panned the design of the new presidential limo, which will be painted all black. Auto enthusiasts have panned the design of the new presidential limo, which will be painted all black.

As president, hell be handed the keys to one. Sort of. Shortly after taking the oath of office, Obama will climb into the Mother of All Hybrids part car, part truck and, from the looks of it, part tank.

In keeping with recent tradition, the Secret Service will place a brand-new presidential limousine into service January 20 to drive the new president on the 2-mile jaunt down Pennsylvania Avenue during the inaugural parade.

Already, spy photos of the limo with patches of gray primer have leaked out. And already, the reviews: Ugly as sin, says one car enthusiast on an auto Web site. Cant we make a hotter ride for our pres?

Sheesh, says another, why dont they just transport the president around in an Abrams tank. One news agency, noting its 8-inch-thick doors, says the limo can withstand a direct hit from an asteroid. But GM spokeswoman Joanne K. Krell laughed off the comments. And it will fix you a latte if you ask, she jokes.

This ride sounds like a luxury tank or some sh*t. Well, whatever it takes to keep Obama safe in these crazy times. Even that Nazi-ass Pope rides around in a bullet proof glass box.

Ragashanti says he feels he is being unfairly targeted by the commission. - Winston Sill

Dr Kingsley 'Ragashanti' Stewart, host of 'Ragashanti Live', has come out with all guns blazing and is accusing the Broadcasting Commission of wrongly targeting him.

"I am under siege. Right now, mi a protest fi mi rights, I am a law-abiding citizen and trust me, the Broadcasting Commission have me under pressure, dem a pressure me," he said.

The talk-show host further claimed, "The commission is personally attacking me, I have heard many sexual songs being played on radio in the same airtime and they are not being hara**ed. The inconsistencies prove that that I am being targeted personally. I just have one question for them, why is it that I broke the law when I played a Sparrow song? The song only alluded to a cat."

Sexual content

The talk-show host had played Sparrow's Ah fraid .... Bite Me on Monday during his programme. On Wednesday, Raga threatened to walk off the show and complained bitterly that he was being targeted by the commission, which was not satisfied with the lyrics of the song. The commission is said to have, in fact, requested a copy of a song played during his programme for an investigation.

This action, however, is being viewed by Ragashanti as a personal attack. During the interview yesterday, he accused the commission of being intolerant of anyone who is from the gra** roots. "They are ... dictator-like. They have a very profane disdain for ghetto people." Begging to be quoted, Stewart said, "They are an independent entity that is out of control. I understand their role to protect children from sexual content but why can't their actions be questioned?"

The commission in their statement on Wednesday also said that they had received a b**** threat at 12:21 p.m. "The caller used expletives and alleged that the commission was threatening to remove the host of the Newstalk 93 FM programme, 'Ragashanti Live' ... and, in return, action would be taken against the commission, specifically that a b**** had been planted at its office to be detonated in the afternoon," the release stated.

B**** threat

'Raga' does not believe, however, that there were any threats made to the commission. He accused the entity of trying to make a case by mentioning a threat. "Every time we have tried to talk about the injustices and inconsistencies of the commission, they scream b**** threat. All I can say is that this b**** threat argument is suspect."

When the STAR contacted the Broadcasting Commission yesterday, Nicole Morrison, information and public relations officer said: "With reference to the b**** threat, the Commission has not been advised by the police of any new development."

Sadeke Brooks also contributed to this report.

Fantasia Barrino is losing her million dollar home while this article is being written up about her, and reports are saying she is in denial:

CHARLOTTE, NC - Fantasia Barrino - who faces the loss of her $1.3 million home here in a debtors auction set for noon Monday - is apparently ignoring the looming legal threat, officials told The Post yesterday. The inspirational American Idol winner owes a Florida credit company $65,000 - money she borrowed in 2006 to pay back taxes she owed the IRS. The singer made a $10,000 payment in August 2007. But she never paid the rest, so the company won the right in court last month to auction off her house for the balance. Mecklenburg County sheriffs deputies, who are responsible for enforcing civil court orders, have tried at least a dozen times to reach Barrino at the home and by phone, said Sgt. J.W. England, a supervisor of civil judgments. A deputy spoke a couple of times to Barrinos mother, but never reached the star, who appears to be ignoring attempts to save her house, officials said. We try very hard and give the defendant every opportunity to pay, England said yesterday. Over the course of about a year, Barrino has never responded to court documents, and no lawyer ever appeared in court to represent her, said Larry Goldman, a Charlotte attorney representing the credit company, Broward Energy Management. I certainly dont want anyone to lose their house, Goldman said. But as far as Im concerned, we have a judgment. Barrino, 24, has made no payments and filed no documents since The Post reported a court-ordered lien on the property in Charlottes upscale Piper Glen neighborhood last month. Goldman said he never heard from Barrinos representatives until after the judges order. He said he has since spoken twice with reps who havent offered to resolve the debt but said theyd get back in touch before next Monday. My client has continuously asked me why they wont just pay it, Goldman said. I just dont have an answer. Barrinos attorney, Gary Greenberg declined to comment yesterday.
Its my practice not to talk about client matters, he said. Barrinos agent, Erin Culley, referred questions to the singers publicist but was unable to provide contact information for that person.

At one point he loved her so much he gave her his kidney - now a sensational divorce has goaded him into demanding it back.

A New York doctor has taken his estranged wife to court to theoretically demand she give him his kidney back - or pay him $1.5million in compensation.

Dr Richard Batista - a prominent Long Island vascular surgeon, Cornell graduate, and father of three - gave his wife his kidney when she suffered renal failure in 2001 in a desperate bid to save her life - and, ironically, their marriage.

But, though Dawnell Batista lived, the marriage gamble failed.

Now she has filed for divorce and he has accused her of having an affair.

'There is no deeper pain you can ever express than betrayal from someone who you loved and devoted your whole life to,' Dr Batista, 49, told local media.

The pair met two decades ago while he was a resident and she a training nurse.

They fell in love and married in 1990, and had three daughters. But the marriage slowly began to fall apart.

Even so, in 2001, when Mrs Batista, a nurse, had gone into renal failure, her husband did not think twice.

'She was my wife. My priority was to save her life, save her life and future of our children and hopefully with that in mind keep the marriage alive,' he said.

'When I donated the next day on my feet going down hallway to visit her in adjoining room, there was no greater feeling on this planet,' he told CBS.

'As God is my witness, I felt I could put my arm around Jesus Christ. [It was] unbelievable. I was walking on a cloud. I did the right thing for her to this day. I could still do it again.'

Then, Mrs Batista filed for divorce in 2005. Now Dr Batista is accusing her of having an affair and throwing him out of their million-dollar Massapequa home.

He claimed he was suing for the kidney because his wife is now denying him contact with their three children, ages 8, 11 and 14.

'I saved her life,' he told reporters. 'This divorce is killing me.'

So far Mrs Batista has not publicly commented.

Doctors told CBS that an operation to return the kidney was not only unethical but nearly impossible.

Georgetown University's Kennedy Institute of Ethics reports it is illegal for an organ to be exchanged for anything of value. Organs in the United States may not be bought or sold, and donating one is considered a gift.

Traffic reportedly slowed to a crawl in the Lewis Street area of Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland, recently, after a teenage girl, said to have been demon- possessed, was rushed to the St Joseph's Catholic Church for deliverance.

THE STAR was informed that the youngster, who lives close to the church, was taken there by her mother and neighbours after they noticed things, extremely out of the ordinary, happening to her.

One neighbour with whom THE STAR spoke told the newspaper that the episode began in the morning when she heard the young girl screaming.

"I saw her with her hands stretched out and legs crossed, just like how Jesus was on the cross. Her feet were not touching the ground," Cambodiana* said. "She was being pulled by something. I didn't see anything pulling her literally, but you could tell she was being dragged because she was moving in the air."

House shattered

Cambodiana said the child's mother ran out and tried to hold on to her but the unseen force was still pulling her. She said that neighbours intervened after the girl's mother raised an alarm. "After her mother started calling for help about eight persons ran over there and held on to the girl but she was still being pulled," the neighbour said. "But, after a while she was released and her mother and the others took her back inside the house."

The alleged eyewitness added that after the girl was taken inside the house, the windows in the house shattered. It was at this point that the people attempted to get her in a car to take her to the church. "Even when they were trying to put her in the car the thing came back and was trying to pull her away again," she said. "To be honest, I was very afraid because I have never seen anything like that and I never believed in demons but this changed my view. At one point I even saw *lo** coming out of her nose, it was scary."

Various forces

When THE STAR contacted the St Joseph's Catholic Church, the pastor, giving his name only as Father Ken, confirmed that a young girl, about 17 years old, was taken to him. After being asked if the youngster was demon- possessed, he said: "I didn't see her being pulled (but) she was being worked up by various forces, within and without."

Father Ken added: "She was sticking out her tongue and so forth but I put my hands on her and she calmed down after about an hour." The pastor said the child was taken away in a car shortly afterwards and the huge crowd that had gathered outside the church slowly dispersed.

Neither the child nor her mother has been seen in the area since the incident, Cambodiana told The Star.

Serani Dissed St Croix Dissed Serani ?

R&B fans have been wondering for years whether R&B singer D'Angelo got off the drugs and was ready to make a comeback. Well sources are reporting that he is ready. According to one of our sources, the sexy Brown Sugar singer just inked a deal with Bad Boy Records. The deal, which is expected to be announced in a few weeks, reportedly included a six figure signing bonus. He better not go to the crack house and smoke up all that money....

Vybz Kartel (born Adidja Azim Palmer on 8th January, 1978) is a popular Jamaican dancehall deejay.

Vybz Kartel was born at Kingston's Victoria Jubilee Hospital.
Originally from Waterhouse, Kingston, he was raised in the Waterford
community of Portmore, St.Catherine. Adidja attended Calabar High
School in Kingston but was expelled as a teenager. Determined to
continue his education, he completed his studies at a tutorial
technical school. The young Adidja was exposed to a wide variety of
music from a tender age by two uncles who happened to be aspiring
musicians themselves. Every weekend he would be treated to new musical
offerings on his uncle's old component set, ranging from Sam Cooke to
country and western ballads to Ninja Man, who became one of his musical
foes. At the age of 10 his favourites included artists as diverse as
Papa San, Charlie Chaplin, Will Smith and KRS-1, all of whose lyrics he
would write down and study word-for-word, performing them later for the
entertainment of friends. Deciding he wanted to be a deejay, he began
writing his own lyrics at the age of 11.

Career

Early career

 

Adidja and his friends Arif, Boyie, and Saif, often frequented the
weekly Gong Talent Show at the now defunct Coney Amusement Park on the
outskirts of Kingston, but to their chagrin were always gonged off
whenever they got a chance to perform. Undeterred by his weekly failure
to impress the talent show audience, Adidja decided to hone his skills
and concentrate on winning over his own community of Waterford until he
was ready for bigger things. With that goal in mind, on weekends he
would practise his art on neighbourhood sound systems Soul Signal and
Electric Force. In 1993, the young Adidja, now in his early teens,
recorded his first single Love Fat Woman for Alvin Reid's One Heart
Label under the name Adi Banton, a name he chose in tribute to Buju
Banton, another of his role models. He recorded several more tracks for
local producers, perfecting his craft until 1996, when he and two
friends, Mr Lee and a singer called Escobar, decided to form a group.
One night, after watching a movie about Pablo Escobar and his infamous
cartel, Adidja came up with a name for his trio: Vybz Kartel.

Career route

 

Vybz Kartel's new role as Killer's protege (a spot once held by
prodigal prodigy Baby Cham) caught the attention of the public and led
to a career rise, first as a ghost-writer for Bounty, Elephant Man and
other members of the Scare Dem Crew, followed by collaborations with
Bounty Killer such as Gal Clown and Girls Like Mine (Liquid Riddim),
then finally coming into his own with early hits such as Gun Clown,
Guns Like Mine (Trafalga Riddim), Badman (Panty Raid Riddim), Bus Mi
Gun Like Nuttn, Most High (Mexican Riddim) and War Organizer (Clappas
Riddim). He also had a string of successful collaborations with Wayne
Marshall, such as New Millennium (Mad Antz Riddim), Why (Krazy Riddim)
and Why Again (Good To Go Riddim). This led to Vybz Kartel being
crowned Deejay of the Year at Stone Love's 30th Anniversary, 2002.

 

From the outset, Vybz Kartel was more of a 'badman' deejay than a
pop artist. In his early career he mostly concentrated on
unapologetically hardcore, undiluted songs extolling the virtues of
guns, sex and ganja, but his biggest hit was yet to come. He had
success with more mainstream, club-oriented singles such as Big Man
(Engine Riddim), P**y Jaw (Mad Antz Riddim), Sweet to the Belly
(Egyptian Riddim) and Bruk Buddy (G-String Riddim), but in late 2003
his single Tekk Buddy on the Thunder Clap Riddim proved to be the one
which catapulted his career into the stratosphere. The single stayed on
the charts for months and spent weeks at the number 1 position, and
finally brought Vybz Kartel to the attention of those who hadn't yet
become aware of him.

Name change

 

In late 2006, Vybz Kartel reportedly changed his stage name to "Addi
di Teacha". Fans still generally refer to him as Vybz Kartel.

Deejay Macka Diamond is set to star in an upcoming action film.

The deejay turned author is now turning her talents to acting and, according to her, will perform extravagant 'matrix-like' action stunts in the film Paradise Redemption.

The call from a film director from England is one that opened new avenues for the popular female deejay.

The film, according to Macka Diamond, is about "a middle-age woman like myself who has a grown daughter who's in the garrison. She has a boyfriend who got killed and the daughter gets involved and gets killed as well, so I go out and get revenge".

a huge role

Filming for Paradise Redemption begins in Antigua on January 17. This is not Macka's first acting gig, having guest starred on the silver screen in the popular Jamaican soap opera Royal Palm Estate.

While Macka has acted before, when she spoke to the STAR she admitted to being a little nervous to tackle such a huge role.

"When they first approached me I was all excited, now when I look is 120 pages (the script), I'm suppose to be studying, so I'm kinda like wow, me a wonder if I can do it. I think I can do it. They all gonna have me doing little stunts, matrix stuff, mi a go ride bike, it's gonna be crazy," Macka said.

champagne-splashing

Having done a lot of drama in school and being considered a very 'dramatic person' is also giving the deejay an added boost of confidence to take on the lead role that could lead to her starring in other movies.

She explained: "You see how they have all those African movies? So the director wants to create a series of Caribbean movies, so this (Paradise Redemption) is gonna be the start of them. My male co-star is suppose to be some big African star as well."

Before heading off to Antigua, Macka Diamond will be celebrating her birthday tonight with a champagne-splashing soirée at the El Rancho Lawn in Dunbeholden, Portmore.

She told the STAR: "This year, the birthday party is gonna be to just have fun, to prepare myself for this movie trip and to party."

The artiste has also been busy in the studio recording a number of songs before she leaves for the film.

'When they first approached me I was all excited, now when I look is 120 pages (the script) I'm suppose to be studying, so I'm kinda like wow, me a wonder if I can do it.

Mr. Garfield Konshens Spence. Konshens responded to rumours concerning his relationship with Natural Bridge Studios. This is what Konshens said: Last year the CEO of Natural Bridge Mr. Mark Pinnock stated why the decision was made to drop Konshens. Well Konshens said that the statement that Mr. Pinnock made caused great deformation to his character. Konshens said, The issue of me being 'lazy' allegedly outlined by Mr. Pinnock is hilarious. He went on to say: Since I have emerged (which is under a year) I have recorded over thirty songs, done most major and minor interviews, appeared on almost every major stage show from Sumfest to Irie Jamboree in New York, done several school tours, including RE school tour and the RJR school tour, done countless dub plates and sound system exclusives, many of which I recorded and engineered myself in the spacious Natural Bridge studios and campaigned physically in the streets most nights after working all day. Konshens also claims to have: Co-directed two of his music video, printed and distributed promo pics and CDs as well. According to Konshens, Natural Bridge has not legally 'dropped' or terminated his contract. Some He said, I am still awaiting the necessary papers that were said to be presented to me by Natural Bridge for over a month now. These papers are imperative if we are to part ways officially and Natural Bridge can be reimbursed whatever they are due, within the law."

 

Deejay Kapri, while congratulating Kip Rich on his fine Sting performance where he dismantled the Monster Hemp Higher, believes that Kipo could not stand up to a lyrical confrontation with him.

"I applaud him for his performance but a man is easy to shine among reflectors, but him caan shine against the light, which is me. Mi waan know wah him a deal wid because him never answer me, him not even foul me up fi open up the people dem ears, wah Lip-rich ah deal wid?" he said.

"Yet still him tek on the Monster Hemp Higher...everybody know dem a flosser, dem not lyrically inclined to war. I want to know where he is because him ah celebrate him victory yet still he is afraid to face me. If him call him owna name and mek it all sound like Kapri, mi ah go murder him lyrically," he boasted.

He has a new song that he is ready to unleash to the world which declares:

Yu and 19 man ah step plus him bredda that a 20 fag
Yu ah search fi me like mi hard fi find
After yu go trick Jamworld wid yu b*m**oc---t nursery rhyme
Him ah hype up hype up
Say me call him name fi get a write up
But mi a pree him from the day him say mi caan buss
But how a coward fi a call a man a coward
When mi dun hear say Ele say yu a bowas

You can listen to his music at myspace.com/kaprimusic

source1876entertaiment

do yo u think it's wrong to date someone who is 10 years older than you?

The Head of the of Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI), Assistant Commissioner Granville Gause, yesterday confirmed that he has made arrangements to interview the three policemen assigned to Member of Parliament James Robertson, as the probe deepens into an incident that followed a controversial shooting on Saturday.

In the meantime, a sub-officer who is investigating allegations against Robertson in the matter has written to Assistant Commissioner Les Green, requesting that he submits a statement, based on a conversation that Green had with the member of parliament on the day of the shooting.

"I am also making arrangements to interview Mr Robertson one day next week," said ACP Gause.

The BSI chief further disclosed that at least six firearms from the St Thomas Police Division have been sent to the Government's Forensic Laboratory for testing.

Contacted yesterday, ACP Green refused to comment on the request to provide a statement in relation to the matter, but sought to assure that the investigation will be full and thorough.

In the meantime, several residents of Norris yesterday voiced their support for the West St Thomas MP before travelling to the BSI to give statements on the events which transpired on Saturday.

Eyewitness claims

Other persons expressed anger at the allegations that Robertson used abusive language to the police.

"Him never disrespect them and them never disrespect him," one woman who claimed to have witnessed the incident told The Gleaner.

That is a claim endorsed by Robertson, who says he travelled from the Corporate Area to Norris after getting reports that the police were trying to kill a constituent named Rameish Simpson, who had already reported that his life was being threatened.

According to Robertson, he had informed senior members of the police force that he was going to Norris, where the shooting occurred.

Simpson was taken to the hospital by Robertson.

He's used to saying "Show me your boobs" -- but now Joe Francis is saying "Show me the money."


We got Joe Francis today and asked about that $5 billion bailout he and Larry Flynt want for the porn industry from the Government -- and the "Girls Gone Wild" founder says he's personally driving his Prius to DC for the cold, hard cash.

Serani robbed at gunpoint in St. Croix


> OutAroad.com gets to understand that the island of St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands was the scene of a near-deadly robbery in which Serani and his road manager were the victims of a daring robbery at gunpoint.
> With all the signs pointing to them being set up by the promoter of the show Serani had just performed at, they were mysteriously dropped outside the hotel and immediately jacked by two gunmen who carried them upstairs to Serani's room, put them on their faces on the ground and told Serani they were going to kill him.
> They proceeded to rob him and his road manager of a substantial amount of cash and expensive jewelry before making their escape.
> OutAroad.com will give you more details to follow as we get them.
>
> Think Smart, Act Smart, Be Smart.
> You Can't take Back Stupid-
>

The youngest mother on record was a five-year-old Peruvian girl.

 

 

Perhaps the most discomfiting record of this nature involves the youngest person ever to give birth, reputedly a five-year-old girl ? not only because such a record posits that a child barely of kindergarten age (presumably involuntarily) underwent an experience we associate with physical and psychological maturity, but also because it implies the commission of an act now considered to be nothing less than child molestation. Regardless of our squeamishness, we have to note that the claim of a five-year-old girl giving birth is apparently true.

Her name was Lina Medina, a Peruvian girl from the Andean village of Ticrapo who made medical history when she gave birth to a boy by caesarean section in May 1939 at the age of five years, seven months and 21 days. Lina's parents initially thought their daughter had a large abdominal tumor, but after they took her to a hospital in the town of Pisco physicians confirmed that her abdominal swelling was due to pregnancy. Lina was eventually transferred to a hospital in Lima, where she delivered a six-pound baby boy by Cesarean section on 14 May 1939 (coincidentally the date on which Mother's Day was celebrated that year). Lina's father was temporarily jailed on suspicion of incest, but he was released for a lack of evidence and authorities were never able to determine who fathered Lina's child. Lina's incredible story was documented in contemporaneous reports by Edmundo Escomel , one of Peru's preeminent physician-researchers of the period and a laureate of the prestigious FrenchAcademy of Sciences.

-- Edited by owadkelly at 23:13, 2009-01-10

A parachute dropped by a small aircraft drops over the MV Sirius Star at anchor, in this U.S. Navy photo, 

MOGADISHU, Somalia Five of the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a $3 million ransom, a relative said Saturday, the day after the bundle of cash was apparently dropped by parachute onto the deck of the ship.

The Sirius Star and its 25 crew sailed safely away Friday at the end of a two-month standoff in the Gulf of Aden, where pirates attacked over 100 ships last year. Hundreds more kidnapped sailors remain in the hands of pirates.

The drowned pirates' boat overturned in rough seas, and family members were still looking for four missing bodies, said Daud Nure, another pirate who knew the men involved.

Piracy is one of the few ways to make money in Somalia. Half the population is dependent on aid and a whole generation has grown up knowing nothing but war. A recent report by London's Chatham House think-tank said pirates raked in more than $30 million in ransoms last year.

Somalia's lawless coastline borders one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, which links the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean. Attacks have continued despite the patrols by warships from France, Germany, Britain, America, India and China.

The naval coalition has been closely monitoring both the Sirius Star and the Faina, a Ukrainian ship loaded with military tanks that has been held since September. The seizure of the Sirius Star on Nov. 15 prompted fears that the pirates might release some of the cargo of crude oil into the ocean, causing an environmental disaster as a way of pressuring negotiators. At the time, the oil was valued at $100 million.

Abukar Haji, uncle of one of the dead pirates, blamed the naval surveillance for the accident that killed his pirate nephew Saturday.

"The boat the pirates were traveling in capsized because it was running at high speed because the pirates were afraid of an attack from the warships patrolling around," he said.

"There has been human and monetary loss but what makes us feel sad is that we don't still have the dead bodies of our relatives. Four are still missing and one washed up on the shore."

Pirate Daud Nure said three of the eight passengers had managed to swim to shore after the boat overturned in rough seas. He was not part of the pirate operation but knew those involved.

"Here in Haradhere the news is grim, relatives are looking for their dead," he said.

The tanker had left Somali territorial waters and was on its way home Saturday, said Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali Naimi. A Saudi Oil Ministry official said the ship was headed for Dammam, on the country's Gulf coast, but gave no estimated time of arrival. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.

The U.S. Navy, which announced this week it will head a new anti-piracy task force, released photos Friday showing a parachute, carrying what was described as "an apparent payment," floating down toward the tanker.

The Liberian-flagged ship is owned by Vela International Marine Ltd., a subsidiary of Saudi oil company Aramco. Neither commented on the reported ransom drop.

"All the crew members are safe and I am glad to say that they are all in good health and high spirits," said a statement by Saleh K'aki, president and CEO of Vela. "Throughout this ordeal, our sole objective was the safe and timely release of the crew. That has been achieved today."

But over a dozen ships and around 300 crew members are still being held. The capture of the Sirius Star has already demonstrated the pirates' ability to strike high value targets hundreds of miles offshore.

On the same day the Saudi ship was freed, pirates released a captured Iranian-chartered cargo ship, Iran's state television reported Saturday. The ship Delight was carrying 36 tons of wheat when it was attacked in the Gulf of Aden Nov. 18 and seized by pirates. All 25 crew are in good health and the vessel is sailing toward Iran, the TV report said. It did not say if a ransom was paid.

Dancer Ice murdered this morning

Boxing Day dawned with grisly news this morning that the dancer Ice was murdered by unknown men while he sat in his vehicle on Keesing Avenue in Kingston.

"He was driving by and stopped and was talking to somebody and dem shoot him, tek the girl outta the car, and gone wid the car. Mi hear say his body is still on Keesing right now and the girl is shivering like a baby, it sad, ah just one ah dem ting de," one source told one876.

Dancer Ice is credited with bussing the Gully Creeper dance that was all the rage this year.

Kanye West Wants To Pose Naked

Kanye West has become a worldwide music icon by always telling us the naked truth as he sees it. In the February issue of Vibe the only cover story he's done to promote 808s & Heartbreak the Grammy winner contemplates baring even more than that.

"I made a decision. I wanna make popular music, but I want less fans," he told writer Sean Fennessey when asked if he was comfortable with fame. "I want the freedom of having less fans. It's like the freedom of having less money. If you have less money, you have less responsibility. It's like Björk. If she wanted to pose naked, you'd be like, 'Oh, that's Björk.' But if I wanted to pose naked, people would draw all type of things into it. I definitely feel like, in the next however many years, if I work out for two months, that I'll pose naked. I break every rule and mentality of hip-hop, of black culture, of American culture."

(Kanye had some things to say about his photo on the magazine's cover, too.)

Kanye clarified that by "less fans" he meant having a core of 20,000 devotees who understand him, rather than a swell of 100,000 "fly-by-night" followers who just favor him because he's the hot thing out.

West also gave his take on some of his peers, telling the publication that he refuses to say anything negative about fellow performers, but has no problem giving praise where it is due.

"I believe Beyoncé is the greatest performer of our generation," he offered. "I believe I am the greatest entertainer of this generation. I go neck-and-neck on Jay-Z and [Lil] Wayne as far as who's the best lyricist. Jay-Z has longevity."

The media, reigning Hottest MC in the Game also discussed his singing efforts on 808s & Heartbreak, calling the album his top project ever and the most resonate LP of 2008.

what do u think about dancehall today as it was back then? What do you like about dancehall music of today?

Naveen Andrews has just left family court with his son, and the baby mama is sitting on the courthouse steps bawling.

The "Lost" star and Elena Eustache, the mother of three-year-old Naveen Joshua, were in L.A. County Superior Court, where a judge changed the custody order after Elena allegedly took the boy out of L.A. County without permission. Naveen also claimed Elena kept the boy from him.

The parents had joint custody, but today, with the help of disso-queen Laura Wasser, the order was modified so Naveen now has sole physical and legal custody pending a full hearing next month.

We're told Elena has alleged Naveen's girlfriend, Barbara Hershey, practices witchcraft and that Naveen and Hershey have poisoned the boy. In response, Wasser asked the judge to order Elena to undergo psychiatric testing.

Elena brought the boy to court. After the ruling, the bailiff took the boy from Elena and gave him to Naveen, who left the courthouse with Hershey.

Under the new order, the boy is allowed to travel to Hawaii where Naveen films "Lost". He can be accompanied either by Naveen or Hershey.

After the hearing, Elena told TMZ, "I can't believe celebrities and their money. They always get what they want."

The pic above shows the boy, Naveen, Laura Wasser and Barbara Hershey leaving court.

A scoutmaster accused of molesting a 12-year-old boy scout at a camp was granted $50,000 bail with surety when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.

Kevin Pinnock, who is facing a charge of indecent assault, was also ordered to return to court on January 15 by Senior Resident Magistrate Glen Brown.

Allegations are that Pinnock, who was an elder at the camp, took the complainant into a room. It is alleged that the boy's pants was pulled down and his penis fondled.

A report was made to the police and Pinnock was arrested and charged.

do you listen to dancehall music every day, every month or weekly?

guy if u saw ur girl in a fight with a next girl what would u do.......... ladies can give there opinion on this what should the guy do?

TMZ has obtained video showing the arrest of Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright last July, and it looks like the cops had their sights set on an ass-whuppin'.



It all went down in Shreveport, LA in July. Both actors were arrested for allegedly interfering with an officer. The tape we obtained begins with a passive Brolin -- his arm around fellow-actor Jeffrey Wright -- when a cop pepper sprays him in the face. But it gets more brutal -- when Wright is laying on the ground and it appears a cop repeatedly tasers him.

Today Blair Berk, the lawyer for Brolin and Wright, convinced prosecutors to dismiss all charges against all seven defendants in March, provided they obey the law until then.

Comedian and actor Katt Williams has been buzzing all over the internet lately following his highly-publicized comedic massacre of elder jokester Steve Harvey at a New Years Eve show in Detroit.
But later that night, Williams hit up Cutters, an East Side club in the Motor City, and wound up taking the microphone. Already on a high after a stellar performance, Williams begin to freestyle for the crowd, he then turned his attention to an unsuspecting guy on the dance floor and begin cracking jokes about his outfit. Before the routine was up, the angry man in the crowd gave the partygoers something to laugh at for real: he walked over and smacked Katt Williams in the face.

VIBE.com found the slapper, who asked to remain anonymous due to worries of a lawsuit, to get his side of the story.

According to him, he came to the club following a high school cabaret.

"I was probably with like 16, 17 dudes, we were scattered out throughout the club," the anonymous man, who lives in Detroit's Jeffrey Projects, said. "Basically we were just up in there having a good time."

Williams passed the man, who was wearing a cowboy outfit consisting of a pair of $5,000 gator boots, as he headed to the stage. When Williams took the microphone and begin to freestyle, things turned ugly.

"I wasn't even paying attention," the man says. "I was talking to someone else while he was doing it. And then he pointed at me. I walked over to a couple of friends of mine, and they told me, 'He's clowning you.' So I walked over there and asked [Katt], 'So what you say? I don't play that joke shit.' So he was like, 'And what?' He didn't even admit what he said when I asked him."

The man said he proceeded to pimp slap the pint-sized star of "The Pimp Chronicles," who was recently hospitalized in South Carolina for a mental evaluation.

"He was still on some comedy stuff after I slapped him, I swear," the man says baffled. "After I slapped him, he jumped back and he was still talking and it was some girls holding him back. It was actually some girls in the club grabbing bottles like they wanted to do something to me too, like trying to protect him. He stopped and actually grabbed a square and was trying to light his cigarette. It was on some comedy stuff to me. He was trying to get his square lit, he took like two puffs, and he tried to charge back at me. But at this time, the security was heading me towards the door."

The next day on Detroits radio station WJLB, Williams told radio host Dr. Darrius the man slapped him in an attempt to steal his jewelry.

"We werent trying to get his jewelry," the man says. "I wasnt that drunk to not know what was going on. [Katt] told like 20 percent of the truth [on the radio]. I could understand if we were at a comedy club, or some shit like that, but we weren't there for that. It was after-hours, niggas was drunk, feeling it, we wasn't there for that. It wasn't no comedy show we were at. He's mad because my guy was looking more pimpish than him."

After the altercation, a club patron asked Williams if he was okay. "Hell naw I ain't alright, didn't you just see that nigga slap me?!" he reportedly quipped.

The "pimp slapper," in hindsight, says that even though Williams is "a funny dude" who he doesnt have any personal problems with, he wouldn't hesitate to show him the hand of god again if he stepped out of line.

"I'd do it again if he say something like that," he says nonchalant. "And if I meet him, and he dont do nothing like that, he on some old friendly buddy-buddy shit, I'm buddy-buddy too. I don't have no problem. But if he got a problem next time we see each other"

Well, you get the picture.

Rapper Lil Wayne appeared on DJ Dramas Shade 45 Sirius satellite radio show last night (May 30) and cleared up controversial remarks made about mixtape DJs.

The rapper called into The Aphilliates show as DJ Drama was interviewing producer/rapper/actor David Banner.

Lil Wayne responded to the comments he made in a recent interview with mixtape publication The Foundation Magazine.

I am against it. I am anti-mixtape, Lil Wayne told The Foundation Magazine. I dont know no mixtape DJs. If youre a mixtape DJ, f**k ya. I am pissed off at the mixtape game. They suckin my d**k but wont let me cum.

Last night the rapper apologized to DJs worldwide and told DJ Drama that he did not mean to make a blanket statement that included all DJs.

He did however, take the makers of the Waynes World series of mixtapes to task.

I didnt mean to disrespect no DJ, no mixtape DJ, it was never no disrespect," Lil Wayne clarified before shouting out Core DJ coalition Founder Tony Neal. "Given the fact that me and Drama, me and Khaled and me and my homie Raj Smoov from New Orleans, we all get it in and do the mixtape thing. Things are blown out of proportion.

The rappers apologetic tone then turned into anger, as he explained the events that precipitated his controversial comments to The Foundation Magazine.

What I do wanna say is who ever got soft spirit or whoever took what I said what ever way that wanted to take it and feel some kind of way, I want you to know, please do not feel differently after you hear me on this radio, Lil Wayne told DJ Drama. I want you to still feel f**k me, I want you to still feel f**k that n***a, cause when you see me in the streets thats what I want it to be and I'ma bite your f**king face off.

He then called out the creators of the Waynes World mixtape series, which are being produced by DJ Keyz and DJ Pratt, of Worldwide Legacy.

While Lil Wayne called out a DJ Empire or them Empire n***as, it appears he was referring to Worldwide Legacys brand of mixtapes.

There is a series of Lil Wayne mixtapes produced by The Empire, however, that run is titled The Drought is Over, which itself is a four-part mix of Lil Waynes music.

I f**ks with every DJ I f**ks with. But this Empire n***a, I dont f**k with him. For all DJs just letting you know All that shit was meant to that Empire n***a. I dont f**k with them Empire n***as. The n***a put out a CD on me every month and I couldnt tell you how none of them n***as look in person.

The rapper then explained that purchased a copy of Waynes World Volume 7 and took offense to the mixtapes contents.

These n***as was on volume seven. Plus you gotta understand when I put the disc in, these n***as on there talking like yo n***a this our seventh time around whats good and these n***as hating on us. If you made the Waynes World Volume 1-7 your mama's a b**ch. And if you the Empire n***a, I hope you die twice tomorrow. But every other DJ I f**k with you and I wouldnt be shit without to tell the truth.

Lil Waynes highly anticipated album Tha Carter III is due in stores June 10.

The Alliance gets to understand that the island of St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands was the scene of a near-deadly robbery in which Serani and his road manager were the victims of a daring robbery at gunpoint.

With all the signs pointing to them being set up by the promoter of the show Serani had just performed at, they were mysteriously dropped outside the hotel and immediately jacked by two gunmen who carried them upstairs to Serani's room, put them on their faces on the ground and told Serani they were going to kill him.

They proceeded to rob him and his road manager of a substantial amount of cash and expensive jewelry before making their escape.
I will give you more details to follow as we get them.

Rastas blast Munga's 'Gangsta Ras' image

A group of Rastafarians who feel that dancehall artiste Munga's promotion of himself as "the Gangsta Ras" with attendant image, is a perversion of the integrity of Rastafari, say they intend to pursue the use of intellectual property protocols to protect and preserve the culture and symbols from misuse.

MUNGA. claims to be the 'Gangsta Ras'

According to the recently formed Ethio-Africa Diaspora Union Millennium Council, there is nothing honourable about the entertainer's persona, as well as his assertion that "di gal dem love di gangsta ras" in the recording Bad From Mi Born.
The council, which represents the All Mansion/Ancient Council of Rastafari, says the misuse of Rastafari culture has diluted and marginalised the central tenets and creed of the Rastafari philosophy and way of life.
The group said that popular music, which has used much of the expressions of their faith, is an area that will be receiving a lot of attention. "As such, the comments and image of Munga Honourable as the Gangsta Rasta are not acceptable. As well, the recent documentary Rent A Dread, will both be legally and morally challenged," the All Mansion/Ancient Council of Rastafari said in a document coming out of a recent two-day workshop.
Initiated by Rastafari music consultant Maxine Stowe of Jamaica Creative Artistes Network at the offices of Jamaica Trade and Invest, the workshop, attended by members of the Rastafari and Maroon communities, focused on intellectual property for the protection of indigenous cultures.
Among the issues discussed was protection against the improper usage, misrepresentation and the abuse of the name and persona of late Ethiopian emperor, His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I.
"Protection against the misrepresentation, commercialisation and improper use of the name Ras Tafari, capital R, capital T; Rastafari as one word; and derivatives such as Rasta and the persona, the portrayal of I and I," said Rastafari attorney Sandra Alcott.
"An example (of this misrepresentation and improper use of the name Rasta) is this young musician calling himself Gangsta Ras. This is derogatory," added Alcott.
Another prominent Rastafari lawyer, Miguel Lorne, when asked to comment on the issue, told the Observer, "Dam foolishness, madness. That (gangsta) could never be Rasta objective. That don't sey we are going to be passive. That is not what our ancient fathers fight for. I'm totally against that. The only time wi gangsta a when wi a kill Babylon."
Several attempts to reach Munga for a reaction were unsuccessful.
In May this year in an interview published in Splash, the Observer's entertainment magazine, Munga explained that he coined the moniker when he was a baby. "Me have dat name from me a bout four. Munga is a word I used to say when I was a baby," he said.
The deejay, who honed his craft hanging out with and observing Capleton and Sizzla, two of his more seasoned Rastafari colleagues in the business, said the title 'Honourable' "comes from how Rastafari allows me to see myself".

Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has written off his Ferrari in a crash near Manchester Airport.

 

The 23-year-old winger was driving the sports car through a tunnel beneath the runways when he smashed into a barrier.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said his team-mate Edwin van der Sar was following in his Bentley, but the Dutch keeper was not involved in the crash.

Ronaldo was not injured in the accident, which happened on the A538 Altrincham Road at about 1020 GMT.

One lane of the road has been closed while the debris is removed.

'Training as normal'

A GMP spokesman said an investigation into the crash, which happened between Wilmslow and Hale, Cheshire, was under way.

Police said the Portuguese international gave a negative breath test to officers at the scene.

The red Ferrari was badly damaged in the collision, with the front edge of the vehicle completely demolished.



One of the wheels had come off in the incident and was about 200 yards behind where the vehicle had come to rest.

Manchester United have confirmed that Ronaldo is fine and is training with the club.

A club spokesman said: "He was involved in an incident this morning. No other cars were involved.

"He's fine and is training as normal with the team this morning."

Onlooker Jody Lomax was driving behind Ronaldo when the crash happened.

"The Ferrari went straight into the wall, his front left-hand wheel came off and then Ronaldo got out of the car," he said.

"I was shocked. Anyway he was all right, he was walking - he was a bit shaken."

Mr Lomax added: "Obviously I was stunned at seeing a Ferrari go in the wall and seeing Ronaldo.

"He was obviously shaken - who wouldn't be? - but it's a shame about the car as well."

this is just a random question..... ladies if you had a chance to pick or f**k one of the DJ's which one would it be?????????????? be honest it just a poll........

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do you think that dancehall music change the behaviour of teenage boys? if you think so tell me how?

why some tune sound so awful ... riddim stinks.. and the tune make you want to realy puke .. and yet still those who make it dont seem to hear it..  WHY?
..please please.. have mercy

if u think that dancehall changes ppl's lifestyles and how they dress, tell me how?

I was Looking throught todays STAR and i notice that the Case about the 500 truckloads of sand that was stolen from the beach in coral springs made it in the column, we gone to the world..YAAAAAAAAAAAY

do you think that the way people dress is influenced by dancehall ? If so tell me how?