Germany considers restricting violent anti-gay reggae

Over the next couple of months, The Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons, a department in the Government of Germany, will be deliberating on whether or not to jump on the "fight murder music" bandwagon.

Their aim is to carefully investigate the music of dancehall artists like Elephant Man and T.O.K., in an effort to determine whether their material should be placed on Germany's "Index of Harmful Materials." Rather than an outright censorship, being on this index would completely limit the level to which these musicians could promote their work.

The English version of Deutsche Welle. quoted Volker Beck, the leader of the Green Party in Germany's parliament - who said, "Those in Jamaica who invoke hatred should not earn money with their music in Germany." He went further to call on major retailers of music online to remove CDs deemed hateful from their inventories.

"The Index of Harmful Materials" contains media items intended to induce hatred, like productions that promote or glorify war and violence.

Glorifying violence and the murder of gays has been the cause for some unraveled purse strings among a few reggae artists over recent years. There have been threats of boycotts on Jamaica and many canceled events, initiated by gay rights groups around the world.

These have in turn been countered by 'the reggae community for freedom of speech,' who plan to raise their point during New York's carnival celebrations this year.

Source: Yard Flex

No Alliance for Beenie Man's "Summer Sizzle"

Beenie Man extended an invitation to Bounty Killer and Mavado to perform at his "Beenie Sizzle" event on August 6 at Jamalco Sports Complex, Halse Hall, Clarendon.
However, their manager, Head of Alliance Entertainment, Julian Jones-Griffith, has turned down the invite, even though the promoter of the event, Cabel Jeffrey Stephenson of Free People Entertainment, announced that if they attended the event they would be treated like royalty.

Regardless of a release stating that the artistes will be attending, Jones-Griffith stated that Mavado is already booked for another event on that date, and that Bounty will be overseas. Jones-Griffith said that that was an error made by the media.
As he was vague about the details of their engagements, Dancehall advocates for peace between the artistes are left wondering if this isn't only a ploy to avoid Beenie Man.

Source: Yardflex

Lorna Bleaches Buju's Clothes in Babymama Drama

BUJU'S BABY MAMMA DRAMA
Wha dat mi hear Lorna gwaan wid up ah the Stony Hill house the other day? Crazy bleach on expensive clothes and all these things, mi hear say the gardener did forced fi let her in because she would not be denied and she just whisk go up inna the house and start discombobulate everything. What a stress! She gwaan wid a bagga tings and then cut before the police come. Mi ah wonder why Lorna get so cross pon Buju and dem so much in love and have so many children together. She ah him good good babymother and all these things. Ah she him sing about in Hey Lorna the song featuring Wayne Wonder and in the famous browning song, memba the line: Dem a plan and dem a con and dem a scheme/'Cause dem waan mash up we and mi browning/But all the rumors dem a spread, anna pack up her head/My Lorna not listening/'Cause you know when she alone, ah mi must come back home/To her inna de evening.

FASHION ROUNDUP AT SUMFEST, WHO WAS HOT?

Well di fashion did off di chain at Sumfest. Mi love how di people dem come out inna dem best. Well Macka di look hot in har suit shi can get a clap clap. Dangel can get a round of applause Nis Lis sot har out propa, shi shoulda did sort out Angel performance to heheh! Danielle yuh jumpsuit did MADDDDDDDD! Kartel full white was hot mi did a wonda at first bout di fur hat and fur coat ting inna di big big summa but it was real gangsta like di suit Denzel did wear inna di American Gangsta movie, and him have the Vybz Rum inna him hand an all these tings.
Black Ryno black vest ting was a good combo him song pon Workout a di sickest ting fi di summa, my boyfren haffi tell mi fi ben ova. Brick and Lace unno di gwaAn wid a nice likkle uptown dressin that was hot mi nah lie. Carlton Brown was the designer of the whole festival, him sort out Voice Mail, Demarco, Serani and Busy especially did sold right off . Is how yuh soh hot mi fren? Now the Warlord was lookin real militant in him Rameesh Wear, di bling bling did set right..di warlord di sey look like people was a tek him fi fool when him leggo di black soh him did haffi ressurect it again fi all of the haters. Hold that haters!!! WOOOIEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Mavado yuh and yuh choir did have di place a way inna unno full white, Overcome, yes dat mi sey! Lust had mi lusting afta dem, dem did look and soun’ smooth like silk. Mi see Sophia Brown stand up inna one sexy shorts beside Akon before the girls dem rush the big star, mi waan see how she ah go dress fi Summer Sizzle this year. Mi sorry mi no have no pictures, the cameraman Nick computer go crash so we pap down. Claude Mills, sort out the ting.

FLAWLESS IS MS. LONELY

Is how Bounty girl Flawless from New York deh a Sumfest by harself, no Bounty around her? Is wah gwan??? Unno done? Finish wa?? Email me, text me, hit me on my sidekick. Is wah really go down? From mi see yu pon one876 ah pose up pose up wid Beenie, Bounty distance yuh or what? A wonda wa yuh My Space page a go sey now?? A weak hehehe. Mi body! Mi parts! WHOIIIEEE. Barbie*****, tell me what is going down!

MILK FLOWS ALL OVER SUMFEST
Some Mr. or Mrs. Bad Mind a try stop mi girl Milk flow but she did eva on the go hot and cute down a Sumfest shi nuh stop tek pickchah wid people an sign autograph. Shi did well have up har owna cottage at the very expensive Half Moon hotel She have a racing golf kart fi carry her around and she was brushing shoulders wid the rich and famous. Can someone say BET??? A bere links shi a mek. Busy all took time out fi big har up during his performance. Gwaan girl dem caa stop yuh flow mi ongle wish sey di people dem wey yuh work wid woulda move more supportive of yuh an di candy girl.

PEOPLE WAAN FI KNOW…

Tami Chynn and Wayne Marshall seem to be more in love dan di las time mi glimpse dem at him b day ova Indies Pub.

Don and Alaine mi glad fi si sey unno nah hide now it was a get a bit tyad fa real. Mi hear say Kartel have a mad tune name Million By a Morning pon yu new riddim. Yu rich again?!

Isn't it amazing how some people a exercise everyday ana get fit but still a get di most bun inna di bizniz unda di quiet??? A nuh me sey soh a di streets.

Where is Jovi Rockwell dese days??? Wa she nah rockwell again??

Is how Red Bull did a go soooooooooo HARD wid dem skybox/building??? All AKon did haffi tek a jump offa it. Is dere soh mi watch di show Saturday Night, mi did have a bird's eye view of Beres fah real up deh. Big up Mitch and di red bull crew. A wonda wa unno have plan fi RTI caa mi deh deh pon mi teet wid unno. Just send ma pass dem as per usual. RTI have all di bes party dem . Red Stripe unno can sen on mi pass dem to.

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Jamaicans could be sought for Iraq and Afghanistan

Finding it difficult to recruit enough soldiers to meet its international commitments, the British Army is reported to be thinking about signing up Jamaicans to fill the posts.

Looking for soldiers within countries with historical and or current British ties, the British military has been facing a hard time getting and retaining soldiers with its engagements in Iraq and continued efforts in Afghanistan against the Taliban.

Already employing around 1200 soldiers from foreign, including commonwealth countries, the British army already has about 600 soldiers in its ranks.

The Brits continue to consider sending a selection team to Jamaica, a former colony of Britain that remains a member of the Commonwealth.

Source: Yard Flex

Lil Wayne Acts Like a Diva In Airport?

LIL WAYNE ACTS LIKE A DIVA IN AIRPORT

Why was Lil Wayne acting like a little diva in the airport in Montego Bay on Saturday? The man pull off a ting say him want every area to be clear before he goes through the security checkpoint and he wanted maximum security around him at all times, no one in a 100 foot radius of him and all these things inna the big big airport. The man is not a gangsta, he is a little wangsta, why everybody scared of Jamaica? The man was acting all paranoid and stuff, it was probably that sizzurp he been drinking all his life and too much weed, but the man didn’t even want to come out of his bus and they have to tweak the lineup at the last minute to make it work. Anyway, him lock the place wicked still because the young teenagers dem nuh stop rail fi every song the man do, Lil Wayne is ill, him ah the man.

BOUNTY AND CLAUDIA MODEL AT SUMFEST

The girls in the street are asking how come Bounty carry Claudia to Sumfest and not Sakina or the little cute one from uptown? It come in like Claudia have everything fi hold him right now because him caan stop spar wid her. She have the conversation and she have the wine because ah she Bounty carry go the big event dem all the time. People, yu no hear mi rhyme? Anyway, Claudia is a girl have up the good stuff because when she lef her last rasta boyfriend, the way the man distraught and mash up, the man go trim off the whole ah him locks, mi tell yu, there’s something about Claudia.

D’ANGEL AND TUNYA ARE FRIENDS AGAIN?

What a way D’Angel and Tunya tun back good friend? Look how much years dem vex and no talk back over mi no know what and now dem good again. Mi see the two ah dem siddown close to speaker box like two young teenagers and a chat up a storm. Is like the BFF (best friend forever) days, first dem was in the V.I.P and then it was by the step to the stage. What dem did a talk ‘bout so?

THE PEOPLE WAAN FI KNOW…

What a way Don and Alaine in love:? Dem lock down over Sumfest tight tight, not even air coulda pass between them. Not even Romeo and Juliet in love like dem. But why Don ah lose so much weight? The man de pon a Summer body ting, maybe is a ting him a try do fi the wedding.

What a way Carlton Brown go hard over Sumfest wid some mad designs fi the man dem? The man sort out Busy suit and him deal wid VoiceMail dem outfit. It’s just too bad that Voicemail fail fi rock the crowd over Catherine Hall,, dem did boring, but at least they were stylish doing it.

How D.I lose so much weight and look hot over Sumfest? All she needs now is fi sort out her performance because she was not happening over Catherine Hall. She need fi go tek some notes from Macka Diamond, D’Angel and Spice dem.

Source: One 876 Ent.

Reggae Sumfest Passa Passa

SUMFEST PASSA PASSA

Why Beenie Man ting dem so boasy? The man have the best tent over Sumfest with bed wid bridal cover sheet, and COURTS give him television and carpet and all these things?

I coulden believe mi eyes when D’Angel came out in that angel outfit with wings and all, she did well and represented showing that she has actually improved as an act over the past few months.

Mi did like Spice fairy out fit looked cute, and mi love how DI look, she slim and trim like she was when she was 21. She only get five minutes and did look flustered onstage. Hush ya girl, next time, ah so the stage show ting go.

Macka took the night among the females, and mi have to give her the props because she had the women scrambling in the front for her fake counterfeit notes which have become quite the collector’s item, and she deserves it, especially after the daggering she took from one of the male dancers.

How the Sumfest audience so tough? Dem no gi no forward to On the Rock, even when Mavado ah rap the Jay Z part and ah work hard for it, dem just never did a give it to him. The crowd not even rail up fi him last song, Overcome, either. Mobay people dem just either love pure war songs or dem bad mind.

What a way Bounty tear into Ninjaman? The man tell the world say Ninjaman have a battyman son ah HWT. Mi did hear the argument but now the world know. This is about the fifth time him ah get arrest fi indecent language. The warlord no care, dem cancel him visa already, wah else dem can do him? Him just gone back into Warlord mode, no more Grung Gadd, that’s why him work right after Mavado, him ah still the big man. Mi love when him say: Gourzong, never put batty bwoy money inna yu buson, or else mi__ go buzzam buzzam’. He even asked how the foreign press dared to ask PM Golding about battybwoy. Not in my cabinet. The crowd cheered.

Barbee, I disagree wid you, Mavado’s biggest forward was for I Am So Special, that song just stuck inna mi head right now. Was it me or was the chorus in need of more microphones, and totally off the rhythm? Mi love how him lick out pon the ‘bleach out face bwoy dem who ah kill pickney’. He even apologized for the curse words by saying ‘ah the gully’, just before he sang Don’t Worry.

Mi know say the whole world surprised by Kartel’s performance. Last year, him never rehearse wid no band, and him did kinda flop but this year, him come fi tek the show and him almost steal it from Beenie. The man white fur s-i-c-k, and him performance was almost flawless, well-rehearsed and backed up and delivered by Not Nice and Dupes from Portmore. Him mek the crowd sing all the bad words dem, and the forward fi ‘Broad Daylight’ never normal. Kartel’s second biggest forward ah when him come out and sing ‘mi nah climb pon Carl batty fi wear Jean Paul Gotti…’. Mobay screamed its approval.

What a way the media love Sophia Brown? Mi hear inna one long interview pon IRIE FM just when mi a mek way into the venue inna mi cyar. And she hot, she inna one tight blue shorts on Dancehall Night ah show off her leg dem.

Why Elephant Man have to handle the dancers dem so wicked onstage ah talk say dem caan dance and all these things?

Source: One 876 Ent.

Artiste hangs self from tree

SUICIDE RUMOURS ABOUND AS ‘ELOQUENT’ HANGS SELF

Mi hear say ah crazy rumours of suicide ah rotate say Hollowpoint kill himself, but mi a hear say is an artiste name Steven 'Eloquent' Menzie from Ocho Rios who stab up him common-law wife den hang himself from a Spanish Elm tree. Mi feel it because ah DJ Sunshine from IRIE artiste, and mi know say she did believe inna him. Hush Sunshine, condolences to the family. The common law wife is recuperating at the St. Ann’s Bay hospital.

WHY NO COCO TEA

Early this morning, everybody was asking where was Coco Tea, but mi hear say him say him not closing no show for the little bit of money Gourzong wants to pay him, and him just give dem back him money same time. It end up with Richie Spice ah close the show and the people dem start walk out pon him inna the early morning.

BEENIE, BEENIE, BEENIE IS THE GIRLS DEM SNAPPER

A.K.A and Phlex dem a say Beenie Man do the same performance all the time no matter where him go, but that is not true. Mi see the man bring on the little children, Little Beeda, Big Beeda and Baby Tash and done the place. Yu nuh see when him tell the 20,000 strong at Sumfest that “Bounty Killer sey dat mi a fish, well... Beenie Man a girls dem snapper!", the place never good again. Beenie get the biggest forward fi the night wid the talk. Rasta, yu is a bias Alliance wagonist, mi love how Bounty did a gwaan when him cuss Red Stripe but him overdo the fish thing and sabotage himself, yu caan escape that. Don’t blame me because yu artiste cannot control himself. Mi see him and Lena British ah party, it look like him just pay him $4,000 fine for the cursing already and nah watch no face. Mavado never steal Sumfest, after is not a mango, the people dem stand up pon him fi the last eight minutes. Racquel, ah Beenie we say, no watch nutten.

Source: One 876 Ent

New host for CVM Hitlist, a preacher's daughter

MEDIA SHAKEUP HITS THE HITLIST

Ah pure tings ah gwaan inna the media landscape, shakeups, move outs and all these things. The sudden rash of sex tapes and unauthorised release of semi-nude photos have done in two hosts in quick succession, but maybe the third time is the charm. Word is that Candace is now out, even though it is not official and she will not be hosting this week's shooting of the CVM Hitlist. The new it-girl is Kerine Miller, the former host of Fusion XYZ, who will be shooting in Montego Bay tomorrow and will also co-host Reggae Sumfest alongside Winford Williams. She is also one of the hosts of CVM at Sunrise, so everybody saying is a good fit. We just hope that there are no more unpleasant surprises on the horizon, my poor heart just couldn't take it (smile).

CATFIGHT AT RJR: KHADINE VS DJ FLAMEZ

What a way Ms. Kitty just move in and tek over DJ Flamez prime time spot on RJR. Mi read the article ina the STAR and she not even big up the girl whofa spot she ah tek, she just roll in and tek over the thing. Mi know say she caan handle the console but her personality might just bring in the big bucks and advertising that RJR craves. But mi no like how DJ Flamez just disappear outta the ting sudden sudden like dem just park her like an old Morris Oxford. Still, mi hear say there will be more in store before this sankie is sung, and nuff secret ah go reveal. And there will be nuff moaning, weeping and gnashing of teeth, memba!

Beenie is stll married

BEENIE IS STILL MARRIED, PEOPLE!
Beenie still considers himself married! That is the news reaching my ears on this bright and hot Monday afternoon. Mi hear say Beenie go fi renew him passport last week and the people dem ask him his marital status, married, single or divorced. Beenie never hesitate, the man mek everybody know say ‘yea, man, mi still married. Mi is a married man’. Mi love how Beenie respect him marriage and what it mean for himself and Marco Dean and D’Angel, we just hope say things work out for the best and the Doctor is happy. Is my artiste but me dun know say yu caan help who yu fall in love wid, ah so life go, but as long as Beenie is happy, me happy too. Wonder if him and D’Angel ah go perform together at Beenie Sizzle ’08. Hmmmmm?

BOUNTY CRUSHES POPULAR SONG CONTEST
Mi hear say Bounty Killer mash up the JCDC Popular Song contest over the weekend.Him keep it clean and represent fi the masses and showed respect to the state officials like Minister of Entertainment Babsy Grange who were in the crowd, we love how the former Poor People’s Governor govern the ting. Ah so we like the artiste dem show respect to the music, we love how Killa ah build back him public image.

THE PEOPLE WAAN FI KNOW…Why Roy Rayon win again? Ah just true him name? Mi love how the people dem boo and give it to him? The judges dem need fi do better.How Money O Sundays ah go so hard? The people dem go fi bed and all these things and ah gwaan wid a bagga tings over the Old Harbour club. Dem need some Daggering Condoms over de, quick! Macka, yu need fi rob some from Vybz Kartel, or the population inna Old Harbour ah go explode.


Source: One 876 Ent.

TV host caught on camera

TV HOST BARES BREASTS ON THE NET

Is there a plot to destroy the TV hosts of that station? Is it the ex-boyfriend whose best friend she's dating? Or could it be her ex-ex-boyfriend once removed? That's the question everyone is asking this evening as the candid shots of a well-known TV personality makes the rounds on the Net. We commisserate with the hostess with the mostess, and we hope that the bastard who did this gets his comeuppance soon.

ROBERT CLEANS UP BIG YARD

Mi love how Robert clear up Big Yard, him get ridda everybody up de, Black-er, Kip Rich, the bagga waste artiste and all mash up the small studio up de, and extend him office inna it. Right now, ah just D Major, Iceman, Christopher Martin and Shaggy. Mi love how Chris ting sort out, mi see him a drive the white Skyline weh Robert bring in the other day. Big Yard to the Universe.

JOHNNY TRIMS HIS LOCKS

Mi caan believe say Johnny trim off the whole ah him locks dem? Is wah? Him a try hide? Or maybe him succumb to the rasta community who ah bun him out because him star inna local blue movie? Maybe the man just waan mek a fresh start and build back the ting again, and nuh watch no face.After all, is not like him did a do anything freaky, him just a live him regular, normal life and the ting get out. Mi just hope say this no mash up him and Donisha, dem kinda mek a cute couple and all these things. Mi ah look forward to him next play, all mi know it shoulda sell off because the man famous now more than ever before. Him fi know next time say real rasta nuh mix up inna bangarang.

THE PEOPLE WAAN FI KNOW..

How the West Indies cricket team ah mek so much money? Dem rated eighth in the world and ah mek the third highest pay. Yu nuh see the massive house Chris Gayle ah build uptown? It all have elevator inna it.

Source: One 876 Ent

Deva Brat to appear in court on July 21st

Deejay Deva Brat will return to Spanish Town Resident Magistrates' court on July 21st to answer to the charges of carnal abuse levelled against him.

"The last time he appeared in court was June 26th, and the judge did not come. I dont know what happened but the judge just didn't turn up, and the lawyers said no one else could hear the case except the persons who had been dealing with it up to that time," one informed source told one876entertainment.

"Deva Brat has remained in high spirits, you know him already, nothing cannot break him down. Hopefully, he gets out soon, and gets past this bump in his life. Some of the accusations are false."

Deva Brat scored two hits, Bag A Talking (Gussie Clarke) that peaked at #11 on the HYPE TV charts and the radio hit, Bungle a Gyal.


Source: One 876 Ent.