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“I think what it is when people see me smiling and kind of nonchalantly getting answers or, or saying things. It’s — I’m human, really, I’m like really hurting inside,” he said. “And it really kind of like is devastating to me.”

Brown also reacted to Rihanna’s comments from her exclusive interview with ABC New’s Diane Sawyer, when the pop star broke her silence about the night Brown beat her.

“He had no — no soul in his eyes. Just blank. So, at that point, I just didn’t know what could happen. … There was no person when I looked at him. … It wasn’t the same person that says, ‘I love you,’” she said in the “20/20″ interview.

“I was wrong for what I did,” Brown told Roberts. “And I would definitely say that it’s not something that I look past or look over. Something that’s really, really touchy. And, and like I said, I’m — I’m really sorry for — for what went down. And what happened.”

Buju Banton will be at the Grammy Awards

By OutAroad.com Writer
J Tymz

Despite being targeted from left to right by several Gay Rights Group since beginning of this year Buju Banton has however managed to end his ethic year on a good note as he heads the list of nominees in the reggae album category of the prestigious 2010 Grammy Awards.

This will be Buju’s fourth nomination, already many industry insiders are saying that the Gargamel will take this one.

The Gargamel Buju Banton will face with veteran reggae singer Gregory Issacs’ ‘Brand New Me’ album, Sean Paul with ‘Imperial Blaze’ while the list closes off with the Marleys which showcases Julian for Awake and Stephen Marley for Mind Control.

Sunday January 31, 2010 is the set date for the Grammy Awards, which will be held in Los Angeles.

G Whizz Management felt cheated by Supreme Ventures - Super Lotto

By J Tymz
OutAroad.com Writer

Early this morning OutAroad.com received a statement via email from G Whizz’s manager Mossimo who seems to be upset with Supreme Ventures for not living up to their verbal agreement. OutAroad.com gets to understand that Supreme Ventures went ahead and flip the script from My Life Soon Sort Out to My Life Soon Set.

Below is the statement from Mossimo G Whizz’s Manager

Around November 5, 2009 we received a phone call from an Agent of Supreme Ventures stating that they are interesting in using a portion of “My Life Soon Sort Out” a song that was written by G Whizz and produced by TJ records for their advertising campaign that started on November 9, 2009. According to the contract, the advertising campaign is for a period of one year and the amount the agent wants to pay G Whizz was $350,000.00 Jamaican dollars to amend the song to fit Supreme Ventures purpose for all advertising medium and to represent the company.

We believed that Supreme Ventures and Super Lotto is operating in seven (7) English Caribbean speaking Countries and when we look at the original contract sent to us, there wouldn’t be any boundaries that the song would have had. However, I continued to negotiate on the artiste’s behalf made an offer with the Agent for $600,000.00 and with a separate agreement for performance, etc. To our surprise, Supreme Ventures with its Super Lotto game started the advertising campaign with a similar phase called “my life soon set”.

The song “my life soon sort out” is a very popular song in Jamaica and now across the Caribbean and the world, when people hear “my life soon set”, they would know that it is a mimic of “My life soon sort out” by G Whizz.

G Whizz is disappointed in the manner in which they go about business as he was looking forward in working with Supreme Ventures through its Agent. In fact, G Whizz and his management team believed that the way in which Supreme Ventures and its Agent concluded his negotiation was a mere replica of the method in which colonial masters used to exploit the poor. “G Whizz has being working so hard over the years to help his family and I will not allow anyone to exploit his creativity for nothing, G Whizz would rather to collect the money and then give it to charity. It is not all about the money but for god sake, he needs to eat too. “G Whizz is ready to work with corporate Jamaica at any time.

Supreme Ventures should pull the mimic ad for the super lotto that they are now running and come back to the table for the real song, “my life soon sort out”

“Long live Mossimo and the Fams house Family”

-Lloyd Campbell aka Mossimo and the Manager for Garland Rowe, aka G Whizz.

“Mi nuh response fi Alliance or Gully Side” - Beenie Man

By Secret Agent
OutAroad.com writer

“Mi nuh inna nuh argument wid nuh sUck fassy General or f**k B*tty government,” are a few lines from Beenie Man’s long awaiting diss single that signaled blows at Bounty Killer and Mavado.

Does this means Beenie Man and Bounty Killer will be facing off on stage once more?

Everything yuh talk bout man is just the same thing,
How mi a fish and how kartel bleaching,
Talk bout some a dat fassy dat yuh eating,
Wid knife & fork and a yuh got milk,
Be careful what yuh drinking.

Beenie Man then went on to re-arrange Killer’s name from Bounty Killer to Horse Face and Mavado’s to Gully Monkey.

Beenie Man and Bounty Killer might not get to face off at this year’s Sting as it is still unsure if Beenie Man will be at Sting.

Flippa Mafia gives back to Trench Town High

It’s the Christmas season, and while some may refer to it as the ’silly season’, it is also the time to spread joy and goodwill and that’s exactly what the Flossing King, Flippa Mafia plans to do.

Flippa, who says he is really a philanthropist at heart, will be channeling his energy into a school fete for the Trench Town High School.

“As entertainers it is our duty to give back … and if you really check it a lot of us donate to worthy causes. The public may not hear about it, but that’s because we don’t like to pose up for picture and send it to newspaper every time we do what we are supposed to do by helping the less fortunate,” Flippa said.

Flippa was full of praise for the artistes who participate in the various high school tours, which see artistes in performance at various schools across the island and emphasising positive messages.

“We have to get the youths to understand the importance of an education and staying in school. We need the school-girls to erase the idea of teenage pregnancy and replace it with total focus on their school work. Education must always come first,” he declared passionately.

The fete takes place on December 12 and all proceeds will go towards the Trench Town High School.

Chuck Fenda to headline Antiguan concert

WITH several chart topping singles and a high-riding album under his belt, Reggae artiste Chuck Fenda is now making final preparations ahead of his Caribbean trip.

Come Friday, December 4, the ‘Poor People Defenda’ will leave the island for a concert in Antigua where he is billed as the headline act.

Chuck Fenda

Chuck Fenda 1/1

The show dubbed ‘Chuck Fenda In Concert’ will take place on Saturday, December 5th at the prestigious Coast Night Club on the island known for its 365 beaches. The event is hosted by Black Spider Promotions.

According to the promoter, “Fenda is a very energetic performer and anticipations are high as fans await Chuck to hit the stage and unleash some of that fire from the brand new album, and you know he already have the classics, so we are just looking forward to a great show.”

On Tuesday the singer’s new video Bad Boy featuring Sammy Dread also premiered on Antiguan television and has since been enjoying rave reviews.

In less than a month of releasing his third full length studio album, Fulfillment, has already found its way onto the VP Records best seller list. The album currently poised at number 17 on the chart is definitely a fan favourite for the holiday season.

Following the concert, Fenda is expected to return to the island on Monday.

Beenie and Bounty kick off at Junior Reid’s club

BEENIE AND BOUNTY AT IT AGAIN

by Abena

The business ah get heated as Sting approaches. Beenie and Bounty kick off over Junior Reid club pon Tuesday night. Foota Hype inna the middle of it and him a talk a bagga tings say Kartel nuh waan clash Bounty, that’s why him ah ask fi so much money fi Sting and him a diss up Beenie Man and Beenie inna the place and him thugs dem a get angry, and Bounty over the next side. People, the place heated and tense right now, and the police dem come in like dem waan lock off nuff entertainment event. West Kingston Jamboree ah go keep this weekend, mi no hear no rumblings say it nah go gwaan but something ah happen inna the country the place feel too tense.

Stacious Disses Lisa Hype with ‘Head’ song

by Abena

New York, Spanish Town, Portmore, Miami, Atlanta, mi just hear Stacious new song and it ah dip up under Lisa Hype, nobody caan tell me nothing. The song ah talk up a bagga tings bout say she know say her pum pum good, she nuh haffi use her mouth. She no call nobody name, but when she say no man no control yu, yu ‘nah go follow the hype’, it connect to warra warra. Especially when she say: ’some gal go do the ting and mek the world find out’. Stacious, wah yu say, yu waan get ‘ahead’ inna life, but yu nah do da little ting de? She ah talk B-I-G. Whether she a bitch or a wife , nah suck no batty wid ice. RAYYYYYY. Take me advice and no gi none!! Stacious, yu mouth dirty and the song hard. She say ‘no bwoy caan put no dick to my mouth’. RAAAAYYYY. Some ah mi friend dem say she shoulden go there, but I guess all is fair in love and war. Mek the tracing begin. WHOOOIIIII, MI BODY, MI HOLE AH DROP OUT pon da one ya.

source: jamaicastar.com, jamaicaobserver.com, outaroad.com, one876entertainment.com

What’s up peeps,  been missing in action for a while but I’m BACK.  Had to tie up a few loose end so I could concentrate on you!!!.

I hope you all were still listening to me on theladydshow.com or dapowerhouseradio.com.

Well here is the news!!!

Bounty Killer case stalled until 2010!

Alliance leader Bounty Killer returned to court on Wednesday when the illegal possession of firearm case against him continued, however, the case stalled when a major witness failed to appear. The next court date is March 24, 2010..

The deejay, whose real name is Rodney Basil Price, is charged with illegal possession of firearm, assault at common law and unlawful wounding. The deejay is also accused of using a firearm to hit a policeman during an altercation in New Kingston in September 2007.

When the case was mentioned last month in the Corporate Area Gun Court, it was postponed because the deejay’s attorney-at-law had been away on business and could not attend. It is alleged that on September 27, 2007, Bounty Killer and a group of men reportedly assaulted the complainant along St Lucia Avenue. It is further alleged that an off-duty policeman left a club and saw a number of vehicles blocking a section of the roadway. Several men, including Bounty Killer, and the late dancer David ‘Ice’ Smith, were allegedly at the scene. Another man, Callis Bowen, said to be an ex-policeman, is also jointly charged with the deejay.

The policeman tried to get the men to move the vehicles but was reportedly assaulted and fired at. A report was made to the New Kingston Police and a file later sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions, who ruled that Price should be charged.

Killer, who has been at the forefront of dancehall for almost two decades, has had a checkered record with the law. He was recently freed of assault charges in a matter where he was accused of assaulting a female when the complainant decided she did not want to pursue the matter.

The deejay was charged with possession of ganja by police in the business and clubbing district of New Kingston last month, just days after he pleaded not guilty to drug charges in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court.
Another case relates to traffic violations allegedly committed in late 2008. He was accused by the police of breaking seven red lights, obstructing traffic and refusing to undergo a breathalyser test in an early-morning incident.

Beenie yanked from NZ show following gay pressure

Monday Musings

with Yasmin

Monday, November 16, 2009

Following headlines over the weekend that gay lobby groups in New Zealand were presuring the promoters of music festival, Big Day Out, to pull Beenie Man from the line-up, and subsequent defence of their decision to use him as the only reggae act, the promoters have now backpedalled and have yanked the deejay from the concert.

Beenie Man… yanked from line-up for music festival Big Day Out

Internet reports say that New Zealand MP Kevin Hague was among those objecting to the inclusion of the King of the Dancehall based on his anti-gay lyrics. Hague noted that hate-mongering is not welcome in New Zealand, and reportedly urged the Big Day Out to uninvite Beenie.

“Music is a powerful shaper of culture, values, attitudes and behaviour,” said Hague. “Music that denigrates gay men and lesbians in the most extreme way imaginable sends some very powerful signals both to young gay and lesbian people but also to their peers. It is not true that ’sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me’.

“Hate speech like that of Beenie Man gives permission to prejudice and discrimination and creates it where it didn’t previously exist. It blights and diminishes the lives of all who are exposed to it, most particularly young lesbian and gay people who suffer violence, harassment, lowered self-esteem and all the consequent health and social problems.”

Gay reaction stemmed from a song recorded by the deejay in which he says, “I’m dreaming of a new Jamaica, come to execute all the gays.”

The promoters had said in a previous release that they were aware of Beenie Man’s controversial past, but he had renounced those feelings and was now promoting “peaceful and humanistic values”.

However, a release posted yesterday said, “The depth of feeling and hurt amongst these groups has convinced us that for us to proceed with his Big Day Out appearances was, and would continue to be, divisive among our audience members and would mar the enjoyment of the event for many.”

Beenie Man, as is the norm, could not be reached for comment.

The sad part about this is that it’s not just Beenie who has lost out, it’s the music. This is a lost opportunity to promote reggae/dancehall in a major way and would no doubt have been a big boost - financially and otherwise - for Beenie Man himself. The fact is that there must have been big demand for this artiste for the promoters to have included him in a line-up with names such as Lily Allen, Muse, Eskimo Joe, The Mars Volta, Calvin Harris, Lisa Mitchell, the Horrors, and others. Between January 15 and 31, the Big Day Out will be held in Perth, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and the Gold Coast, and according to the concert’s website, many of the venues are already sold out.

Beenie Blocked by Gays from Australia gig

Gay rights groups are moving to block Beenie Man’s inclusion on an annual Big Day Out events in Australia and New Zealand.

A release from Peter Thatchell of the Outrage! group claims that: “Beenie Man, one of Jamaica’s leading reggae stars, has had hit tunes which incite the murder of lesbians and gay men.

In his hit tune Damn, Beenie Man sings: “I’m dreaming of a new Jamaica, come to execute all the queers.” Another of his hit tunes, Bad Man Chi Chi Man (Bad Man Queer Man), instructs listeners to kill gay DJs and boasts that people would gladly go to jail for killing a queer:
“If yuh nuh chi chi (queer) man wave yuh right hand and (NO!!!) / If yuh nuh lesbian wave yuh right hand and (NO!!!) / Some bwoy will go a jail fi kill man tun bad man chi chi man!!! / Tell mi, sumfest it should a be a showdown / Yuh seem to run off a stage like a clown (Kill Dem DJ!!!)”.

Chi Chi Man is a very offensive Jamaican patois homophobic slang insult, equivalent to the insulting words queer, poof and faggot, the release said.

Despite this evidence, Big Day Out organisers in Melbourne are considering going ahead with Beenie Man’s concert in the city.

The article went on to say that Big Day Out organiser Susan Forrester has contacted Peter Tatchell of the gay rights group OutRage! in London, who is the International Coordinator of the Stop Murder Music campaign. Her contact details are (03) 9820 4677 and susan@bigdayout.com

Mr Tatchell has replied to her, calling on Big Day Out to cancel Beenie Man’s concert. He wrote to Ms Forrester as follows:

“Beenie Man is clearly unrepentant. He has never apologised for urging the killing of gay people. In fact, he put out a statement saying ‘I no apologise’. You would not consider hosting Beenie Man if he was a white racist singer who had called for the murder of black people. You would dump him. Why the double standards?” queried Mr Tatchell, who is Melbourne-born but London based since 1971.

Beenie Man is also being considered as a guest performer at Auckland’s Big Day Out, according to its promoter Campbell Smith.

Jahvinci STILL a member of the Portmore Empire - Kartel says

Contrary to reports surfacing on the Internet and in the streets of the Corporate Area, Jahvinci is still a member of the Portmore Empire and will honour all contractual arrangements made for him to perform overseas and locally.

“Yea, man,” Adidja Palmer, the head of the Portmore Empire, told one876entertainment yesterday when asked if the Watch Yu Friends singer was still a member of dancehall’s hottest music outfit. “Jah is still a member of the Empire.”

Last week, reports surfaced that Jahvinci, who scored a number one single with Watch Yu Friends, had been beaten up by enforcers affiliated to the Empire group. The rumours were further fuelled when the singer did not perform at the last two legs of the RE High School tour, and missed the Millennium Countdown 9 show in The Bahamas. However, Jahvinci has repeatedly shot down rumours that the incident happened.

Lots of flossing for Flippa this holiday season

Monday, November 16, 2009

Deejay Flippa Mafia, having enjoyed a good run this year, is preparing for a busy end-of- year and is all set to close 2009 in style.

Flippa Mafia

The deejay was exciting at the recent Barefoot Beach concert in Montego Bay, headlined by American rapper Soulja Boy, and is anticipating great upcoming performances.

“It’s just lots of crazy work . flossing like a king and keeping the fans happy,” Flippa said.

Now that his single, Foundation Over Hype, is making strides on the Hype chart and seems set to score him his second number one for the year, the Flossing King is not about to drop the baton. He dismissed the feud with flamboyant deejay Elephant Man as nothing to hype about and instead says he is focused on his career.

“I will be performing at Club Amazura in Queens on November 26, Canada on the 28th and a treat in Trench Town on December 12. The proceeds from this will be for the education of the youths,” explained the deejay, whose money-throwing gimmicks during his performances earned him welcome attention.

The deejay will have his first performace in England December 17-19 and says he is “eager to touch Europe”.

He returns to the island for GT Taylor’s Christmas Extravaganza on December 25 and Supreme Promotions’ Sting, the greatest one-night show on earth, on Boxing Day at Jamworld.

source: jamaicaobserver.com, one876entertainment.com,