According to unconfirmed reports, Recording Artiste GWhizz and member(s) of his booking team GQ Fams House Music/Formula One met in an accident in St Kitts early this morning or late last night.
Though no official statement has been released yet, efforts by us to reach the artiste and members of his management teams proved unsuccessful. Its however known that emergency medical personnel was rushed to the scene but the severity of injuries arent known but no fatalities have been reported.
Dancehall artiste Wayne Marshall linked up with several top dancehall artist to serve up the visuals for his single “Go Hard.”
The project features appearances from dancehall heavyweights Damian Marley, Bounty Killer, Assassin, Aidonia and I-Octane.
Vybz Kartel was featured on the single itself but was not apart of the visual at all.
The video was directed by Ras Kasa: The Guru, while the single was produced by Ghetto Youths International.
The search is on to findJamaica’s Naughtiest Girl. Dancehall Dynamic Duo RDX will be launching a campaign to find the islands naughtiest girl which will play a lead role in their upcoming video for single titled “Naughty Girl” and will also be given a consolation cash prize.
The duo who is on the hunt to find Jamaica’s Naughtiest Girl will invite females to a closed audition. Females who dare to challenge themselves and embrace the hedonistic side of them will be judged by the duo and other professionals. Contestants will be require to present themselves in a sexy, seductive or as one who can fulfill any man wildest dreams. Females will be required to use props such as costumes, sex toys, personal videos etc. to demonstrate that they are indeed naughty enough to play the lead role in the upcoming video.
Whilst the concept of the video-shoot hasn’t been fully finalized, the duo has made it clear that the video will be a project that will not just give the world something to talk about but also a stance against society’s hypocrisy as we need to just respect females who dare to publicly be spontaneous, creative as they try all kinds of Karma Sutra & wild sexual act(s) to keep and please their respective partners.
Even though critics and various cross section may be rattled by such a notion, RDX is resolute to expressing their creative freedom and making art whilst entertaining.
Please note this campaign is open to Females 18 years or older. Further details will be announced shortly
While Sting 2012 was built heavily around the clashes, the impending lyrical tag team involving Ninja Man, Kiprich, Merciless and Matterhorn promoted on the large stage screens throughout the over 10-hour marathon concert, the large audience (the biggest since the 2008 Mavado/Kartel clash) appreciated some amount of musical diversity.
So, in the wee hours of the morning, the tag team of George Nooks and Errol Dunkley went over very well with the same audience that rolled at raucous deejay jibes, Dunkley’s You’re Gonna Need Me and Nooks’God is Standing By scoring especially well. Similarly, the predominantly roots reggae offerings of Romain Virgo and Etana in what were, for the crammed Sting line-up, somewhat extended sets, went over very well, Virgo closing with a surprise, effective delivery of Adele’s Don’t You Remember.
Another standout was Chronixx in a section of four young Rastafarians on the trot. First of the quartet, which included Droop Lion, Jah Sent and Iba Mahr, Chronixx slowed down his material to deliver effectively, interspersing patter into Odd Ras to very good effect, although his voice has much to gain in terms of strength.
Much of the rest was the expected deluge of dancehall in all its unfettered glory, although on a night where the genuine enthusiastic crowd response was often hard to discern as there were fireworks placed strategically for particular artistes. Busy Signal’s triumphant, near 50-minute return performance was somewhat predictable in its content, from the opening pledge to “nah go a jail again” through to tales of his prison experience (which slowed down his set eventually before it picked up as he turned to the ladies) to the closing praises of El Shaddai. There was no mistaking, however, the Busy one’s passion as he blessed all from KD Knight to the audience and even the USA, proclaiming himself God-blessed in the process. His billed 12:45 a.m. showing did not take place until almost three hours after. Downsounds Records head Joe Bogdanovich presented Busy with a Game Changer Award after his performance.
In another extended solo set, but much later in the morning, Sizzla was in fiery, unapologetic, towering dancehall form, his language and voice strong as he dropped unexpected additional lyrics into familiar material.Holding Firm, Simplicity and Good Ways were among the reggae rockers that took the house down; Get to the Point and Karate roiled up the dancehall massive, Sizzla vehemently dismissing any notions of dancehall sponsorship from the homosexual community.
Tommy Lee played it safe
Tommy Lee was heavily touted and played it safe to go over very well, sticking within his vocal limits and putting salve on any dancehall wounds by honouring Bounty Killer among his elders, even as he did hisMechanic track. He snarled as ‘Uncle Demon’ and intoned his allegiance to the Gaza and incarcerated Vybz Kartel repeatedly.
Aidonia bustled his burly voice through a set that included Run Road ; Chuck Fendah and Khago were on the fiery side; Stacious slithered her very healthy body into the mix as she insisted on finishing a ‘talk’ lyric; I-Wayne and Lutan Fyah cooled the clash atmosphere when it threatened to go overboard, even as they blazed fire on sexual impurity. Specialist came on for a combination song which staved off dismissive handclaps for Ishawna and Lady G showed her class, dismissing Macka Diamond as someone she had already killed as Lady Mackerel.
But it was the clashes which took the night, Flava Unit’s Badda Blingpicking a brief sound system war he lost clearly to Foota Hype, who dismissed the younger selector as someone who never won even a school fight. That was unplanned and so, it seemed, was Black Ryno’s attempted stage invasion when Popcaan (who proclaimed his extreme loyalty to Kartel) was hardly into his set. Ryno was dismissed physically and, after a snatch of song, Popcaan was off too, a missile tossed at the stage preceding his exit.
Spice dismissed an attempted stand-in challenger for Macka Diamond, whom Spice compared to a literal donkey.
The clash of the night was a one-sided affair, even as Kiprich asked Ninja Man to stay out of the ring on the stage and took on Merciless and Matterhorn himself, annihilating them completely, even though Matterhorn pressed on to the very end. The icing on the cake was the Ninja’s lyrical test of his successor Kiprich before handing him the belt, Ninja’s responses clearly a cut or two above Kiprich’s calibre at this stage of their careers.
Sponsor Downsound Records stamped its mark on Sting in no uncertain way, Flippa Mafia splashed liquor, changed his shoes and tossed out greenbacks, there was a single stampede (which Ninja worked into his lyrics), and a marathon with its expected lulls, but largely successful, ended at close to 8 a.m. yesterday.
Since her stint at 106 & Park, Rosci Diaz has moved to LA and started a new venture in television broadcast and hosting. She’s also started a new venture in men, the most recent one Sean Kingston. Sean and Rosci were spotted going to LA’s luxurious Vanderpump restaurant together. It’s hard to tell if these two are serious given their track record of celebrity dates. Sean has been linked to other personalities and Rosci is known for dating folks with impressionable $ figures. What do you think?
Soca star Machel Montano and songwriter Kernal Roberts can be sentenced to a maximum term of imprisonment of five years having been found guilty of charges of assault occasioning bodily harm. This is according to Section 30 of the Offences Against the Person Act, Chapter 11:08.
Having also been found guilty on two counts of common assault, Montano could be ordered to pay $4,000 and serve a term of imprisonment for two years. Montano was also found guilty of using obscene language which, according to Section 49 of the Summary Offences Act Chapter 11:02, carries a penalty of a fine of $200 or imprisonment for 30 days.
The verdicts against the reigning Power Soca Monarch and Road March winner and his band member Roberts were announced by Magistrate Maureen Baboolal-Gafoor in the Port of Spain Magistrates Court yesterday.
Montano and Roberts were charged along with soca artistes Joel “Zan” Feveck and Rodney “Benjai” LeBlanc following an altercation with four patrons – Gerard Bowrin, Brandis Browne, Janelle Lee Chee and Russell Pollonais – outside the Zen nightclub in Port of Spain in April 2007.
LeBlanc was found not guilty of the two common assault charges laid against him and Feveck, who was charged with one count of common assault, was also found not guilty.
Baboolal-Gafoor is expected to pass sentence on Montano and Roberts on January 17.
The Express asked one magistrate what factors would Baboolal-Gafoor most likely take into consideration in determining the appropriate sentence to be meted out to Montano and Roberts.
“Generally, the court will take in account whether the person is a first-time offender or not,” the magistrate said.
“If the person has previous convictions, the magistrate will consider whether they are of a similar nature to the current conviction, the character of the person, that is if he has any involvement in the community and his age, the nature of the offence and whether the person pleaded guilty at the first opportunity or not. A plea of guilty at the first opportunity is the best show of remorse.
“The court may also want to consider the effect of a conviction recorded against a person as in the case of a student who has shown an intention or shown evidence of studying abroad…how the conviction may affect his chances of acquiring a visa.
“However, the weight given to these different elements are all dependent upon the individual magistrates.
“Persons can also be placed on a community service order. But with five matters, the court may not want to consider that option,” the magistrate said.
MEANWHILE…
Minister of Community Development and former Calypsonian, Winston Gypsy Peters, is “very saddened” to hear that soca star Machel Montano has been found guilty on four charges of assault and one of obscene language.
Peters, who told the Express yesterday that Montano was like his little son and he had known him since he was a child, stated: “I hope that there would be some kind of leniency in terms of….(his sentencing). You know Machel is not a violent person in any way. And sometimes bad things happen to good people. The law has taken its course which is the right way to go, but I do hope that everything works well for him and we wouldn’t have any setback because a setback for Montano is also a setback for our country.
“Montano is a flagship entertainer of our country and I hope that everything works well for him. But it goes to show that in Trinidad and Tobago the law, despite what everybody says, the law takes its course and the law is for all. But I hope that everything works well for Machel. I love him to death.”
Asked about the fact that Montano had been embraced by the current administration, Peters said he did not know that the Government embraced Montano but rather it was the people of the country.
“Machel is an international iconic figure who happens to be from Trinidad and Tobago. The people of Trinidad and Tobago have embraced him. And rightly so because we need people like that to publicise our island,” he said.
November 15th, 2012
November 15th, 2012
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