Mavado arrested and charged

Dancehall artist Mavado was arrested and charged by the St James police yesterday for assault occasioning bodily harm and malicious destruction of property. Mavado, whose real name is David Brooks, turned himself in to police Wednesday after he was named as a person of interest when a man complained that he and his teenage son were physically assaulted by the artiste and members of his entourage. Police report that about 7:00 pm on Friday, Mavado assaulted the man and damaged his Toyota Camry motor vehicle along the Belmont main road in the parish. The complainant allegedly stopped along the main road to allow a line of traffic to pass when he and his son were attacked by Brooks and members of his entourage. The complainant sustained injuries to his back, leg and forehead, while his son reportedly lost several of his teeth after being hit in the mouth with a machete. Another man, who attempted to bribe the complainant yesterday, was also taken into custody by members of the Anti-Corruption Branch and is to be charged with perverting the course of justice. The man is said to have tried to pay the complainant $500,000 to drop the case against the artiste. Brooks is to appear in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court on August 8.

Montego Bay Jerk Festival brings the heat!

The Gleaner-sponsored MoBay Jerk Festival is slated to stimulate the entertainment appetites of patrons in western Jamaica, with the help of Chris Martin and the newly crowned Magnum King Hurricane at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre, come Monday, August 1.

The 'Paper Loving' reggae sensation will headline the festival, something the event organiser is pleased about. "This is our second staging of MoBay Jerk Festival, and last year, we had I-Octane, and that was amazing. So this year we wanted to have Chris Martin because Montego Bay loves him and we are grateful for the opportunity to have him as part of the line-up," Kim Lindo said. She further added that with the immense popularity of the Magnum Kings and Queens of Dancehall contestants, they had to include this year's winner, Hurricane, and finalists Specialist and Yabalisious, along with the popular Tanto Blacks to enhance the mix of new and experienced talents on the stage. "We want to be able to provide a platform for upcoming musicians to showcase their talents and show their range. This is a family event which will help them to tailor the craft accordingly, while entertaining their fans. Specialist has a new single out, so does Tanto Blacks and Hurricane, so it will be interesting for patrons to see what they have in store for them," the enthused event organiser stated.

Operating under the theme 'Bring Back the Culture', the MoBay Jerk Festival will see elements of cultural traditions such as Jonkonno, drumming and dances that are reminiscent of 'old time Jamaica'. The day and night family event will also see fast-raising dancehall star T'Nez performing, in addition to Nazine and gospel artistes Omari and Jabez. Montego Bay's own Quata Blann is set to make an appearance at the event. Dancing Dynamites' Target Dancers are also booked to appear at the festival. With family events few in Montego Bay for the summer, the organisers of MoBay Jerk Festival wanted to fill that void and, as such, Lindo outlined that "Tickets are $500 for adults and $200 for children, available at all Digicel stores in Montego Bay. We made the event affordable so that persons can come out and enjoy a nice Emancipation Day culinary and entertainment event that is not taxing on their pockets."

Courtesy of Jamaica Gleaner

This Sunday the Hypest Summer Show is back "Fully Loaded"

Solid Agency brings you the 15th staging of FULLY LOADED. Hosted by Jabba from Hot 97 and dancehall deejay Leftside!

Bounty Killer, Beenie Man, Elephant Man, Aidonia, Ding Dong, Wayne Marshall, Khago and the Alliance Next Generation family will touch the stage at the Palisadoes Go Kart Track, Kingston, Jamaica.

The clash fest will boasts sounds like Bass Odyssey, Pink Panther from Black Kat Sound, Sky Juice, Code Red, Foota Hype, Coppershot, Xclusive Sound, Bambino, Supa Hype from 007 Records, Flava Unit, Chromatic, Vertex, Barrier Free and Coalition. International disc jocks DJ Prostyle from B.E.T,DJ Green Lantern and DJ Baby Drew ( Chris Brown’s official tour DJ) will also be featured.

General admission for this years staging will be $1000 pre sold and $1200 at the gate while V.I.P backstage passes will be on sale for $2500 pre sold and $3000 at the gate. Ticket outlets includes LG Service Station and LIME Liguanea Plaza, Music Mart Twin Gates in HWT, Portmore Texaco, Morgans Harbour Hotel Port Royal and TOTAL Gas Stations in Ocho Rios, Harbour View, Boulevard and Liguanea.

FREE live stream of fully loaded on www.worldflavas.com

International Dancehall Artist Erup Joins Lakefest 2011

 

Nikki Z Productions (DNZ) & Hapilos Ent. have added yet another reggae/dancehall artist to the already impressive line up of LakeFest 2011. Erup of International hits such as "Click Mi Finger" (view video below) will join the Star studded line up of Beres Hammond, Anthony B, Wayne Wonder, Etana, Opal, Alandon & Ifertari, Chedda, Blaq Capone and more on August 14th 2011 for LakeFest "LOVE WITHIN THE MUSIC" , the premiere Music Festival in recent years to hit the East Coast on this level which will feature all day LIVE MUSIC!!! Stay up to date on all developing news by bookmarking http://www.lakefestct.com/  

• SHUTTLE BUSES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
• GATES OPEN FROM 10AM ARRIVE EARLY
• OUTSIDE FOOD AND DRINK IS NOT ALLOWED
• FOOD AND BEVERAGE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT OUR WIDE VARIETY OF VENDORS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
• CHILDREN UNDER 12 FREE ADMISSION

Marie Claire & Nefatari Joins Jadakiss & Friends!

New York's biggest summer show has yet taken another turn, and added a new layer to this musical feast.  "Best Of Both World/Reggae meets Hip Hop  "I-Octane - JadaKiss and Friends"  has added Opera to the stage with Marie Claire! When asked to describe her musical style, Marie Claire responded "It's almost as if reggae and hip-hop had a threesome with opera.”

Marie Claire will join "I-Octane", "Jadakiss", "Spragga Benz" along with Konshens, Munga
Honorable, Richie Loops, Bascom X, Frisco Kid, Chi Ching Ching, Kranium, Supa hype, Baby Chris, Nefatari and more. The performances will be backed up by  world renowned Ruff Kut Band, while HOT 97 DJ Envy, Bobby Konders & Jabba, DJ Pow, Kevin Crown,  Dev Kutta, DJ Roy and Stretch of Road International, Banky Hype and Tek9 will keep the music going to entertain the massives.

For more information please call 516-439-6676 or email calicomusicgroup@gmail.com and follow CMG on Twitter or consulting.mpr@gmail.com

Cherri of Buzz Connection Birthday Celebration

Prodigy Movements
    in association with
    Wednesdays at the Bay
    would like to invite you to celebrate the
    Owner/CEO of
    The Buzz Connection,
    Cherri PR's
    Birthday Celebration

Music by: *Prodigy Movements

*Earthquake Sound

and for the 1st time in
    Wednesdays at the Bay History,

*The Legendary, King Waggy T

Also celebrating the birthday of
    DJ Scotch Bonnet

Live Broadcasting from
Riddims TV

About Wednesdays at the Bay:
Consistently for over 2 years, Prodigy Movements has provided a weekly party that has guaranteed South Florida party goers exceptional vibes and the best music selections in Hip-Hop, Dancehall, R&B, Soca, Pop, Reggae,Oldies etc. Prodigy Movements has also invited some of  Florida's leading DJ's like Black Chiney Sound, Supa Sound, DJ Epps, Poison Dart Sound, DJ Eklipz (Maybach Music Group) and a host of international djs like Area Code 876 (Jamaica), Kalibandulu (Italy), Desert Eagle (Bermuda) and a host of others that guest starred at Wednesdays at the Bay making every week UNPREDICTABLE. Wednesdays at the Bay was nominated for "Best Weekly Party" in 2009 and awarded "Best Weekly Party" in 2010 at the South Florida Reggae Music Awards.

Only 7 days left for NY Biggest Summer Show Reggae meets Hip Hop

Only 7 days left for the biggest summer concert taking place in New York, "Best Of Both World/Reggae meets Hip Hop" I-Octane - JadaKiss and Friends" hosted by the Diva Nikki Z.

 "I-Octane", "Jadakiss", "Spragga Benz" along with Konshens, Munga Honorable, Richie Loops, Bascom X, Frisco Kid, Chi Ching Ching, Kranium, Supa hype, Baby Chris and more.

The performances will be backed up by world renowned Ruff Kut Band, while HOT 97 DJ Envy, Bobby Konders & Jabba, DJ Pow, Kevin Crown, Dev Kutta, DJ Roy and Stretch of Road International, Banky Hype and Tek9 will keep the music going to entertain the massives.

Tickets are available at the following locations.
Queens: Genesis 2 restaurant , VP records
Brooklyn: Topas restaurant
Bronx: Moodies restaurant

For more information please call 516-439-6676 or email calicomusicgroup@gmail.com

START THE MONTH WITH FRESH NEW MUSIC

Coppershot Did it again!!!

Crazy juggling @EXTATIC JULY 1ST 2011 - COPPERSHOT

EXTATIC FRIDAZE AUDIO - COPPERSHOT SEGMENT JULY 1st 2011 - http://www.mediafire.com/?6q76bj61rb2nfvq

((((SPAZZ)))) 1st "Hip Hop/Dancehall Singles" Mix  http://www.mediafire.com/?cmwlv1amsdo19

Coppershot Bookings

Contact: (876)421 4398 Coppershot@cwjamaica.blackberry.net