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Daraine Luton, Senior Staff Reporter - The Jamaica Gleaner CONFESSED GANGSTER Christopher 'Dudus' Coke is facing a maximum 23 years behind bars following a guilty plea in the United States Southern District Court of New York yesterday. The 42-year-old pleaded guilty before US District judge Robert P. Patterson. Coke, who…
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Tivoli shocked by guilty plea of their former hero BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Observer staff reporter This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Thursday, September 01, 2011 EXPRESSIONS of shock and disbelief were etched on the faces of West Kingston residents yesterday as news emerged that drug lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke — their one-time hero — had…
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THE 'MANTOURAGE' — not good for the music BY CECELIA CAMPBELL-LIVINGSTON Observer staff reporter This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Sunday, August 21, 2011 FOR show promoters, unreasonable requests from some artistes seem to be a deciding factor in whether or not to book the artiste for an event. Chief among the 'unreasonable' requests that…
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He was the grandson of Vincent "Randy" Chin, who founded the successful reggae label, and signed Sean Paul, Beenie Man and Wayne Wonder. NEW YORK -- Pat Meschino Despite a semblance of routine Monday morning activities, the day wasn't a typical workday inside the cavernous Queens, New York offices/distribution headquarters…
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Marcus Garvey was born in st Ann,s Bay, Jamaica on the 17th August 1887.From 1910 to 1912, Garvey travelled in south and central America and also lived in London from 1912- 1914 where he studied law at Birkbeck College.In 1935 Garvey moved permanently to London where he died on the…
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Joel Chin, VP Records Director of A&R, Murdered In Jamaica August 17, 2011 By Patricia Meschino, New York The Director of A&R for VP Records, Joel Chin, 35, was fatally shot in the head in front of his Stony Hill, St Andrew home, a few miles north of Jamaica's capital…
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Wednesday, 10 August 2011 16:25
Grange outlines plans for Jamaica’s 50th anniversary
Written by CPR Reggae Grange outlines plans for Jamaica’s 50th anniversary By Sharon Gordon Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, Jamaica’s minister of youth, sports and culture met with the media, Jamaican nationals and friends at the Jamaican Consulate in New York City on Wednesday, July 27 and gave an overview of the plans for the year-long…
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Can you blame my generation, subjected gentrification,Depicting their frustrations over ill instrumentationCause music is the way to convey to you what I’m facing,Placing my life in front of your eyes for your observationNow if you can’t relate then maybe you are too complacent,Athletes today are scared to make Muhammad Ali…
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Steel Pulse Delivers the Perfect ShowBy Sharon Gordon July 1st, celebrated around the world as International Reggae Day, is a most fitting of days for a free reggae concert in the park and as fate would have it, that was the day chosen by Celebrate Brooklyn for roots reggae icon…
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More culture studies needed in schools BY CECELIA CAMPBELL-LIVINGSTON Observer staff reporter This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Wednesday, June 29, 2011 ON the recent season of TVJ's School's Challenge Quiz, Excelsior and Charlemont High Schools found themselves being unable to identify songs from the catalogue of the iconic, Jamaican, reggae king Bob Marley. This…
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WHAT IS RAS TAFARI? During the 1930’s when Ras Tafari Makennon was crowned His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, many followers of Marcus Garvey, in Jamaica, under the influence of his “Back to Africa” ideology saw Haile Selassie as a divine emanation. His official titles, “King…
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HOMAGE TO A KING “Conflicts between nations will continue to arise. The real issue is whether they are to be resolved by force, or by resort to peaceful methods and procedures, administered by impartial institutions. This very Organization itself is the greatest such institution, and it is in a…
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CPRLive- It Ain't Just Music, It's Life: CPRLive is a 24/7 internet broadcast platform which streams roots reggae, dub, ska and classic dancehall around the clock except for three hours each evening, Tuesday through Saturday when it streams live programming. The evening suite is a suite of mostly talk programming…
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