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Featured Artiste: Exile Di’ Brave

Friday, October 31, 2008

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Featured Artiste: Exile Di’ Brave

Exile Di Brave

Known to friends as Nago, whose government name is Clayton Johnson, is a 25 yrs old musical artist born and raised in Naggo’s Head, Portmore has his own mark to make in this music biz.

The former Camperdown High School student just won’t stop working on his musical craft. After leaving high school in 1999, he started exploring his talent and started to rap as the hip hop genre took a big step in the Jamaican culture.

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Rick Ross Has No Hard Feelings About His Omission From T.I.’s ‘Swagger Like Us’

Friday, October 31, 2008

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Rick Ross Has No Hard Feelings About His Omission From T.I.’s ‘Swagger Like Us’

Sure, Rick Ross yells, “How could you forget about me?” on his freestyle over the “Swagger Like Us” beat, but in all reality, he said there’s no way he can be upset with T.I. for going with the lineup he did on the official song.

“I feel like everything happens in time,” Ross told MTV News. “What T.I. had on his plate and what he had going on, I think that was the roster [ Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne] for him to put together. He had to make it as big as he could. It’s Paper Trail, he had to make it explosive. … The way I make music, I’m hater-free. So I don’t have egos. I’m a fan.”

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Mad Cobra still stinging

Friday, October 31, 2008

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Mad Cobra still stinging

DJ Cobra has not been very active on the local dancehall circuit, but that’s not because he isn’t in demand - far from it, the artiste is just selective of the events on which he performs these days.

“I choose the promoters I work with,” he told Splash as he pointed out his disappointment with the way stage shows were conducted now.

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Jennifer Hudson Launches New Foundation for Murder Victim Families

Friday, October 31, 2008

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Jennifer Hudson Launches New Foundation for Murder Victim Families

Singer/actress Jennifer Hudson is turning her personal tragedy into a positive.

People.com reports the vocalist’s family announced the creation of the Hudson-King Foundation for Families of Slain Victims, a new organization for the families of murder victims, on Thursday (Oct. 30). According to the family, the well-being of those who have “lost relatives to a violent crime” was the chief motivator for establishing the foundation.

“This encompasses their basic needs of food, clothing and shelter as well as grief counseling,” the family said in a statement.

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War again? Mavado, Kartel feud intensifies

Friday, October 31, 2008

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War again? Mavado, Kartel feud intensifies

A war of words has been brewing over the past few weeks between singjay Mavado and deejay Vybz Kartel.

In 2007, after intense lyrical feuding and spurts of physical violence believed to be linked to the lyrical war between the deejays, a press conference was held under the guidance of DCP Mark Shields and other stakeholders where the issues between the artistes were seemingly resolved.

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50 Uses Will Smith As Inspiration To Get Up

Friday, October 31, 2008

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50 Uses Will Smith As Inspiration To Get Up

For his new video 50 Cent used some inspiration from the Will Smith movie, I Am Legend. “we came up with a concept for it, just a little more futuristic. I took a scene that I seen in a Will Smith film, ‘I Am Legend.’ 50 told MTV “..It’s a collage that I thought was interesting” . 50 continued “In the beginning of ‘I Am Legend,’ New York City was desolate, like everything was just gone. Instead, that’ll be Los Angeles. … There was a scene, one of the creatures was running into the glass, and I kinda re-created that in my own way”

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