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Rihanna has shared a new song, “Lift Me Up”, her first as a lead artist in six years. It will feature on the soundtrack to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The soundtrack is out November 4, ahead of the film’s arrival in theaters a week later. She wrote the song with Tems, producer Ludwig Göransson, and the Marvel movie’s director, Ryan Coogler, as...

The National Council on Drug Abuse, NCDA, says social media has compounded the exposure of young people to drug use resulting in increased risk. There is concern that young people observe certain behaviour on social media and are willing to experiment with the use of some psychoactive substances, becoming gateways to harder drugs. The matter is one that the NCDA is...

Kanye West was escorted out of the California-based headquarters of athletic shoemaker Skechers after he showed up unannounced Wednesday, a day after Adidas ended its partnership with the artist following his antisemitic remarks. The company said the Grammy winner “arrived unannounced and without invitation” at Skechers corporate headquarters in Manhattan Beach, southwest of Los Angeles, . The company said “Skechers is...

Kanye West, one of the most popular, influential and commercially successful musicians of the past 20 years, is currently without a record label or a publisher.  Universal Music’s Def Jam Recordings and Sony Music Publishing have parted ways with him, like many of his other business partners, in the wake of his recent behaviour and especially his wave of anti-Semitic...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, is promising that his Government will build a school to educate youths in various disciplines, including the Arts, for those who are aspiring dancehall and reggae performers and musicians. During the groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday for Bernard Lodge St. Catherine’s first Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) Academy in Jamaica, the Prime Minister said that...

Theatre veteran and broadcaster Leonie Evadne Forbes has passed. The Theatre and Broadcasting family has been sent into mourning, after it was revealed yesterday that Forbes had passed. Prime Minister Andrew Holness expressed his condolences on his social media, “Leonie Forbes is a name synonymous with Jamaica and with Jamaican Theatre and broadcast. She was always elegant and gracious, and her...

Jamaican entertainers are gearing up for the biggest night in music, The 2023 Grammys. As the anticipation builds for who will be considered for the final shortlist, entertainers are now putting up their individual projects for consideration. Among the list of who are up for consideration at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards include: Masicka's ‘438’, Shaggy's ‘Come Fly With Me’, Elephant...

Rih Rih is back! Rihanna is set to make her highly anticipated return to music this Friday as part of the soundtrack to ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’. Rihanna made the announcement on her social media earlier this morning with a short clip featuring vocals and an “R” on screen with the words “Rihanna, Lift me up”, then the date 10.28...

  Rihanna is set to make her long-awaited and highly-anticipated musical comeback with a single for the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack later this week. Marvel Studios confirmed the news earlier today, following rumors spreading online. The company shared a short teaser on social media that saw the film’s name morph into a single ‘R’, with the date “10.28.22” beneath it. The...

Veteran reggae artiste Leroy Sibbles says, “Tuff Gong have taken away the food out of everyone mouth” after the relocation of ‘The Joint’ channel. SiriusXM launched Bob Marley’s Tuff Gong Radio and relocated ‘The Joint’ from channel 42 to channel 722, where it can only be heard on the SiriusXM app and on siriusxm.com. Since the move the channel cannot be...