Click HERE to go to the On The Scene segment to look at pics of D'Angel on the set of her song "My Life" on the Splinta Riddim.

Grammy nominations have just been announced and of the 30 odd potential nominees in the Reggae category, the number has been whittled down to four.

Albums up for the award are:

Buju Banton is a nominee for the 2010 Reggae Album category. He's been under a lot of pressure from gay rights groups (who've forced the cancelllation of some concert dates due to homophobic lyrics of some of his songs.

Rasta Got Soul Buju Banton[Gargamel Music, Inc.]
Brand New Me Gregory Isaacs[Tad's Record]
Awake Julian Marley[Ghetto Youths/Tuff Gong/Universal Republic]
Mind Control — Acoustic Stephen Marley[Ghetto Youths/Tuff Gong/Universal Republic]
Imperial Blaze Sean Paul[VP/Atlantic]

To see the other categories click HERE to go to the official nomination page

Reggae crooner Ras Penco raises the bar this holiday season with the launch of his second single, its accompanying video, and takes off for Europe.

"Be By My Side" is the follow-up to his massive hit "Thousand Miles," and the Uprize Music artist recently journeyed to Hollywood to film the romantic video."It was a great experience being on the yacht out in the ocean," discloses Penco, on the Los Angeles movie-like scenario. "We were looking for a special feel and we came to Hollywood to get the appropriate look to fit the vibe of the song."
"Be By My Side" was produced by Uprize Music and is currently enjoying great rotation in the Caribbean, especially in Jamaica, where it enters the top ten on the FIWI Reggae Singles Chart and comes in at #25 on the Jamaica Weekly Countdown this week (Nov. 30, 2009). "I'm getting a good response so far in the dancehall and on radio, and the TV stations just started playing the video," the artist states enthusiastically.
The single was co-written by Penco, who says it came "naturally" because he wanted to return with an appropriate follow-up to the "Thousand Miles" story. "I was looking for something along the same storyline to give the fans," he says. "It's a continuation of the same story."
A busy holiday season is on the horizon for Penco. Following his European tour, local fans will see him perform at this year's Island Explosion and West Kingston Jamboree. Negotiations are also underway for him to perform at the highly anticipated Sting in Portmore, Jamaica.
"I'm working hard in the studio right now so everyone can expect my new album," reveals Penco. "After this third single, my main focus will be on putting together material and working on my craft. I also have a new band, so I'm rehearsing with the band right now and we'll be launching it in December." With two consecutive hit singles and videos in rotation and a third single in the works, Ras Penco continues his reign as the new face of the conscious genre. Stay updated with artist news and tour information on Ras Penco by logging on to www.myspace.com/raspenco.

EUROPEAN TOUR - DECEMBER 2009
Dec. 2.......... Zurich, Switzerland

Dec. 4....... ...Sand, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dec. 5...........Watt, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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In 2008 an estimated 20,000 people in the Caribbean became infected with HIV, and around 12,000 died of AIDS. After sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean has a higher HIV prevalence than any other area of the world, with 1.0% of the adult population infected.--AVERrt.org

Ok so last night College Lifestyle aired on CVM and my flatmates and I were super excited because one of our friends was featured on the show...Ok it turned out to be more cause my hall of residence REX NETTLEFORD HALL was featured and so was the all-male Chancellor Hall.

The majority of the show focused on HIV/AIDS awareness. Students basically spoke of what their impression of AIDS was, how they felt about the stigma of the disease, and what can be done to improve awareness and overall reduce the rate of HIV infection among our peers. All the students were well spoken (so proud) but one in particular Rosina Casserly stood out for me. She is a philosophy student and very opinionated on the subject. When she stated that UWI had highest density of HIV on the island, she started a debate in the house.

Some of my friends said they already knew that, some said that is not true, and some like me were just in SHOCK!!!!!!! I was like what?????? Highest???? Here???at UWI where the best and the brightest live and learn?????? Wow...I'm scared...no really...I am. But I am glad that we watched that episode, it got all persons present to actively dialogue about HIV/AIDS, we spoke of partying on campus (Carnival, Integration Thursdays, Drink Ups) and how easy it is to have a one-night stand especially with so many of these fetes being sponsored by Liquor companies. We also spoke about the need to be prepared at all times (girls, walk with condoms), and for self-preservation. We even discussed the whole issue of trust and if people in committed relationships should wear condoms or not. If you have had close calls, consider yourself lucky and just vow from here on out to look out for yourself . Trust me I will be doing that.

BTW Christina, the outfit was HOTTT as usual;-)

This episode re-airs Saturday at 6:30PM-Don't miss.

Go to AVERT's website for more info.

And for a World Health Organization (WHO) Epidemiological Fact Sheet on your individual island click HERE and just click on your country for all the statistics.

One more site, visit PANCAP, PanCaribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS for more info specific to the region.

World Aids Day 2009 Message By Secretary-General Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

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By Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General, Caribbean CommunityGreater Georgetown, Guyana -

Today, we in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) join with the rest of the world to mark the occasion of the 21st World AIDS Day.This year’s theme Human Rights and Universal Access, could not be more timely as we take stock of the progress we have made as a Community in accelerating our response to HIV and AIDS, and contemplate the challenges ahead in reversing the spread of the epidemic.

Even as we consider the merit of a Caribbean Public Health Agency approved by our Heads of Government, and the prospects of shared or pooled public health services, we must give due recognition to the implications of the current world economic crises on our economies and the likely effects on public health services.In these circumstances the fight against HIV and AIDS calls for strengthening the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) and consolidating the integral linkages between the Caribbean Regional Strategic Framework that guides the activities of PANCAP and the various national HIV and AIDS programmes.

These circumstances also demand continued support from our developing partners.Assessments of the Region’s response to the disease indicate a mixed score card. The 2009 HIV and AIDS update by UNAIDS and WHO shows, among other things, that between 2001 and 2008, there has been a 9 per cent increase in the rate of HIV infections in the Caribbean. It shows also that the rate of infection is increasing among women and that other at-risk groups continue to be men who have sex with men and commercial sex workers.

The call for more research into the role of bi-sexuality in the transmission of HIV and the reduction of stigma and discrimination cannot be overemphasized. It is for this reason that the recent establishment of the PANCAP Stigma and Discrimination Unit, as part of the regional response to research and policy, is an important first step that must be complemented by the work of our universities and other policy centres.The establishment and sustainability of PANCAP attests to the continued political leadership in the Caribbean in responding to this epidemic.

But there is much more to be done. In this regard, CARICOM and its Secretariat continue to support institutional strengthening and to emphasise the fundamental rights of persons with HIV and AIDS.In acknowledging that the response to the epidemic must be a multi-sectoral one, the Secretariat will continue to mainstream HIV and AIDS in its work programmes of health, education, youth and culture and advocate for behavior change. We call for strengthening the role of the community of persons with HIV and AIDS in the decision making process and for placing even more emphasis on the role of strategic information and communication in the overall objective to reduce the spread of HIV and AIDS.

We in the Caribbean join forces with the rest of the world today and commit to placing human rights and universal access to prevention, care and treatment at the centre of the response against HIV and AIDS.

Visit PANCAP.org for more into

Click HERE to see pics of your stars out and about this past weekend. Here are Serena and Common below frolicking on a Bajan beach!

UK's X-Factor winner Alexandra Burke just filmed the video for her single "Broken Heels"...Click HERE to go to my On The Scene page to view more pics!

Dominican-born, UK Attorney General, Baroness Patricia Janet Scotland, has for six months employed Ms Otolose Loloahi Tapui as a full-time housekeeper and dog walker. Apparently she has overstayed her year-long student visa by three years and was living in Britain illegally.

A spokesman for the baroness said she had ‘never knowingly employed employed an illegal immigrant’, adding: ‘Ms Tapui is understood to be married to a British national.'

Baroness Scotland

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Loloahi Tapui and her husband Alexander Zivancevic at home
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Read more about the story HERE and the loophole in UK immigration law that enabled her to get married despite being twice reported as an overstayer.

BTW one of Baroness Scotland's parents is from Antigua so I guess you guys can claim her too:-)

This is the on air report from 7 News in Belize about Moses Levivy's (the artist more popularly known as Shyne) visit at a local prison. I am glad to see that he is trying to make a positive impact in the community. He is not bitter, just trying to live his life and be an example.

Moses Leviy, or Shyne as you may know him, was deported to Belize on October 28th and made his first public comments at Wesley College on Monday November 2nd. But since then Belize’s most famous deportee has kept a low profile, shuttling quietly between his penthouse at the Renaissance Tower and a San Pedro resort. But today Shyne was back in the spotlight. He traded in his Harvard University gear for a crisp white guayabera. The occasion was an event for youth week at the Hattieville Prison and 7News was there from start to finish. Keith Swift has the story.
Keith Swift Reporting,In the escort of four prison guards and two of his own security – at 10 am Shyne strode into the compound of the Hattieville Prison not as an inmate but as an inspiration for an audience of 400 prisoners.
Moses Leviy,“Who would have ever thought that a young dude from Curassow Street who used to dump faeces outside the back would make it to the highest level in America culture. I made $30 million…I did records with Usher, Justin Timberlake. I shot a video when I was in jail, not saying you guys should do that but anything is possible. We talking about no, we ain’t going to sit here and cry, you got to come up with a plan. That’s what I did.”
But Shyne or Moses Leviy says he didn’t come behind these prison walls to preach. He said he came to talk to inmates, to impart the knowledge that he knows firsthand of what’s it’s like to live behind prison walls.
Moses Leviy

"As I look into the audience I see myself. I see Shyne in everyone of you. From
the start of my life, the odds have been against me just like you.
I am not
special. I didn’t have no family. I never saw my mother, my mother was cleaning
somebody else’s house and taking care of somebody else’s kid. I didn’t have
nobody but I didn’t let that stop me. And even after selling millions of records
and being Shyne they would have been lined up for me. My last album was called
Godfather Buried Alive. You why? Because when you go to jail it is like you are
dead. But still no excuses. I didn’t make no excuses.
I sat down, I said okay
yeah, this is what I am going to do. I understood I made mistakes, I accepted
responsibility for my mistakes. I didn’t blame nobody else for my mistakes. It
wasn’t my co-defendant’s fault that I shot somebody in the club. I did
that.
Over the last ten years instead of worrying abut what this one is doing
or what that one is doing, who is responsible for me being there, I took
responsibility and I spent the ten years planning what my future was going to be
and you have the same power to do that. I know you do because like I said I look
into your eyes and I see myself.
I could do it, if I could spend ten years
which is like death row, I am telling you because in the music business I can’t
even remember who was rapping ten years ago. So for me to be out here and for me
to still be calling A-Rod after he won the World Series, for me to still be
moving and shaking, calling Rihanna and finding out what she’s going to wear
when she’s coming to see me in Belize, that shows that you could do
anything.”

After the speech he was then whisked off to the prison’s conference room for a private meeting with prison management. They were later joined by accused killers Arthur Young and Errol Haynes. That was closed to the press but after, Shyne did return to the ceremony for a question and answer segment – though as you can tell from his facial expression we weren’t welcome. Shyne left after answering a few questions but his impression lingered.

Elwin Vacaro, Inmate – Wagner’s Youth Facility

“He gave me a good word of encouragement because he’s been through a lot and he came to try help we because we are in a situation like which he was in already. So he said to be your own boss and thing, you can’t put the blame on nobody.”

Henry Cornejo, Inmate – Wagner’s Youth Facility

“He also said that people are the ones who change their own lives because no one can change it for you and I really think that is a good message and I could try to change my life as he did.”

Hiliare Sears, Inmate – Kolbe

“Me personally speaking, me of my understanding, I could relate to what the man said and I could see myself in the man in the sense that I won’t lean on self-pity, I won’t take that self-pity style and say I done deh that jail and I done mess up, I don’t dh yah for a crime I done commit and whatever and wallow in that pity. I will utilize that as a turning, like in layman’s term, turning a stumbling block into a stepping stone.”

And if for only that realization – today’s visit may have been a success.
About 400 inmates were present. 47 of those inmates were from the Wagner’s Youth Facility at Kolbe.

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Click HERE to see pics from the set of I-Octanes's video shoot for "Lose A Friend"

Went on Lady Saw's Facebook Page and saw a message basically stating that she lost her laptop after she put it on a wall next to the gate at her Cahancery hall residence and drove off.


Thing is, it has all her "pics from my photo shoot for my album and a whole bunch of songs for my new album and others pluse john john songs and beats"

So if anyone has any information, please hit up her facebook page and send her a message.

On a previous post I mentioned that Lisa Hype has been keeping a low profile since the picture of her leaked online. Her birthday was last week and she did celebrate the following day, but not at The Building at the Street Vyvz Thursdays hosted by Portmore Empire, but down the street and around the corner at Quad:


According to one876Entertainment.com
Lisa Hype partied up a storm in the Quad nightclub last night as she celebrated her birthday in fine style with a couple of her deejay friends who happened to be in the club on the same night. She danced and sipped Moet all night and spoke to her fans who came over to offer her support. The crowd gave her a huge forward for her Bills combination hit with Gaza Kim. "When I came in the club, the place just get gigi, the people were excited mi coulda feel dem energy. Tifa came over and she was very supportive. She said she didn't know I was a Sagitarius like her and she was very kind to me and bought me a drink. I danced and had a good time, I even danced with one of my fans dem. The fans have been very supportive, but there are small-minded people in the media who have their own agenda, but the fans love Lisa Hype, I know that now," she said. Big up Timberlee and my friend Crystal who were also in the club last night. Yu shoulda see mi dress, it did a shock, a one in a million ting, and big up to the Quad deejays, dem play six ah mi song dem. Thanks for the support."



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Felicia Gooden, the artist known as Lias Hype turned 21 today. I'm sure she is smarting from the picture of her giving oral sex, being plastered all over the net. However, I heard that prior to that she was set for a grand birthday celebration.

Lisa Hype at Opening night of Street Vybz Thursdays at The Building nightclub in New Kingston

Portmore Empire of which she is a member is at Street Vybz Thursdays at The Building each week. Will Lisa Hype celebrate her birthday there or continue to stay under the radar.

Before this morning's highly anticipated concert on "Good Morning America," Rihanna had a little offstage wardrobe mishap, leading to some lag time between her introduction by Diane Sawyer and Robin Roberts, and her appearance. After singing three songs from her new album, "Rated R," which came out yesterday, the singer explained the lag to Roberts with more than a little self-deprecating humor: "I'm a little too fat right now, my dress… the zip busted in the back. They're like, 'A minute to live,' I'm like, 'Oh my god!' They wanted to stitch it up, but I couldn't."
Rihanna, who, it must be pointed out, looks as slim as always, also talked about the emotions she was feeling in the studio while making the album, alluding to the turmoil caused by her breakup with her abusive ex-boyfriend, Chris Brown: "It was the one place where I didn't feel judged or criticized; I just wanted to sit and make great music. Every emotion that I was going through at the time throughout making the record went into that album, and you can hear it in the songs."
Rihanna sang three songs on "GMA": "Wait Your Turn" and "Russian Roulette" from her new album, and the hit that made her a household name, "Umbrella."

Check out the performance below.



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Everygirl has their fat days but she needs to be careful about saying stuff like that. she actually has fans that are stick thin who will see what she says as justification for their state of health. That's the cross you have to bear as an entertainer I guess.