Baron’s jewelry stolen in airport
Trinidad and Tobago’s Sweet Soca Man is singing the blues these days. Timothy Watkins, a.k.a The Baron, rang in the New Year without his trademark pieces of gold around his neck.
Baron lost gold jewelry valued at over $75,000 on December 28, at the Piarco International Airport, before he boarded a plane for Toronto, Canada.
Man’s entourage reportedly injured in fight
Reggae Campfire held at the Windalco Sports Club in Ewarton, St Catherine, ended abruptly on Thursday morning when the stage was bottled by irate patrons after it was announced that dancehall artiste Beenie Man would not be performing.
Billed as one of the main acts for the night, Beenie Man was present at the venue
in the early hours of Thursday morning, but left before performing after an alleged incident took place backstage.
In a short conversation with the disc jock, whose real name is Nicole Duhaney, she said she has not been fired.
When asked about the letter to the editor published in The Gleaner yesterday titled ‘Impact of Broadcasting Commission being felt’, in which Broadcasting Commission’s Executive Director Cordel Green said a female DJ had been fired from her prime-time slot on a popular radio station, Nikki Z said she did not know if that was referring to her as she has not been fired.
The Wailers bring reggae into new realms
No group did more to turn reggae into an international musical movement than the Wailers, who once again are taking the music into uncharted realms.
In one of the more unlikely popular-music pairings in recent memory, country star Kenny Chesney collaborated with the Wailers on his chart-topping hit “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven,” and then invited them to perform with him in November at the 42nd Annual Country Music Association Awards. The vibe will be more irie than twangy, though, when the Wailers play the Independent on Friday and Saturday as part of a national tour focusing on songs from the classic 1977 Bob Marley and the Wailers album “Exodus.”
The dancehall entertainment figure credited with creating the popular “Gully Creepa” dance move has been killed.
David Alexander Smith, popularly known as “Ice” was shot and killed Friday morning at a bar off Waltham Park Road in Kingston.
