Jamaican dancehall artiste Rodney Price, better known as Bounty Killer, "should not be treated any differently" from other persons who face the laws of Trinidad and Tobago.

Speculation is rife within the music industry that Magnum Sting, the show dubbed "The Greatest One Night Reggae Show On Earth", will return on its usual date (Boxing Day) even after the debacle which took place at last year's staging.

Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation for the Enhancement and Enrichment of Life (FEEL), Clive Pantin, says his organisation will not accept any monetary contribution from Tri-Star Promotions, after this weekend?s concert at Queen?s Park Savannah.

A top reggae star on tour in the UK this week, who has exhorted his audience to 'burn white people' and 'kill queers', is being investigated by police on the ground that his lyrics incite murder.

Dancehall deejay Vybez Kartel has decided not to record anti-gay lyrics.

That is the burning question on the public's lips following a reported scuffle between selector Tony Matterhorn and members of Junior Reid's camp on Saturday night.

Like the Italian/American mobster Don Vito Corleone who controlled an empire in the 1940s, Donovan 'Don Corleone' Bennett seems to be living up to the name in the world of music.

The climax of the Appleton Temptation Island Hooked series, 'Fire Pon Di Beach', promised to be hot, to spew fire, to burn. But the sparks were late in igniting and the fire, when lit, died too quickly.

Long derided as "chi-chi men," gays furious about Jamaican artists' homophobic lyrics have launched a tactical counter-offensive that could impact the entire dancehall music industry -- and possibly Jamaica's notoriously gay-bashing culture itself.

"The voice of Reggae," DJ David Rodigan is promising to keep the temperature high at The Cluny, in Byker on Friday night as part of the Jumpin' Hot Club's Union Roots Festival.