The British queer rights group OutRage! has called on the London Metropolitan Police to investigate and if necessary take action to prevent Jamaican dancehall deejay Beenie Man from performing in London next week.

Hip-hop giant Ludacris will be a featured act on Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest scheduled for next month.

Rhythm and Blues balladeer Lionel Richie, who through the late 1970s and early 1980s delivered more than 22 top 10 hits and sold close to 100 million albums, will perform in Montego Bay next month (July 18 - 24) at Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest.

A major legal nightmare is brewing over copyright infringements involving Sean Paul/Sasha's cover of Alton Ellis' I'm Still In Love With You Girl, resulting in the payments of royalties for the platinum-selling record being frozen.

I heard the ads for the official reunification show with Beenie Man and Bounty Killer at the Llandilo Cultural Centre in Westmoreland, but did not hear any reports coming out of the show.

The Public has spoken. And so have the Gods. For the public, who voted in droves, the top Jamaican lyricist turned out to be the Gargamel Buju Banton.

Luciano, the self-proclaimed Messenjah, and his team consisting of Dean Fraser, Mikey General and his Jah Messenjah Band departed the island on Wednesday, bound for Scotland to start his most extensive musical campaign to date.

Wayne Wonder, THE STAR's featured artiste for June, and Lovers Rock King Beres Hammond are going to the Olympics in Athens, Greece this August.

Rastafarian entertainer Buju Banton will be banned from entering Britain following his conviction last month for possession and cultivation of marijuana.

Dancehall artiste Chuck Fender was yesterday released from hospital and is now recuperating from what sources close to the artiste claim were minor injuries, following a car accident on Monday night. Fenda was involved in a four-vehicle crash while on his way to Kingston from the town of Mandeville.