Bounty Killer Hearing Whispers About Tommy Lee
The Warlord Does Not Like What He’s Hearing—Sting Promoters Respond On Twitter With the diss records flying back and forth and anticipation building about the big clash at this year’s Sting, it seems like fans of Tommy Lee and Bounty Killer are getting overexcited. Earlier today Bounty Killer took to Twitter to speak on whispers […]
Vybz Kartel Murder Trial Postponed Again
The Werlboss Won’t Have His Day In Court Until Next Year “No time for no jail time that a waste time,” Kartel sang back in 2009 so you can bet that spending over a year awaiting a trial date is not Adidja Palmer’s first choice of activities. But unfortunately, Kartel doesn’t have much say over […]
Buju’s Defense Team Hold Press Conference on Capitol Hill
The Banton’s New Attorney, Chokwe Lumumba, Describes Buju as a “Political Prisoner” The road for reggae star Buju Banton has not been easy since he began serving a 10-year bid on federal drug trafficking and conspiracy charges. Incarcerated in a Florida prison, Banton maintains his innocence and is resiliently working on getting a new trial […]
Buju Banton Sends Out a Special Message from Jail
Buju Reaches Out to His Fans In His Hour Of Need It has been a long, hard struggle for Buju Banton the last couple of years. Since December of 2009 he has been fighting a battle at trial that some say he was bound to lose even when the jury had his back. But Buju is […]
HEAR THIS: Wickerman “Gone Tomorrow”
A Tribute to Captain Barkey—Gone But Not Forgotten One of the most under-rated duos in the dancehall business, Captain Barkey and Wickerman are veteran entertainers who could always be counted on to deliver powerful tunes year in and year out. And of course now that we can’t see them live anymore, folks seem to have […]
Buju Banton Jurors Would Say “Not Guilty” On Gun Charge
The Banton Faces Resentencing Later This Month—But Will Justice Be Served? The Broward/Palm Beach New Times is reporting that at least four of the jurors who served on Buju Banton’s drug case would have found him not guilty of gun charges. Chris Sweeney’s latest blog post is a must-read: “Terri Wright has been called to serve […]
Busy Signal To Be Released In Two Months
Today The DJ Was Sentenced To Six Months—He Will Go Free November 21st Busy Signal’s sentencing hearing took place today in Minnesota Federal Court, and it was a good day. Boomshots caught up with his manager Shane Brown who gave us the full scoop.
Dub Champions Festival Kicks Off Tonight In NYC
The Past, Present & Future of Bass Music: From Scientist & Lee “Scratch” Perry to Kode9 & Appleblim These days everybody seems to be raving about electronic dance music—or “EDM.” There are too many different subgenres to list here, and more are being invented as we speak. But the true heads know that it all started […]
Massive Attack To Reissue “Blue Lines” Album
Take A Fresh Listen To The Seminal Debut Disc From Bristol’s Wild Bunch Back in the late 1980s, before terms like “trip hop” and “dubstep” were ever uttered, a sound system called The Wild Bunch decided to start producing their own music. DJs Daddy G and Andrew Vowles joined forced with graffiti artist-turned-rapper Robert “3D” […]
Beres Hammond Set To Drop New Album
The Double Disc “One Love, One Life” Will Show Both Sides of Hammond’s Artistry A new Beres Hammond release is always cause for celebration. From love songs like “What One Dance Can Do” and “Tempted To Touch” to reality tunes like “Warriors Don’t Cry” and “Putting Up Resistance” the maestro’s catalog runs the gamut of […]
Buju Hires New Lawyer
Gargamel Hasn’t Given Up The Fight Already having his appeal denied by a Tampa federal Judge, David Oscar Markus (Buju’s then attorney) has told the New Times that he’s moving on from the case.
Judge Denies Buju’s Request For A New Trial
The Gargamel’s Troubles Continue As His Legal Team’s Request For A Retrial Is Shut Down A federal judge has denied reggae Buju Banton’s request for a new trial stating there’s no need due to a previous appeals court ruling.