From Def Poetry - Julian Curry asks you to rethink the hateful word. What's the deal nigga Do you think you keeping it real nigga Do you know how I was killed nigga They murdered me with hot rods and steel nigga Now how do you think this makes me feel nigga ...

I said "Wagwan little man? What, you not my friend? Cos I missed your birthday party you're mad?" He said "Mummy was there so you shoulda been too" I'm thinkin 'Me and mummy's cool but I can't be your dad'. I told him I would make it up to him. Kids have this habit of assuming you're balling. But I wouldn't be in this predicament if he didn't Catch me sneaking out his mummy's room in the morning. She don't ...

David Rodigan's career spans almost 35-year years, in which time he has devoted to promoting reggae music through his various radio programs and in musical battles against some of Jamaica's most famous sound system selectors. He has received several major awards for his work but none is as prestigious as the Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE), which was bestowed by the Queen in a ...

Rapper Jaja Soze has released his new spoken word poem today entitled Just Like Me. The poem asks "how can you want to kill me brother? I'm just like you."  That's a question we have been asking for a long time about black on black violence. The poem also speaks to the heart of young thugs, clueless about the control the state has over them amongst other things. I love it. Hope you do to. ...

Adam Deacon was referring to himself as the “underdog” before the BAFTA Awards ceremony - a competition he was even calling "a class war". But by the end of the night, he was grinning like a Cheshire cat after picking up the Award for Orange Wednesdays Rising Star (voted for by the public). The 28-year-old has appeared in Noel Clarke projects Kidulthood and Adulthood as well as TV roles in The Bill, Casualt ...

The entertainment industry is in mourning after award-winning music legend Whitney Houston was found dead in a Los Angeles hotel room on the eve of the Grammys. Stars took to Twitter to express their grief and shock. Music moguls such as Russell Simmons, singers including Rihanna and Mariah Carey were among the biggest names in entertainment who offered their sympathy and reflected on Houston’s musical lega ...

In an interveiw with Choice FM's Max this week,  MC Harvey states that he didn't say he had been out the with Girl's Aloud singer Cheryl Cole. It seems Now magazine have fabricated the story that led to Harvey and Cheryl having beef on Twitter last week.     ...

A month after giving birth to Blue Ivy, new mom Beyonce is back on her feet. Or, should we say, back in her Louboutins. The 30-year-old star singer made two public appearances since Blue Ivy's arrival in New York City, when she attended her husband Jay-Z's performance at Carnegie Hall. On the first night she wore a red cocktail dress and last night she stunned everyone with a blue sequinned dress with a swe ...

Dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel has been called many names, good and bad, since his mainstream debut in 2002. However, a new nickname issued to him by a French publication may just take the cake. French news agency, Le Monde recently did a feature piece, published on Monday, regarding Vybz Kartel and the growing skin bleaching epidemic in Jamaica. The title of the piece is amazingly titled, Le Clown White D ...

The club may not be able to handle him right now, but the courtroom will have to soon. Rapper Flo Rida has hit back an allegations he underpaid a former assistant, insisting the woman was a volunteer he gave "an opportunity out of the goodness of my heart". Mahogany Miller recently filed suit against the Low hitmaker, claiming she began working for the hip-hop star as his administrative assistant back in Au ...