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JAMAICA'S MEDIA LAMPOONS RIGHTS ADVOCATES AND PLAYS TO THE GALLERY ON CRIME & PUNISHMENT.
Las May Cartoon- The Jamaica Gleaner I would like to posit that we have reached a sorry situation when the island's two most popular...
Yaawd Media
Jul 4, 20225 min read
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JAMAICA'S SKA AND THE DESIGNING OF OUR CULTURAL INDEPENDENCE" - Part 1.
It is just a little over one month away from the 60th Anniversary of Jamaica's Independence and as July got under way, there was the...
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Jul 2, 20225 min read
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JAMAICA DANCEHALL -THIS IS OURS
I was 11 years old when I started secondary school at Kingston College in 1969 and by that time, I had developed more than a passing...
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Jun 28, 20226 min read
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THERE ARE MUCH BIGGER ISSUES TO BE ASHAMED OF, PRIME MINISTER HOLNESS.
A few weeks ago, Guyana’s Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Robeson Benn announced the imposition of a ban on Jamaica’s dancehall artiste...
Yaawd Media
Jun 16, 20224 min read
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SONGWRITERS MERELY RECORDING THEIR EXPERIENCES
There is no arguing against the views regarding the lyrical content of what is being presented by the current generation of...
Yaawd Media
Jun 10, 20223 min read
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No Festival Song for Jamaica's Diamond Jubilee Celebration is a National Disgrace.
It was 1966, four years after the island had declared its Independence from Great Britain and things were not going well for the new...
Yaawd Media
Jun 9, 20223 min read
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Ten Reggae Songs I am listening to this week
This year Jamaica marks its Diamond Jubilee celebrations as it realizes the milestone of 60 years of Independence from Britain. If...
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Jun 3, 20221 min read
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Mikey Bennett Jamaican Songwriter and Music Producer
In the corridors of Jamaica’s music industry, Michael “Mikey” Bennett has one of the most solid of reputations both as a songwriter and...
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Mar 25, 20224 min read
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WITH LADY SAW'S PLANNED RETURN, WILL DANCEHALL BE NICE AGAIN?
The very minute former dancehall DJ turned preacher Marion Hall aka Lady Saw or Minister Marion Hall made the announcement, the space has...
Yaawd Media
Mar 25, 20225 min read
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OVERDUE: ROBERT NESTA MARLEY -NATIONAL HERO
It is generally accepted that a hero is a person who is admired and acknowledged for their courage, outstanding achievements, and noble...
Yaawd Media
Mar 25, 20225 min read
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Gunman Shift. Is it a Celebration of Violence or Jamaican Reality?
As Jamaica continues to grapple with its spiraling crime problems, once again the issue of dancehall tunes promoting violence stepped...
Yaawd Media
Mar 25, 20225 min read
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PETER TOSH, O.M.- He was indeed "The Toughest."
He likened himself to a " Stepping Razor” and at times with a ganja spliff dangling from his lips, his M-16 shaped guitar slung across...
Yaawd Media
Mar 25, 20228 min read
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It is time to Recognize Joe Higgs' Contribution to Jamaican Music.
The name Joseph Benjamin Higgs is one that is hardly recognizable in Jamaican music circles unless it is stated as “Joe Higgs” in some...
Yaawd Media
Mar 25, 20223 min read
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Jamaica's Yellowman is Dancehall's only King
Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay Yellowman From Rags Winston Foster also known as Yellowman , was born at 54 Chisholm Avenue, in...
Yaawd Media
Mar 25, 20226 min read
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The Burning Spear-Roots Reggae's Roving Ambassador
One of the greatest proponents of what we now know as Roots Reggae is the Jamaican artiste known simply as "The Burning Spear." In order...
Yaawd Media
Mar 25, 20224 min read
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BIG YOUTH-The All Conquering Dee Jay of the 1970s.
Big Youth's Beginnings Big Youth was born in the Rae Town area of Kingston, Jamaica on April 19,1949, and christened Manley Augustus...
Yaawd Media
Mar 25, 20225 min read
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TOOTS HIBBERT OJ, POSTHUMOUSLY COPS 2021 REGGAE GRAMMY
THE HONORABLE FREDERICK NATHANIEL "TOOTS" HIBBERT, O. J., posthumously copped the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Reggae album with his...
Yaawd Media
Mar 25, 20225 min read
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SLIM SMITH –THE LOSS OF THIS VOCAL TALENT WAS A JAMAICAN TRAGEDY
The late 1950s to early 1960s was a defining period in the history of Jamaica music as the successes of the pioneering Higgs and Wilson,...
Yaawd Media
Mar 25, 20225 min read
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Koffee is The Face of Jamaica's Reggae
Every year more than 33,000 kids graduate from Jamaica's secondary school system and are confronted at that time with the task of...
Yaawd Media
Mar 25, 20222 min read
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Tribute to Ewart "U-Roy" Beckford (09/21/1942-02/17/2021)
Jamaica lost another of its musical sons with the passing on February 17, 2021, of Ewart Beckford OD, better known to Jamaicans as U-Roy....
Yaawd Media
Mar 25, 20225 min read
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