Day: February 11, 2013

WEB DOCUMENTARY SERIES: NOISEY JAMAICA (EPISODE 2 – POPCAAN)

I don’t know how I feel about this web documentary series that is supposed to be about Dancehall culture and is co-executive produced by Snoop Dogg aka ‘Snoop Lion’ 😦 In episode 1 the narrator reveals that she was born and raised in Jamaica but you don’t sense any real connection there. She sounds like a stranger who is just discovering Jamaica and it’s music scene for the first time. Episode 2 just makes me cringe for a number of reasons. The world does not need to see ridiculous groupies hanging around rehearsal studios and a young []

POPE BENEDICT XVI RESIGNS

Via BBC News Pope Benedict XVI is to resign at the end of this month after nearly eight years as the head of the Catholic Church, saying he is too old to continue at the age of 85. The unexpected development – the first papal resignation in nearly 600 years – surprised governments, Vatican-watchers and even his closest aides. The Vatican says it expects a new Pope to be elected before Easter. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope in 2005 after John Paul []

SNOOP DOGG AKA SNOOP LION ALLEGEDLY BEATEN UP BY ANGRY RASTAFARIANS IN JAMAICA

Has Snoop Dogg’s (aka Snoop Lion) fraud rasta man antics finally caught up with him? Website Best Of Elite reports that the rapper turned “Sizzla” was beaten up by a group of Rastafarians during a recent trip to Jamaica. Reports are that Snoop who flew into the island on a private jet yesterday decided to visit Bobo Hill a place tucked into the folds of the Nine Mile hilly region of Bull Bay, St Andrew, he was also accompanied by Dancehall’s ‘Raving King’ Popcaan. []