Month: April 2014

THE VOICE UK WINNER JERMAIN JACKMAN ‘FAILS TO MAKE THE TOP 40 ON UK CHART’

Entertainment Wise reports that The Voice UK winner Jermain Jackman is losing the UK chart battle after failing to make it into the top 40, while runner-up Sally Barker storms in at fifteen places ahead. The 19-year-old, who was coached by will.i.am on the BBC One show, is currently sitting at number 50 on the midweek charts with his cover of ‘And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going’ according to the Official Charts Company, who reveal that fellow contestant Sally Barker, who came second in the []

‘LONDON’S FIRST LEGAL REGGAE MUSIC STATION’ WAS AN ‘APRIL FOOL’ / MY THOUGHTS

On March 28 I received a press release from online music station Bang Radio 103.6 FM , announcing the exciting news that they were about to officially launch Riddim Radio FM across London and online via http://www.weareriddim.com, becoming the ‘first legal reggae and dancehall music station in the capital’. (Click here to read the entire press release). The press release also stated that the news was embargoed until Monday March 31. I posted the news on Monday morning and within an hour []

VYBZ KARTEL SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDER

Dancehall artist Vybz Kartel (real name Adidja Palmer) has been sentenced to life in prison for murder. A jury found 38-year-old Palmer guilty of the death of associate Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams. Williams was killed after being asked to Kartel’s home to discuss two missing illegal hand guns. His body has never been found. Palmer won’t be eligible for parole for 35 years. … When ‘bad man’ antics go wrong.