The Broadcasting Commission earned the ire of Jamaican entertainers on Tuesday after it issued a directive requiring broadcasters to immediately prevent the transmission of any recorded material that promotes and/or glorifies illegal activity.
Read more: Artistes Scoff at Broadcasting Commission's Ban on Crime and Sex Music
The Broadcasting Commission has imposed an immediate ban on the playing of music that, among other things, promotes or glorifies lottery scamming, the use of the illicit drug Molly, and illegal guns.
Read more: Broadcasting Commission bans playing of scamming, Molly and gun music
Selah Marley, the granddaughter of reggae legend Bob Marley, has come under fire for wearing a 'White Lives Matter' T-shirt at rapper Kanye West's fashion show on Monday.
Read more: Bob Marley's Grandaughter Hassled Over Wearing White Lives Matter T-Shirt
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Mozein Sutherland was named winner of the televised Digicel Rising Stars talent contest on Sunday evening.
Read more: Teenager Mozein Sutherland Wins Digicel Rising Stars
Isat Buchanan, attorney-at-law representing Dancehall artist Vybz Kartel, has lambasted authorities for transferring his client – an appellant with a case before the Privy Council – to the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre, known as GP on Thursday during a period of heavy rainfall.
Read more: Vybz Kartel Transferred to General Penitentiary Following Fiance's Interview