Bounty Killa Arrested At Reggae Sumfest

JUly 18, 2008

Reporting by Horace Helps, Editing by Michael Christie


Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay Bounty Killa was arrested in Jamaica on Friday and charged with using profanity during a performance at Reggae Sumfest in Montego Bay.

Bounty Killa, whose real name is Rodney Pryce, was arrested shortly after dawn. He was charged and released on bond. He is due to appear in court on July 31 when he will answer two counts of using indecent language and disorderly conduct.

Pryce faces a maximum penalty of 30 days in prison, or a fine.

Police said that Pryce was the penultimate act on the Sumfest festival's first night, when fans booed him after he criticized other deejays in his lyrics. Pryce, police said, unleashed a series of expletives and left the stage in a huff.

Jamaican laws prohibit entertainers from using profanity on stage.

Several high-profile entertainers have faced the court in recent years for using expletives during their performances.

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Tifa Taking Dancehall Music To The World

July 18, 2008


Kingston, Jamaica: Dancehall artist Latifa Brown a.k.a TIFA, on the heels of her "Bottom of the Barrel" music video release, has embarked on her first European Tour.

Over the next six weeks, Tifa and producers Ward 21 will be touring countries all across Europe, namely to Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia and Berlin. The tour is scheduled to begin on July 18th and will continue until the 30th of August. This is is the first major tour for the artist who burst onto the dancehall scene in early 2005.

"I'm very excited about this tour, and I look forward to connecting with my European fans over the next six weeks," stated a noticeably excited Tifa before departing the island.

Tifa is presently enjoying steady radio rotation of her songs, "Bottom of the Barrel" on the Estrogen Riddim as well as "Can't Stop me" on the Tear Up Jeans riddim. Her recently released music video for Bottom of the Barrel, directed by Dexter Pottinger can also be seen on all major music video outlets.

Before departing the island, Tifa along with the rest of the Badda Badda Gang – Timberlee and Natalie Storm spent three days in the studio, completing their first mixed cd for Max Glazer's Federation Sound. The CD entitled - TNT 3 THE HARD WAY will be released in August/September 2008.

Tifa is currently working on her first and upcoming album entitled "Sex, Love and Lies" which will have a Japan/ European release scheduled for November 2008. Tifa is known for hit songs "Tinky Winky", "Kitty Police" "Crawny Gyal" and now "Bottom of the Barrel".

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Behind The Scenes Of Faster Than Bullet

July 18, 2008



Two weeks ago we inform you that NIKE and Olympic sprinter Asafa Powell have teamed up with Reggae label VP Records to create a Nike Sport Music workout featuring the exclusive track, “On The Go (Faster Than Bullet),” by one of the athlete’s favorite artists, Mavado.

Below we have embedded behind the scenes of the mix:

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Rare Bob Marley Performances Available Online

July 18, 2008

According to euroweb rare Bob Marley concert performances have been added to the nearly 500 recordings already available for download purchase at the music and memorabilia site Wolfgang's Vault (http://www.wolfgangsvault.com). The additions were made possible through a deal between Universal Music Group (UMG) and Wolfgang's Vault founder Bill Sagan. The downloadable content deal is for 10 years. If the concert is longer than 30 minutes, a full download is priced at $9.98, with concerts of less than 30 minutes at $5.98. Some one- or two-song performances cost $3.98. The site will continue to offer free streaming.

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