Rockerz Islandz

09/12/2024

A reluctant star of the roots-reggae renaissance of the early 1990s, Garnet Silk amassed a formidable cache of hit songs in less than five years of recording. His promising career ended with his controversial death on December 9, 1994.

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/12/09/garnet-silk-lives-onzion-vision-event-continues-celebrate-legacy-30-years-artistes-death/

03/12/2024

: A day after artiste manager and entrepreneur Romeich Major made a public apology taking full responsibility for the altercation that happened at dancer Dancing Rebel’s birthday party on Saturday morning, the victims, Moya and TJ, say they have not forgiven him.

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29/11/2024

Skip Marley and his cousin YG Marley are charting simultaneously on Billboard’s Rhythmic Top 40 Airplay chart.

Skip rises from his #34 debut on last week’s chart to #31 with Close, a song which samples Maxi Priest’s multi-certified 1990 #1 Hot 100 hit, Close To You. https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/11/27/skip-yg-marley-surge-billboards-rhythmic-top-40/

27/11/2024

: New York-based Trinidadian soca artiste Yankey Boy has gone on a hunger strike as he hit out against having Jamaican dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel performing at a concert at Trinidad Carnival next year.

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25/11/2024

The Dancehall princess 👑 meets Reggae royalty 👑 😎 Shenseea is back in Jamaica 🇯🇲, linking up with Protoje in the hills 🤙🏿

21/11/2024

Buju Banton, the legendary Grammy Award winning reggae and dancehall artist, made his mark once again by delivering a mesmerising performance at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Sunday show on November 17 marked a significant return for Buju B

23/09/2024

France has sent a group of special anti-riot police that's been banned for 65 years to the French Caribbean island of Martinique, where protesters have gathered despite the government barring demonstrations in parts of the island. The force arrived this weekend after the local representative of France's central government in its overseas territory said in a statement that protests were forbidden in the municipalities of Fort-de-France, Le Lamentin, Ducos, and Le Robert until Monday.

Read more: https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/caribbean/20240922/long-forbidden-french-anti-riot-force-sent-martinique-thousands-defy-ban

16/09/2024

Halftime Show producer Jesse Collins tells Variety that chooses the annual halftime headliner:

“It’s a decision that Jay makes. Since we’ve been on board with that show, he’s made it every year, and it’s been amazing. He’s always picked right!”

16/09/2024

Do you agree with this opinion about Vybz Kartel's latest song, Comet?

10/09/2024

Kartel Recorded "Fever" in Prison with an iPhone 5 & a mattress wrapped around his head as sound proof. He revealed this during a podcast interview recently, the song went on to became a global hit song. In August "Fever" reached an amazing 100 Million Streams on Spotify.

27/08/2024

🎉 The wait is finally over! 🎉 After 14 long years, the undisputed King of Dancehall, Vybz Kartel 👑 is set to make his triumphant return to the stage in a historic concert aptly titled “Freedom Street.” 🚦
This highly anticipated event will be held at the National Stadium in Kingston 🇯🇲 on Tuesday, December 31 🎆, marking the first time Kartel will perform live since his release from prison.
🔥 Stay tuned to Rockerz Islandz Radio 📻 as we’ll be following this event closely! 🎤

26/08/2024

New categories are set to be introduced, including International DJ, French Caribbean Artist, Latin Caribbean Artist, and Bouyon Artist of the Year, in addition to Chutney, Calypso, and Konpa Honors.
Kalash
Kassav’
Michael Robinson
Phyllisia Ross
Blaiz Fayah
DJ Chinwax
Bamby

Check out the nominees for The 2nd Annual Caribbean Music Awards.

24/08/2024

We had ah time in Vibes with Voicey last night 🔥!!! Is the whole soca famalay out here in London 🇬🇧!!! Tonight Tipsy Dreamland is going to shell down 🚀!!!

      

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24/08/2024

Bugle & Buju Banton & Damian Marley - Thank You Lord

Stream / Download ➜ https://bfan.link/toxicity-1Follow Bugle ➜ https://bit.ly/3E7f1Z3Get in on Vinyl ➜ https://bit.ly/3WY06L1Bugle & Buju Banton & Damian Ma...

06/08/2024

05/08/2024

Likkle Jamaican in her blood 🇯🇲 Big up to our Caribbean Cousins 🇱🇨🇱🇨

Julien Alfred’s gold medal was the first EVER Olympic medal win for Saint Lucia, a nation of just 180k people 👏🇱🇨

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05/08/2024

WOWWWWW .... Congrats Kishane Thompson 🇯🇲 finished 2nd in 9.79s by 0.005s

31/07/2024