Dancehall/Reggae artist Sizzla Kalonji, real name Miguel Collins, was tonight admitted to hospital in a serious condition after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a bus in Mount Salem, St Ann.

Sources told JamrockVybz.... A bus hit him off of his bike and he is now suffering…

Reggae crooner Jah Cure wed his beauty pageant girlfriend Kamila Mcdonald in a small wedding ceremony yesterday at the Tryall Clubs, close to where the singer was born.

The intimate ceremony consists of close family and friends of…

• Troubled singer had a long battle with drink and drugs
• London Ambulance Service found singer at 3.54pm but unable to revive her
  
  
• She was 'beyond help' according to Sky sources
  
  
• Police treated death as 'unexplained'

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As Buju Banton begins his lengthy 10 year sentence in a Florida federal prison, several reggae celebrities continues to weigh in on his conviction and what it means for reggae music.

In a recent interview with Sohh, reggae…

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Two-time Olympian and sprinting coach Pablo McNeil, who mentored 100- and 200-meter world record-holder Usain Bolt in high school, has died. He was 71.

McNeil, who suffered a serious stroke in 2007, died in a hospital Monday after a long illness, the Ministry of Sports announced…

Convicted Reggae artiste Buju Banton has been transferred from the Pinellas County Jail to the Citrus County Jail in Tampa, Florida.

The artiste will be processed by correctional staff at that penal facility before he knows where he will spend his 10 year sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five or more kilogrammes of…

Dancehall reggae artist Buju Banton, embroiled in a longstanding drug case which ended in mistrial in 2010, was earlier today sentenced to serve 10 years at the Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse by Judge James T. Moody. Banton – real name Mark Myrie – will serve his time at the FCI prison facility in Miami where the singer first incurred his cocaine charges in 2009.

The…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Family members, fans and supporters have pleaded for leniency for Grammy-winning reggae singer Buju Banton, who likely will be sentenced to prison Thursday for conspiring to set up a cocaine deal.

The dozens of letters to U.S. District Judge James S. Moody are included in the court file for the 37-year-old recording artist, whose given name is Mark Myrie. Several…

However, Buju, whose real name is Mark Myrie, might not have to cut off his trademark dreadlocks and will be allowed to practise his Rastafarian beliefs under strict supervision.

Chris Burke, a public affairs specialist at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, DC, said federal prison guidelines bar inmates from conducting "business activities" while they are…

Reports coming in have claimed that he was shot multiple times outside of his home in St. Catherine last…

"Hundreds have been killed and thousands displaced, but the crisis has garnered little international attention"

It reads like a poorly conceived Hollywood film: A national election in some West African nation goes horribly wrong when…

The Bronx Zoo was closed today after an adolescent Egyptian cobra went missing from an off-exhibit enclosure. Uh oh. "Deadly cobra" and "missing" are not two things you want to hear in the same news story.

According to CNN, the Egyptian cobra's venom "is so deadly that it can kill a…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A top African Union official on Friday called for a transition period in Libya that would lead to democratic elections, a rare rebuke from African leaders who appear to be pushing for political reforms that could lead to Col. Moammar Gadhafi's…

Nashville musician Archie “Aashid” Himons, a central figure in Nashville’s world music scene who led innovative band Afrikan Dreamland, died Saturday at age 68 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center after years of failing health.

Afrikan Dreamland, which blended blues and reggae influences, made Nashville’s first long-form music video, was the first American reggae band to have…

The pilot of the F-15E fighter jet was rescued by rebel soldiers after ejecting from the aircraft, it is understood. Another crew member is also thought to have ejected.



The crashed plane was discovered by a Telegraph journalist reporting in and around Benghazi, the rebel-held city.

It is thought the F-15E fighter jet came to ground after suffering a mechanical…

Operation Odyssey Dawn continues! Bombs continue to rain down upon Libya today, while coalition nations try to stave off political divisions back home. A majority of Americans, however, support the creation of a no-fly zone. Rep. Dennis Kucinich would like to impeach Barack Obama. And what does "Odyssey Dawn" mean anyway? Here's your latest update of the news in and surrounding Libya.…

It's now been ten days since Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami, and police are estimating that an incomprehensible 18,000 people were killed in the disaster. Meanwhile, the worst may be over at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, though higher levels of radioactivity have been detected in spinach and milk at nearby farms. Here's the latest news from…

SEATTLE (AP) — Der Spiegel, the German news organization, published photographs Sunday showing two American soldiers in Afghanistan posing with the corpse of an Afghan civilian they are accused of murdering.



The photos were among several seized by Army investigators looking into the deaths of three unarmed Afghans last year.…

Wyclef Jean, was shot in the hand at a political rally for Haitian presidential candidate, musician Michel Martelly last night. But he's okay! According to Wyclef's spokesperson, "He was shot in the hand last night.

He was released from the hospital. He's fine now. It happened late yesterday night and he was released after a couple hours." She added that the bullet "just grazed…