OUR CONDOLENCES GOES OUT TO THE FAMILY OF SQUINGY FROM BASS ODYSSEY

reportedly die dearly this morning in the Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida, where he was being treated for an undisclosed terminal illness that he had been battling for years.His death comes just days short of the first in a series of fundraising dances that were planned on his behalf – to be held in variousU.S. cities, starting with Brooklyn, New York, this Saturday, November28. It’s likely that the events will still be staged in order to raisemoney for his funeral expenses and family.

POLICE resorted to tear gas and gunfire in the air to quell a growing protest in the hills of Laventille yesterday following the arrest of a teenager who had been dumped off in a rival territory in the crime-ridden district.
Soldiers and police with assault rifles drawn were forced to take control of the situation as it seemed to grow out of control.
Angry young men walked up to heavily armed police officers, pointed their fingers in their faces warning, ’All yuh cyar walk through here again ... or else we go deal with all yuh!’
This was the scene in Picton Road, Laventille, near the water tanks, once touted as a tourist attraction. This was the same area where residents engaged in a fiery protest last March over allegations of police brutality.
Residents claimed the incident was sparked after Trevlyn Harry, 18, was picked up by three police officers around 11 a.m. and taken to an area known as ’Block Eight’ in Laventille where he was beaten by a group of men while the officers looked on.
Harry was warned to lead the police to a gun to stop being beaten even more. While leading the officers to a house in the area he escaped, still handcuffed.
Word about what happened spread through the area like wildfire. Sometime around 4 p.m. the mostly young men started the protest, burning tyres in the road and emptying garbage along the narrow path leading to the area from as far as Pump Trace.
Responding first were officers of the Guard and Emergency Branch and the Besson Street Police Station. They arrived on the scene in a convoy of SUVs and vans and at first tried to calm irate residents.
Residents alleged that some of the officers fired shots in the air to disperse the crowd. This didn’t work and members of the Riot Squad

a mystery -- at least for another day -- because a judge just granted the singer's request for a temporary restraining order to stop distribution of intimate home video footage.

The restraining order will remain in effect until tomorrow -- when a hearing will be held to determine if the order should be extended.

As we first reported, J.Lo filed a lawsuit against her ex-husband, Ojani Noa, over a tell-all movie about their marriage -- which allegedly includes footage of the singer "in a revealing lack of clothing, and in sexual situations, especially in the hotel room from [her and Noa's] honeymoon."

Lopez's lawyer says he wants to see the footage himself to see if it violated a confidentiality agreement between the couple ... yeah, right...

If you were wondering why Lil' Mama appeared on stage at Sunday's VMAs during Alicia Keys' performance with Jay-Z, you weren?t the only ones. Jay-Z and Alicia Keys were just as surprised. The rapper's reps have issued a statement saying they have no idea how the America's Best Dance Crew judge got on stage during their duet on "Empire State of Mind." Hova was visibly miffed and could be heard saying, "You're gonna T-Pain me now, huh?" referring to an incident when T-Pain crashed a stage while he was performing "DOA."

Fabolous weighed in on the incident by calling Lil' Mama a "crazy M-F." He writes on Twitter, "Lil' Mama is fresh off hangin' out wit Maia Campbell." Campbell has been in the news of late for drug use and prostitution.

Lil? Mama says:

?I did not mean any disrespect towards Jay-Z or Alicia Keys. I admire them and look up to them as role models. 'Empire State of Mind' had my emotions running high. In that moment I came up onstage to celebrate my two icons singing about NY.?

                                             Vybz Kartel & Jah Vinci

And the empire comes crumbling down... well not yet!! ... there are wide spread speculations as to what happened between Jah Vinci and the Portmore Empire hierarchy. Rumours broke yesterday that the first "good potential" from the camp was beaten, got his face dented after he allegedly decided that this gaza gully music warfare was enough and that he is no longer fond of what's happening in the camp and thus want to go and find his way alone in the wilderness.
Well, some say that this has been brewing for some time and that Jah Vinci's style of singing and demeanour does not blend well with the Portmore Empire family. Of course Jah Vinci, also known as Andre Rhoden and is referred to as Jah Kinky by some of the Alliance fans, has denied the allegation of any beating or leaving the safety of the camp. He was reported to have said that he heard that his hands were broken and is now proclaiming that everything is good. There were further allegations that the Portmore Empire leadership is taking a huge chunk from the earnings that the singj has attained since he has been doing relatively well since joining the camp last year 2008.
One cant blame Jah Vinci for wanting out.. its the norm nowadays. Aidonia who was rolling with Kartel initially has now gone full blown J.O.P and now subliminally dissing leaders of both the Gully/Portmore Empire camp. Some are saying Kartel should understand because he did the same thing with the Alliance camp, its some of his own medicine, however he seem not to be showing too much objection.. when he has reportedly indicated that the decision is up to Jah Vinci.
No Andre cant run to the comfort of a gully nor alliance camp.. after unleashing disses on the likes of Killa and Mavado. He would have go whence he came or build. Anyway it goes we wish the singer jay all the best of luck.. the question now is who is next if all of this is true?...
One the plus side of things for the camp they always seem to be recruiting .. so they have a wealth of artiste with developing talent and varying potential. Jah Vinci going might be much better off for him.. but with the fight for studio time, stage appearance, radio play, to be on the next big riddim...joining a camp makes things a bit easier there are neutral ones out there...so again if this is all true.. go find them Jah.. go find them.

50 Cent bands together with his new G-Unit affiliate Beanie Sigel on “I Go Off.” Curtis, who has a new album to promote, calls out Beans’ former Roc-A-Fella boss Jay-Z.

“You changed, man. You let the money change you, Jay. You used to be from Marcy, n***a. Now you’se a ‘Pass the Grey Poupon ass n***a,’” chides Fif.

Rihanna earns her R rating in the deadly video for “Russian Roulette.” The bloodthirsty clip for the first single off her fourth album has the makings of a movie, complete with drama, suspense, and murder. Actor Jesse Williams (“Grey’s Anatomy”) plays the pop star’s love interest. Rihanna deploys her lethal weapon, director Anthony Mandler, once more.

"THE FIRSTLADY," St.Vincent's premier dancehall/reggae artiste is again teaming up with megga wattz productions studios to bring to you a brand new track "nuh fear no one" in this song she once again illustrates her lyrical capeabilities and unique delivery which has come to be expected of her, this time however she takes a more spiritual stance on haters , enemies posing as friends,badmind and whoever appears to be a potential threat , declaring boldly "once the almighty by my side me nuh fear no one"The lady who is identified by her catch phrase "NO IF'S NOR BUT'S NOR MAYBE (this is the firstlady)," is said to be in studios working on follow up tracks which promises to be up to the standard of the other previous releases.