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Rootsman Champions of 3-The Hard Way Soundclash in Montreal

By |2017-09-17T10:23:53-04:00August 18th, 2012|Entertainment News, News|

It was all about the 3 The Hard Way Soundclash (a Saint Best Ent Promo) -  featuring 3 sounds clashing on the Friday (August 17th) night of the Montreal Reggae Festival  - Rootsman (Toronto) vs Little Thunder (Montreal) vs Showtime (NYC). The venue was packed, with an easy 300-plus educated clash fans inside most of whom had paid $30 advance or $40 at the door for admission.  The year previous at the Montreal Reggae Festival, the same Friday night saw a [...]

Gunmen Rob People Outside Hung Shing & Watoos Restaurants

By |2017-09-17T10:23:54-04:00August 3rd, 2012|News|

Caribana Thursday festivities didn't end too well for a number of people gathered outside popular Chinese Food joints Watoos and Hung Shing at Dundas & Spadina early this morning.  After exiting the restaurants (not far from 52 Divison), the congregation of party goers (some of which included popular promoters) gathered outside and were robbed at gunpoint. According to one witness, "Di robbers dem just rolled up in a car with about five people in it".  These thugs casually made their [...]

King Turbo signs King Sharpe As New Clash Selector!

By |2017-09-17T10:23:54-04:00August 1st, 2012|Entertainment News, News|

Breaking News – Long time famed Desert Storm selector King Sharpe has been recruited by Canada’s King Turbo as their newest clash mic man and selector. This move alone brightens the future for King Turbo and immediately raises their “stock” value.  The deal is significant because for some years now (since the departure of Ricky Turbo aka "Metro" from the sound and blood cousin of King Sharpe), King Turbo, most likely Canada’s most stocked sound when it comes to dubplates [...]

Sluggy Ranks dies in car crash

By |2017-09-17T10:23:55-04:00August 1st, 2012|News|

Reggae singer Andrew Phillip Gregory aka Sluggy Ranks has died after a car accident in Stony Hill, Jamaica Saturday night (July 28th). Andrew Phillip Gregory  known as "Sluggy Ranks" relocated to Brooklyn New York in 1981. Ranks worked with veteran producers such as King Jammy’s voicing hits like "95% Black", "Rough Wine" and "Ghetto Youth Bust".

Summer of the Gun II?

By |2017-09-17T10:23:55-04:00July 30th, 2012|News|

Source: Toronto Sun Toronto’s Police Chief Bill Blair maintains the city is not spiralling into another Summer of the Gun" Toronto’s shootings in 2012 are on a similar pace with the numbers of 2005’s deadly Summer of the Gun — even though Mayor Rob Ford said “this is the safest city in the world. So far this year, there have been 140 shootings in the city, up more than 30% from the 106 in 2011. And in 2012, 175 people [...]

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