Dancehall heavyweight Masicka is facing a federal copyright-infringement lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia by plaintiff Melissa Mais.
The lawsuit marks a formal escalation of a dispute that surfaced earlier this year when four of Masicka's popular tracks, including "Whites," "Rich Sex," "Mute," and "Scope" were taken down from his official YouTube channel following Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notices.
Mais alleges that she wrote the underlying material in May 2023 and that it was subsequently released without her authorization or proper compensation. Masicka, whose given name is Javaun Nicholas Fearon has flatly denied the......
Dancehall star Popcaan appears to be teasing a new project after declaring "Album time!" in a recent post on his official Instagram account.
The potential release would serve as the follow-up to his 14-track sixth studio album, Nothing Without God, which was released on November 7, 2025.
The 2025 album featured tracks like "Kick It Wid Myself," "Greatness Inside Out," and "Family First" featuring Natebadz.
The "876GUD" star, born Andrae Sutherland in St. Thomas, Jamaica, has maintained steady global viewership numbers throughout the year, pulling in over 31.3 million total global views between August 9 and September 5, 2026 alone.
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KOFFEE’S eight-year-old hit Toast has achieved the gold mark in France. This as the song accumulated more than 15 million streams to be certified by the Syndicat national de l’édition phonographique, in English National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing (SNEP).
The certification was issued on Monday.
Toast, which was previously certified platinum in the United Kingdom, also achieved a gold certification in Canada. The song is featured on Original Koffee’s 2019 EP titled Rapture, which won the Grammy for Best Reggae Album.
Toast became the reggae artiste’s first charted single, rising to #70 on the UK Singles chart and #47 in the United States on......
Ciara and Russell Wilson are expanding their family once again. The singer, 40, is pregnant with her fifth child overall and fourth baby with husband Russell Wilson, 37. The couple announced the happy news on Instagram on September 6, 2026, sharing photos and videos that showed off Ciara’s growing baby bump.
The pregnancy announcement featured a sweet family-themed reveal, with four shirts carrying the names of their children hanging alongside a blank baby onesie. Ciara also posed, showing her baby bump as the couple celebrated the newest addition to their family.
The new baby will join Sienna Princess, 9, Win Harrison, 6, Amora Princess, 2, and Future Zahir, 12. Future Zahir is......
After three celebrated years at Brooklyn’s historic Kings Theatre, the Caribbean Music Awards (CMA) enters a new chapter with the launch of the inaugural Caribbean Music Awards Elite Weekend Experience, taking place September 18–20, 2026, in Trinidad & Tobago.
The Fourth Annual Caribbean Music Awards will be held on Saturday, September 19, at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port of Spain, marking the first time the awards ceremonywill take place in the Caribbean.
Spokesperson for the Caribbean Music Awards, Paige De Leon, tells us why Trinidad was selected for this year's staging.
Spokesperson for the Caribbean Music Awards, Paige De Leon
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Fat Joe and his wife of thirty years, Lorena Cartagena, lent their philanthropic efforts to families affected by the August 2026 earthquake by recently providing humanitarian supplies.
The rapper and Cartagena, who is Colombian, personally funded two flights to send roughly 100 tons of essentials, including non-perishable food, first-aid supplies, hygiene products, to support residents in need of relief following the disaster.
More than 300 people died in the 7.4 magnitude earthquake, along with roughly 4,600 being injured, which led to concerted philanthropic aid by famous Colombian natives like Karol G, Feid and more....
Newly convicted Duane "Keffe D" Davis is maintaining his innocence after receiving a verdict that could keep him locked up for the rest of his life.
Four days after a Las Vegas jury convicted him in the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, Davis spoke to The Hollywood Reporter from inside the Clark County Detention Center where he said, "I'm innocent, man. They got an innocent man sitting in jail."
The jury returned its verdict on Sept. 1 after deliberating for less than three hours, capping a weeks-long trial in which 24 prosecution witnesses and 3 defense witnesses testified over nine days. Davis, 63, was found guilty of murder with a deadly weapon with intent to......
Dancehall artiste Malie Donn is making an immediate impact in the United States with his debut studio album, The Golden Child, which has reached No 2 on the US Apple Music Reggae Albums chart just one day after its release.
Released on September 4 via VP Records, the 21-track album has moved ahead of Masicka’s Forever Reign on the ranking, signalling a strong early response to Malie Donn’s first full-length studio project.
This achievement forms part of a wider opening for The Golden Child, which has also earned Top 10 Apple Music placements across several Caribbean markets. The chart activity builds on Malie Donn’s growing momentum......
The fight over Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s estate is heating up again. His mother, Pamela Warner, is pushing back against claims made by his widow, Tenisha Warner, and says Tenisha rejected an attempt to resolve their multimillion-dollar dispute outside of court—even as Pamela moves forward with a separate settlement involving Warner’s 9-year-old daughter, MacKenzie.
According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Pamela says she offered to take a one-time payment from her late son’s trust and direct the overwhelming majority of its remaining assets to MacKenzie. She also pointed to other provisions Warner allegedly made for his family, including a $2......
Janet Jackson is celebrating the 40th anniversary of her breakthrough album Control in a major way, with a special anniversary concert set to be filmed for a theatrical release.
Jackson announced the news on social media, revealing that the concert will take place on December 12 at the Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida.
The five-time Grammy winner says the show will feature new costumes, special performances and a glimpse into the making of Control, with every song from the landmark album getting its moment during the celebration.
Released in 1986, Control helped transform Jackson into a global superstar and produced some of her most memorable hits, including “Nasty,”......
