Stacious tops females at Follow Di Arrow, LISA HYPE BOTTLED

Stacious delivered a brilliant performance this morning at Magnum Follow Di Arrow, stealing the female segment of the show. However, it is Lisa Hype who is the focal point of most conversations as fans disect the show as she did the heretofore unthinkable, dissed Bounty Killer in front of a partisan audience. And what's more, she emerged from the experience relatively unscathed.
Tiki started well but overstayed her welcome while Ikaya was quite good, stunning everyone with her poise and onstage delivery.

She hit the stage singing her top ten hit, Good Up, and immediately fire rockets lit the night sky. She introduced her songs well explaining her beef with Macka Diamond, and when she called up Unicorn and they did the controversial
Calling Up Mi Name together, they earned a huge forward. However, her set was marred when Unicorn was roundly booed when he tried to deejay another song dissing Macka Diamond. The crowd was not in the mood for it but Ikaya showed great poise and determination by remaining onstage and completing her set.

Next up was Stacious was arguably gave the best performance among the females. Introduced as the Queen of the Gully Squad by emcee Ragashanti, she hit the stage singing Goodas Clap, then segued neatly into Nah Gi None. The diss song directed at Lisa Hype earned at least three forwards for choice lines such as 'shine daddy john like soldier man boot', and "when mi over Gullyside ah buss shotty, yu over Big Yard ah suck cocky'. She also took a jab at Nuffy as well with a harsh 69 reference.
She then did two of her popular tracks, Good Life and Fight Back before closing with Eenie Meenie Minie Mo, a song out of her older catalogue which she revamped with new lyrics. She got a big forward when she referred to Vybz Kartel saying, 'mi nah de wid him because mi no waan get no lick'.
Macka Diamond came onstage armed with a prop, that of a picture of her son, saying she did not want to disgrace herself even though they were trying to 'draw her out'. Her attack against Unicorn lacked real venom and sting and her set soon fizzled. She closed on a high note when she declared "mi want a cocky long like the one Lisa Hype a lick'.
Surprisingly, Queen Paula crashed and burned in spectacular fashion. The writing appeared to be on the wall when a man in the VIP section declared loudly 'she old eh!'. She attempted to deejay a few bars of a song but the crowd volleyed a crescendo of boos towards the stage. She exited post haste.

Face generated a lot of excitement in a short spicy stint where she levelled allegations that Paula ah gring off Macka, and that Paula had - get this - a pum pum face. The crowd roared with laughter at the latter remark and bawled out for 'more'. She closed with a peppery verse which ended with a reference to Paula saying 'inna yu bleach out face, mi waan chuck yu'.


Nuffy introduced Lisa Hyper with much fanfare, even listing out all her names and monickers, Lisa Swiper included. She hit the stage to a big roar from the crowd when she declared: 'a who dem a bloodcloth ramp wid?'. She deejayed Death Sentence making direct references to Stacious. She got a forward but then made a cardinal, but maybe calculated error to diss the Warlord before what has been traditionally an Alliance crowd.
She deejayed: "Bounty go St. Thomas go fuck off the donkey". She got an immediate roar of approval from the Gaza section, followed by loud boos from the Alliance fans.
A Magnum bottle whizzed dangerously close to her right temple and she stepped back in time for a few other missiles to drop harmlessly at her feet. To her credit, Lisa Hype appeared unmoved and continued to deejay her songs. One irate man in the VIP section of the crowd threw what looked like a large square of white paper at her.
She hissed at him: "Bet say mi stay ya so and fuck yu up right de so". She deejayed a final song as the tension mounted in the venue before Nuffy ushered her off the stage.
Source: one876entertainment

BLACK RYNO'S HOUSE SHOT UP

The house of former Portmore Empire member Blak Ryno was shot up Yesterday February 25th, by unknown assailants.

Checks with the Waterford Police station confirmed that shots had indeed been fired at a house in Waterford but the station officer could not confirm whose house or whether anyone had been injured in the attack.

"Shots were fired at a house in Waterford in the morning and police were at the scene but we don't have any other details because the officers have not filed the report as yet," the officer said.

Blak Ryno announced his decision to leave the Portmore Empire on Wednesday February 24th.

I-Octane returns from successful Europe tour

Singly I-Octane is now back in Jamaica following his successful stint in Europe with fellow artistes Duane Stephenson and Tarrus Riley.
“I’m feeling good about the whole experience. Honestly it makes me realise my true status,” said I-Octane said upon his return to Jamaica.
According to him to see the Europeans reaching out to him, reacting with excitement when he performed any of his songs was a revelation as he wasn’t aware that his songs were so known over there. “Since the tour started there has not been a performance that I didn’t receive an encore for,” he said unable to hide the pleased not in his voice.
“The experience also made me feel really appreciated,” the singjay explained pointing out that for fans to come out to the venues in places such as Germany, Sweden and France in the bitter cold was a big statement in itself.
Birmingham and London were the final stops on the tour before the team made their way back to Jamaica.
Now back on the rock, I-Octane is once again turning his attention to recording even more singles to unleash in the dancehall. So far he has recorded My Life for producer DJ Fras, this week he will be shooting the video for another of his new singles Think A Little.

BLAK RYNO LEAVES GAZA

In what could be a crippling blow to the fortunes of the Portmore Empire, one of its leading members, DJ Blak Ryno, has chosen to exit the troubled crew, making it the third high-profile exit in only eight weeks,
"Mi a leave the Empire...is not anything to do with financial problems or nothing, mi just a leave, star," a pensive-sounding Blak Ryno said earlier today.

Efforts to get a comment from Portmore Empire head Vybz Kartel, or Gaza publicist, Claude Mills were unsuccessful.
Sources say that the tension had been brewing for some time and that Blak Ryno felt that the time was right to call it quits.
"Him mussi feel say him can mek it on him own, so him can cut now. Him nah come ah the studio regular from wah day ya and yu coulda feel say something wrong," one source told the website.
Ryno's exit follows those of Gaza Kim, who opted out of her management contract after she was allegedly beaten on the Gaza, and Lisa Hyper, who was unceremoniously dismissed after her performance at Sting 2009, and weeks after photos had emerged on the Internet with her performing a sexual act on an unknown male.

Duane Stephenson European tour thrilling

Sold-out venues, great performances, patrons singing songs word-for-word and bitter cold were the memories singer Duane Stephenson shared of his recently-concluded European tour.
Looking like he has lost a few pounds, Duane admitted that with the weather in Europe being what it was, “I didn’t leave my hotel room in search of food or anything else. I had one meal per day and went outside only when it was time to go to the venue — either for rehearsal or for show-time.”
For Duane, Tarrus Riley and I-Octane, it was the first time all three cultural singers were touring Europe, although they have all had one-off shows in various countries there. However, according to Stephenson, the reception was wonderful — from Germany to Sweden to France — and there was high demand for the package from various promoters. They even had to do a show on a scheduled day-off in France.
“The first show was completely sold-out and there were still a lot of people wanting to come in. So the promoters asked us if we would do a second show the following night and we agreed,” Duane recalled.
So, with less than a day of promotion, the event was staged and, by all accounts things went well.
“We got a 75% full venue and it turned out to be a wonderful show. Patrons knew the songs, they were into the culture and they had an appreciation for the level of consciousness that all three of us demonstrate through our craft,” he noted.
Now back in Jamaica, Duane is overcoming jet lag and settling back into the warmth of the island.
“It’s all system go as I focus on finishing my album which will be released BY VP Records later this year,” he explained.

Ikaya declares a lyrical war for Magnum Follow Di Arrow

This Saturday’s staging of Magnum Follow Di Arrow set to take place at the James Bond Beach in Oracabessa, St Mary is shaping up to be an all out lyrical war between the female deejays.
The latest song to hit the streets in anticipation of the onstage battle comes from upcoming artiste Ikaya, who has released Kill di Whole a Dem .
The hardcore, totally raw track takes aim at deejays Macka Diamond and Lisa Hyper, and the artiste makes her intention clear as she stress that “a gwaan kill off di whole a dem.”
“I have something to prove at Follow Di Arrow and I will be coming to do just that,” Ikaya said about her upcoming performance.
“As long as everyone knows it’s just a lyrical clash, nothing personal. I have nothing against the artistes in question...I just want to prove that I can take on the best and come out victorious,” Ikaya pointed out.

MR VEGAS BANNED FROM PERFORMING IN GRENADA

Jamaican Dancehall sensation Clifford Smith AKA Mr. Vegas, with mega hits Heads High, I Am Blessed and Do You Know, is the second Jamaican Artists to be banned from performing in Grenada by the 19-month old NDC administration, in less than a year.
The popular entertainer was scheduled to perform in Grenada for the first time in just under two years at the popular Karma night club in St. Georges Grenada, on Sat Feb 27th 2010.
According to the promoter of the event Steve Duncan, this one came as a shock. No specific reasons were given by the Ministry of Labour for the refusal of the work permits.
Inside sources has hinted that the refusal may have been as a result of one particular song from the Artists which contains derogatory remarks about women that behave in a negative manner.
Mr. Vegas has recorded over four popular dancehall/reggae Albums to date.
Duncan also stated that over $30,000.00 was already invested in bookings and promotions for the event, and that no indication of a problem was hinted when the application for the work permit was made some four weeks ago.
When asked about how this development was going to impact on his business in these difficult times, his response was simply “devastating”. “If this Government is placing a ban on a particular number of Caribbean Artists, then that should be public knowledge and should be brought to the attention of the promoters when the application for the work permit is made, says Duncan, one of Grenada’s most popular event promoters and owner of the Islands largest nightclub, Karma. “I sought to get an explanation from the Minister of Labour, Honorable Carl Hood, and to explain my plight, only to have the phone hung up on me. This is not the first time that this has happened”.
Just recently a similar complaint was given by manager of a local night club in the south of the island.
Source: www.weefmgrenada.com