In this uptempo track, the artiste relays the struggles experienced by fathers who are doing their very best to provide for their children but who are still lambasted.

"It's a situation that's all too familiar for some fathers, but this one was inspired by my own experience. Everything I have and do is for the benefit of my child, and as parents, we have to ensure that we are there for our children not only in a monetary sense, but also for their development. Once I heard the riddim, I literally put my thoughts and feelings to paper, and this was the heartfelt result," said D-Medz.

Produced by Rural Productions, the track has been enjoying heavy rotation on local airwaves and boasts upcoming plans for a video.

"We shot the video earlier this month, so that's going to give the song even further traction locally and, hopefully, internationally. It was directed by Eucal Pinnock and has a very cool concept that paired perfectly with the track. I'm definitely anticipating its release later this month," said D-Medz.

In addition to promotion for Baby Mama Drama and his upcoming video release, the reggae act, who is signed to EppJam Productions, has been logging extra studio hours to produce more "quality and positive" material.

"As a young artiste, it's a lot of work, and I'm constantly working and honing my craft - songwriting and recording. I believe in positive music, so whether I mix my style with a little dancehall or rock-steady, it's always going to be clean and positive music," he said.

And it's hard work with rewards. His previous efforts, Road Tonight and Life Sweet from his seven-track EP titledRoad Tonight, as well as Rebel Soul Jah, have been getting steady airplay not only on local radio, but also in Africa, Europe, the United States, and England.

Hailing from Clarendon, the home of reggae greats like Freddie McGregor and Cocoa Tea, D-Medz, who has been in the business just shy of a decade, is exclusively managed by EppJam Productions.

United Kingdom based dancehall artiste Don André, has angered fans on YouTube following the young artiste's decision to bleach his face live, onstage during a recent performance at an Alkaline concert.

The deejay, who has a pro skin-beaching song, Creamie, said he bleached his face onstage to show patrons what his song, Creamie, was all about.

"When mi sey, Creamie, a dis mi a talk bout. A nuh whip cream nor ice cream, look pan mi thing, pass mi cream, mi a guh show unno history, watch this live look pan mi face, mi did black doh? And now mi face white, doh? A di baddest thing a road," he bragged as he applied the product to his face, as the audience watched in shock.

Following his taboo onstage antics, the deejay proceeded to perform his song, Creamie, but cut it short, as the response was not favourable.

So distasteful was the video on YouTube.com that it was viewed more than 5,000 times and not one comment was made up to news time. It received 27 dislikes and seven likes.

The deejay also released Bleach Out, in which he blatantly defends his actions.

"I'm so brown and I am proud of it, mi madda dead suh nuhbody cyah tell mi how fi live, mi still a bleach nuh matta how mi skin a strip, and, Jah kno, mi like when girls ask how mi duh it. Bleach out with no regrets, haters can't stop mi now, mi dun duh it pon stage and make it worse ya nowÉbleach out until me get white mi, colour higher than a satellite, I'm so white, I'm so white," he sings.

"Some people really need to bring some creativity to their music," one YouTube viewer commented. Another said, "Mi proud a mi black skin, bout bleach till get white, idiot artiste."

Don Andre is also marketing himself as a product of Vybz Kartel's Gaza camp.

TMD Records recording artist Tenza Di Bosslady, released new 
single 'Blood Shed' and dedicated it to her cousin who was gunned down in Jamaica a few months ago. The single has been well received by critics and is receiving outstanding feedback from disc jocks in Asia where the song was officially released two weeks ago.
The promotional music video for 'Blood Shed' has also been released in conjunction with the track and will be aired on television stations across Africa, Europe, Asia and North America.

Riding off the success of her previous single 'Ghetto Soldier', Tenza stated that she wanted to shoot a music video for "Ghetto Soldier 2" (Ask Di Yute Dem) but had a change of heart after seeing her cousin lose his life to gun crime. With children and old ladies being raped and murdered in her country among a host of other criminal onsets, she was compelled to record and shoot the music video for 'Blood Shed'.
Tenza wants her fellow musicians to follow in her footstep and use his or her talent to heal the nation from this terrible disease called crime. The aim is to bring back the glorious days of Jamaica when everyone was united as one nation under God, a place where people are not prisoners in their own homes but are free.
The vibrant young artiste is a champion for the ghetto youths and her cry in 'Blood Shed' is the same she always encourages, that is for them to turn to the books and pens instead of the guns.
Tenza is booked for a number of live performances across Europe this spring and summer and is also set to release a Reggae EP in coming weeks.

Dammy Krane has told NET he’s releasing his debut album this April. The album, the pop singer says, is titled ‘The Enterkraner‘. It will feature appearances from HyperTek label mates 2face Idibia and Rocksteady. Others include pop singer Davido and rapper Olamide. Dammy Krane says his entertaining abilities on stage inspired the title of the album. ‘When I’m not on stage, I’m just me, but when I am on stage, I am Dammy Krane the entertainer — that’s how ‘The Enterkrainer’ came about,’ Dammy Krane told NET during a recent visit to our Lagos office The album was produced by 323 Entertainment’s Spellz and Aristokrat Records’ Leriq.... 

On Friday evening, African music maestro, Kofi Olomide shook Lugogo Cricket Oval with an electrifying performance during a concert organised by the Rotary Club to help raise funds for Uganda’s blood bank.

The Democratic Republic of Congo star whose music once ruled Ugandan airwaves before Uganda’s ‘kidandali’ emerged, took the huge crowd that turned up for the show down memory lane with his well crafted songs supported by sexy queen dancers whose gyrating dance moves threatened to raise temperatures among many of the fans.

Mopao Mokonzi as he is known by most of his ardent fans, Kofi made his way to the stage at 10pm  and unleashed what he has been doing best for the last 36 years- entertain.

Prior to the show, there were questions about the attendance considering the fact most Uganda’s concert-attending generation is one that has been raised under the Kidandali regime.
That notwithstanding,  the concert was well attended, and surprisingly with a somewhat big youthful audience who sang along most of the maestro’s songs.

Songs like, Loi, Effrakata and sylvie got the crowd worked up and jigging. During his performance, Kofi was prompted to invite fans on stage to join his experienced queen dancers together with his male back up singers.

“Isn’t there anyone in Uganda who can dance ndombolo?”, Kofi challenged the crowd to which some of the fans took the stage much to the excitement of the crowd who included Uganda’s Vice President, Edward Ssekandi.

At 11:30pm, it was clear Kofi Olomide’s show was nearing it’s end after he started pleading with the crowd to let him leave since he had a flight to catch at 2am to Nairobi in neighbouring Kenya.

Despite his pleas, the crowd who were in ‘Oliver Twist’ mode kept on raising their hands and asking for “one more”.

At 11:39pm, the king of soukous exited the stage after a thunderous performance.

The other acts of the night included; Grace Nakimera, Jamal who curtain-raised for Kofi Olomide.

The return of Jamaican dancehall reggae sensation, Collins Demar Edwards famously known as Demarco has taken a new twist as Ugandan based artistes scramble for a chance to do a collabo with him.
Following the revelation last week about Demarco’s plan to collaborate with local artists during his planned visit to Kampala next month, word doing rounds is that several top artists have since pitched camp at Club Silk begging to be included on the street jam performers list with the hope of getting Demarco to do a collabos with them.

Demarco who recently sent through a video drop confirming his return to Kampala for the Club Music Street Jam at Club Silk also hinted that he would consider doing collabos with some of the local artists, a thing that seems to have now sparked off a row between several artistes who are believed to be feuding over what they consider sabotage with each accusing the other of trying to fail their international music career.

Demarco has previously featured in several collabos including one with our very own dancehall sensation Peter Miles in a single titled Blessings

Former West African Idol contestant and ‘Botom Belle’ crooner, Omawumi Megbele better known by her stage name as ‘Omawumi, has blamed the loss of live performance due to the advent of musical software.

The artiste stated that though it cost a lot to do a live performance, but feels it is the ideal way of convincing your audience that you are original and you what you are doing.

According to her, “A regular album is mainly produced in a studio. If you understand the mechanics of working in a studio, you’ll know that most of the sounds you hear are softwares already installed on a computer and producers can use these computer-generated sounds to make music.” 

But what I am trying to do with a live album is trying to tow the line of people like Femi Kuti, Asha, Angeli Kidjoe, Yosou Ndour who make live albums. When you hear the sounds, you know they are real music instruments, though it costs a lot of money, but its real music and it’s worth

Zimdancehall might be the in thing now, but it has been on the scene for some time. While they were under the urban grooves banner Bootkin Clan, Honey Vibes and Brown Sugar of the “Hwishu” fame were outstanding dancehall artistes who made waves during that era. The script was different then because as only those who had a passion for the genre pursued it. Fame would only come as a result of talent as there were no dedicated “dance hall” programmes on radio or gigs for the youthful artistes.Nembo Bway and Pido Bway of the “Misodzi” and “Dai (Moyo Waibvisika)” fame also broke out during the urban grooves craze. To date, only a handful from this breed of dancehall musicians remain as most have since vanished

Paidamoyo Sachiti better known as Pido Bway, however is set to make a comeback

While he was barely 16 at the time he was rocking radio. He is back 10 years on with a 10 track album, “Gwanamwana”.
Scheduled for release at the end of August, Pido Bway said he is out to give “young guys” a run for their money.

“I had not really vanished from the radar as I was doing music from behind the scenes. I have a number of recorded material from these past few years. I am compiling the best for the upcoming album,” he said in an interview.

Pido Bway said he has been working with a number of producers, a move aimed at giving his songs a different feel.

The Kiboko Changu song was nominated in the Best Collaboration category.

In the song, they collaborated with Kenyan singer Amani.

Kiboko Changu song will compete with songs like; Number One by Diamond and Davido,Happiness by Mafikizolo and May D, Slow Down by R2bees and Wizkid and Y-tjukutja by Uhuru feat DJ Buckz, Oskido, Professor and Yuri Da Cunha

Tied in first place were South African artists Mafikizolo and Uhuru, and Nigerian artist Davido, who scooped four nominations each while going directly head-to-head for Song of the Year, Artist of the Year and Best Collaboration.

Celebrating musicians and achievers who have made the most impact on African youth culture throughout the year, MAMA 2014 will feature dazzling performances from African and international artists, including the awards’ signature collaborations between artists of different genres and cultures – a high point of every show.

SINGJAY Jah Reefa is among a new generation of entertainers emerging from St Thomas.

The up-and-coming artiste hopes to make his mark with the track Loyalty Over Royalty. Released last week, the single is produced on the Rapid Burst Record label.

“It’s an anthem pointing out that I understand that nothing in life comes easy... Money can’t change we, because we are loyal to those who are loyal to us,” the 23-year-old singjay told the Jamaica Observer.

St Thomas has had a rich musical history. It has produced artistes including Bushman, Natty King and Prophecy. Similarly, Tarrus Riley, who was born in the United States, spent his formative years there. Jah Reefa, whose given name is Desmond Brown, graduated from Seaforth High in 2007.

He said he was inspired by hardcore lyrics of dancehall deejay Bounty Killer as well as his older brother Barrington ‘Koolant’ Brown. Koolant was lead singer for Bob Marley’s still travelling Wailers band.

Bassist Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett is the leader for that outfit. Jah Reefa said throughout his career, Bounty Killer sought to give young artistes a break in the industry.

“I think he is the baddest thing to ever hold a mike. I like the fact that he is always willing to help and guide young, upcoming artistes. He is just naturally talented and unselfish,” he said.