While Beyoncé’s latest visual album, Black is King, was celebrated by fans around the world for its stunning visuals and nod to African culture, it was the inclusion of Jamaican synchronized swimmers that caught the attention of many Jamaicans.

Dancehall star Buju Banton, with his entry “I Am A Jamaican”, defeated nine other finalists to win the Jamaica Festival Song Competition last month.

The Grand Final of the 2020 Jamaica Gospel Song Competition will premiere on CVM TV this Sunday, July 26, beginning at 5:30 pm. The Finalists’ Performance Show, which is the first show of the two-show  Grand Final, will see the top ten finalist trying to out sing and out-perform each other as they vie to capture the public’s heart and vote.

Trinidad and Tobago rap star Nicki Minaj is having a baby. She made the announcement last month on Instagram. It will be Minaj’s first child with husband Kenneth Petty. The photographs above were among those posted on the social media platform.

MIAMI, Florida— Fantasy Theatre Factoryat the Sandrell Rivers Theater (FTF@SRT) will host its 3rd annual Sandrell Rivers Day with an impressivelineup of artists and entertainers of color,starting at 8 p.m. on Sat., August 29, 2020, on Facebook Live (https://www.facebook.com/SandrellRiversTheater) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6dBLv9GNfiBu9w2O3_UzrA/).Among the festivities will be the bestowing of this year’s Sandrell Rivers Humanitarian Award to Dr. Larry R. Handfield, Esq., of The Handfield Firm. Serving as Emcee will be renown singer and entertainer Brenda Alford. The event will be free.

The long-running television reality show “Cops”, which featured the popular theme song “Bad Boys” by Jamaican reggae band Inner Circle, has been cancelled.

Inner Circle up for ‘Launch Music Awards’

“The Old Guard” is a film that is so woke, it puts its audience to sleep.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Dr. L’Antoinette Stines, founder and lead choreographer of Jamaican dance group L’Acadco, has filed a lawsuit against American music superstars Jay Z and Beyonce for her work on their 2018 album “Everything is Love”.

UNITED NATIONS – “One Love”, the iconic song by the late Jamaican reggae superstar Bob Marley, is to be re-released with the blessing of the musician’s family to support children whose lives have been upended by coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

If you haven’t found Pete Davidson funny after six years on “Saturday Night Live,” two hours watching his semi-biographical film “The King of Staten Island” likely won’t change your mind.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Caribbean community (CARICOM) countries represented in Brazil have submitted a film in this year’s virtual Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC) Film Festival, scheduled to be held via You Tube this month, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade here.