By Neal McNamara (Patch Staff)— SEATTLE, WA — A woman gave birth Wednesday night during a Damian Marley reggae concert at the Neptune Theater in Seattle, according to reports. Perhaps it’s appropriate the baby was born there: Marley is the youngest son of the late Bob Marley, and is also known as “Junior Gong.” The baby was born around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in a bathroom stall at the Neptune. Seattle firefighters arrived shortly after the birth and took the … Read entire article »

By Kimberley Small—   Doctors are said to be still investigating the cause of Vybz Kartel’s illness. The entertainer has spent the last five days in hospital receiving treatment for what is believed to be a kidney-related ailment. His attorney, Tom Tavares-Finson, confirmed that the artist was still admitted to hospital. “I actually saw him this morning,” Tavares-Finson told THE WEEKEND STAR. He, however, declined to say much more about the entertainer, who is currently serving a life-sentence for murder. It … Read entire article »

By Akeem Masters—   In less than a month, since the ‘Cash For Guns’ initiative was announced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Prudence Gentles, the manager for Crime Stop, said the number of calls to her office has increased. “We have received 24 calls since the start of September. Last month (August), we received 11 calls for the whole month, so I know it has now more than doubled,” she said. One of these calls resulted in the recovery … Read entire article »

Multiple sources confirmed with DancehallHipHop on Wednesday that the former Portmore Empire artist was attacked by another man inside 180 Caliba studio in Springfield, St Thomas. He was stabbed in the chest and rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police officers did not release a motive for the killing but said that they are actively investigating the incident as a homicide. After Vybz Kartel disbanded Portmore Empire in 2012, Gaza Maxwell found a new home … Read entire article »

Worokya Duncan is the director of inclusion for a private school in Manhattan, so her embrace of diversity is a no-brainer. She’s also a big makeup person frustrated over the years by cosmetics companies that don’t seem to get how important it is for women of color like her to be serviced, too. “No line really had what I considered my shade of foundation,” she said. “There was always like an orange line somewhere. I would … Read entire article »

Donald Trump’s decision to include Usain Bolt in the controversy surrounding NFL players kneeling during the national anthem has spectacularly backfired. The United States’ president has been admonished by Jamaicans, many of whom have advised him not to include Bolt in his squabbles. Here are some of the comments that were made via THE STAR’s social media pages. Via @thejamaicastar: sashpanash: Lol … Trump a look a fwd from we … But we not Even a pay him badmind.. … Read entire article »

Hugh Hefner’s loved ones need not worry about where to lay him to rest as Hefner took care of that detail years ago. The Playboy founder will be buried next to the woman who helped him launch his magazine empire: Marilyn Monroe. He bought a crypt to the left of Monroe for $75,000 back in 1992, reportedly saying that “spending an eternity next to Marilyn is too sweet to pass up.” Monroe, the cover girl for Hef’s … Read entire article »

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) says several urns containing the remains of loved ones lie uncollected at the islands two major airports. The agency, in a newspaper advertisement today, named 19 people as cosignees for the urns and appealed to them to collect the items. It further warned that failure to do so within a month of the notice will result in the agency taking the necessary steps to hand over the remains to the authorized regulatory … Read entire article »

BY KEVIN JACKSON— AMERICAN reality TV star and rapper Cardi B is burning up the Billboard Rap, R&B Hip Hop and Hot 100 charts with her debut single Bodak Yellow (Money Moves). The song, released by Atlantic Records, is currently number one on the aforementioned charts and has been certified platinum for having more than one million in sales in the United States. But who is Cardi B? She was born Belcalis Almanzar to a Trinidadian mother and Dominican … Read entire article »