CLINTON LINDSAY » Entries tagged with "President Obama"
LEGENDARY R&B SINGER/SONGWRITER/PRODUCER ALLEN TOUSSAINT DIES AT 77!
By Manny Otiko— Allen Toussaint, a mainstay of the New Orleans R&B scene who also worked with Paul McCartney, Paul Simon and Eric Clapton, has died at the age of 77, according to several news reports. He died after performing at a concert in Madrid, Spain. The New York Times reported that his daughter Alison Toussaint-LeBeaux confirmed his death in an email. Born in 1938 in a working class area of New Orleans, Toussaint, taught himself how to play the piano and released his first album in 1958. However, Toussaint began to receive international recognition when the Rolling Stone and the Who recorded “Fortune Teller,” one of his songs. The song turned out to be a financial windfall for Toussaint. “I was so glad when the Stones recorded my song – I knew they … Read entire article »
Filed under: GUEST RUNDOWNS
PRESIDENT OBAMA REJECTS IDEA OF REVOKING BILL COSBY’S MEDAL OF FREEDOM!
Bill Cosby— President Barack Obama is rejecting the idea of revoking Bill Cosby’s Presidential Medal of Freedom because of sexual misconduct allegations. Obama says there’s no precedent or mechanism to take back the medal. He declined to talk about the specific allegations against Cosby because there are pending legal matters. But at a presidential news conference Wednesday, Obama left no question about his position on the larger issue of rape. Obama says that drugging someone and having sex with them without consent qualifies as rape. Court documents obtained by The Associated Press have revealed that Cosby admitted under oath that he obtained quaaludes to give to women with whom he wanted to have sex. A sexual assault awareness group has petitioned the White House to revoke Cosby’s Presidential Medal of Freedom. … Read entire article »
Filed under: GUEST RUNDOWNS
“IT’S THE MEDIA’S FAULT” SAYS CHRONIXX!
(L) Chronixx (R) Barack Obama CHRONIXX has addressed his controversial ‘waste man’ remark about United States president Barack Obama. In an interview with Billboard.com, the singer said the media is to blame for misrepresenting his Instagram post, made during Obama’s visit to Jamaica in April. “The post was more about Marcus Garvey as a leader of the black movement. The media has a way though how to fix things to their own benefit. They use little points from what you say and take it and put it as headline. So they might take the most insignificant aspect of a whole reasoning and use that as the headline,” he said. The Instagram rant was triggered by what Chronixx considers the US government’s failure to clear National Hero Marcus Garvey of mail fraud in that country. Garvey … Read entire article »
Filed under: GUEST RUNDOWNS
PRESIDENT OBAMA THANKS TONY REBEL FOR GIFT!
By Howard Campbell– Producer of the single Blackman Redemption, Donovan Germain (left) and deejay Tony Rebel at the Jamaica Observer’s headquarters on Beechwood Avenue in Kingston. (Photo: Antonio Graham)— UNITED States President Barack Obama has thanked deejay/social activist Tony Rebel for sending him a copy of his song, Blackman Redemption. In a letter dated June 11, Obama said, ‘I was moved by your generosity’. Throughout the three-paragraph letter, the US leader refers to the veteran entertainer as ‘Patrick’ (Rebel’s given name is Patrick Barrett). The letter bears his signature. Rebel left a copy of the song at Jamaica House in Kingston where Obama — the US’s first black president — held bilateral talks with Jamaican government officials on April 9. Inspired by Obama’s historic victory in the US presidential election on November 4, 2008, Rebel and producer … Read entire article »
Filed under: GUEST RUNDOWNS
CHRONIXX UPSET AT PRESIDENT OBAMA’S VISIT TO JAMAICA, AND CALLS OBAMA “A WASTE MAN!”
Reggae Artist Jamar Rolando McNaughton Jr, popularly known as Chronixx is furious at US President Barack Obama for not expunging Marcus Garvey’s criminal record during his recent visit to Jamaica. Chronixx had high hopes that PM Portia Simpson Miller would’ve used the opportunity of Obama’s visit to have Jamaica’s first National Hero, Marcus Garvey, pardoned of charges which led to his US imprisonment in 1923; and as an impetus to clear his name at home in Jamaica. Marcus Garvey The 22 year-old “Capture Land” singer ranted on Instagram about his displeasure in Obama’s visit. Chronixx took it to Instagram saying, Jamaicans ‘glorifying some waste man’ Which was in inference to President Obama while bashing the Jamaican Government Chronixx Disrespects Barrack Obama on Instagram ” This man…Still have a criminal record in The United States and we … Read entire article »
Filed under: GUEST RUNDOWNS
PRIME MINISTER PORTIA SIMPSON ASKS PRESIDENT OBAMA TO EXONERATE MARCUS GARVEY!
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller with US President Barack Obama during his working visit to Jamaica on Thursday—. KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s leader asked President Barack Obama on Thursday to exonerate black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey, who was convicted in the US of mail fraud in the 1920s and remains a prominent historic figure on the island. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller said she told Obama it is the “deep desire of the government and people of Jamaica” to have Garvey exonerated of the conviction that got him deported back to his Jamaican homeland in 1927. “I asked the president to consider the matter and to offer any support within his authority during his tenure in the White House, and beyond,” Simpson Miller said after Obama departed the island to attend the Summit … Read entire article »
Filed under: GUEST RUNDOWNS
TONY REBEL HOPES TO PRESENT PRESIDENT OBAMA WITH COPY OF “BLACKMAN REDEMPTION!”
By Howard Campbell– (L-R) Tony Rebel, Queen Ifrica & Nikki Burt– ON the evening of November 4 2007, the world was transfixed on the historic presidential elections in the United States. Barack Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, was elected the first black president of that country. The landslide result set off global celebrations. At Penthouse studio in Kingston, music producer Donovan Germain and deejay Tony Rebel recorded Blackman Redemption, a song commemorating the occasion. Singjay Queen Ifrica and singer Nikki Burt also performed on the track which Rebel said captured the once-in-a-lifetime milestone. “Wi realised the fact dat in our lifetime wi si a black man in the White House which most people neva believe woulda happen. Whether or not he has lived up to expectations, wi can tek solace in being part of … Read entire article »
Filed under: GUEST RUNDOWNS
HERE WE GO AGAIN – DONALD RUMSFELD SAYS AN APE CAN HANDLE AFGHANISTAN BETTER THAN PRESIDENT OBAMA!
By Michael Arceneaux—- I’m not sure what’s more exhausting: The invocation of primates when discussing Black people, much less the first Black man to be elected president of the United States, or the people who pretend not to know the racist implications behind the comparison. RELATED: Belgium Newspaper Apologizes For Depicting POTUS, First Lady As Apes It’s a new week, and thus, yet another installment of “Say Something Stupid and Then Backpedal.” As NewsOne reported, Belgian newspaper De Morgen has already issued a public apology for … Read entire article »
Filed under: GUEST RUNDOWNS
Recent Comments
- rubber stamps on GREGORY ISAACS TOP 100 SONGS
"Awesome post! I will keep an on eye on your blog.…" - Tory on Could Buju Walk Free?
"That's not even 10 mineuts well spent!…" - Jenelle on GREGORY ISAACS TOP 100 SONGS
"That insight's perfcet for what I need. Thanks!…" - Howdy on SEAN PAUL HOLDS FIRM IN NEW YORK!
"Was totally stuck until I read this, now back up and runnnig.…" - Janay on POLITICS IN SONGS – THE MUSIC OF POLITICS!
"You've got to be kddinig me-it's so transparently clear now!…"
You must be logged in to post a comment.