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The Lounge: Patrice Roberts plans to make her show a Carnival staple
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The Lounge: Patrice Roberts plans to make her show a Carnival staple

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Patrice Roberts plans to take her concert, Strength of a Woman, on the road. But first, the soca diva will stage her first solo concert in Trinidad and Tobag

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Inside Dancehall Artist and 'Love and Hip-Hop' Star Spice's Battle To Get Out of Her Label Contract
On Oct. 22, in Kingston, Jamaican dancehall artist Spice, who also stars on VH1's Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta, debuted a few tracks from a new mixtape. One of those she performed live was "Black Hypocrisy," a song written about the prejudice she has experienced from other black people as a dark-skinned black woman. To underscore the song's focus on the taboo topic of colorism, Spice, who streamed the performance live, altered her appearance to a near-white complexion and posted a photo of herself with porcelain skin, blonde hair and steely blue contact lenses, which sent her online viewers into a tumult.

The "Black Hypocrisy" video, released the following day, racked up over 2 million views in less than 48 hours. It now has nearly 3.7 million views.

Two months later, the uproar surrounding Spice's lightened complexion during the performance has subsided, with her fans and colleagues relieved that the confident, beautiful artist hadn't bleached her skin but, instead, pulled off a brilliant marketing stunt with the help of a skilled makeup team. However, another song on Spice's mixtape details an ongoing controversy, which could have further-reaching implications for the artist and, perhaps, the wider dancehall/reggae industry.
"Captured," the mixtape's title track, recounts a soured relationship from which the singer cannot break free. Written as a ballad, Spice's haunting vocals on "Captured" lament the time she gave to the union: "365 days in a year, multiply that by 10, now this is not fair/You buried my dreams, my entire career/'Cause I gave you my heart, but you did not care." The object of Spice's scorn isn't a neglectful lover or derelict husband: it's VP Records, the Queens, New York-based reggae independent, with which she signed in 2009.

In an interview at Kingston's SR Music/Entertainment Factory where Spice was rehearsing for the following day's Captured launch, the 36-year-old artist, born Grace Hamilton, told Billboard that she signed a "three or five album deal" with VP Records. VP released Spice's So Mi Like It EP in 2014; in 2018, Spice became the first female Jamaican artist to rack up 80 million views for the "So Mi Like It" video. However, an album has yet to follow, which has prompted Spice's rancor.

"VP told me, 'We're working on your album, we're going to release it,' so I told my fans, 'My album is dropping'; then, when it didn't happen, I told VP I am going to get a lawyer," she explains. "Then they said, 'Okay, we'll drop the album this year,' and they recorded a few songs with me to make me feel like I am actually working on the album. I would tell my fans, again, 'My album is coming,' and then it deteriorates to nothing." ... Lire +Voir -

Inside Dancehall Artist and 'Love and Hip-Hop' Star Spice's Battle To Get Out of Her Label Contract

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After a protracted delay led to the singer releasing a charting mixtape without her label's blessing, the dispute between Spice and VP Records has spilled out into the open.

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Buju's ticket website crashes

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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Minutes after ticket sales opened for Buju Banton's Long Walk to Freedom con...

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Machel, Shaggy to headline CARIFESTA concert in August

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Shaggy and Machel Montano have been announced for the CARIFESTA XIV Super Concert in August. A release from the CARIFESTA Secretariat said...

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Business Watch: Sandals pulls out, blames bad press

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It was a project piloted by prime minister Dr Keith Rowley, now, two and a half years later it has been cancelled. That is the Sandals Tobago project. At a media conference, this afternoon the CEO of ...

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Registration begins on January 21

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Machel drops 13th soca for 2019, but one other has released more

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Let's step away from the Machel and Iwer mash-up sound-clash for a moment (and if you're still wondering if they're bitterly at war, they're not). We're taking a look at who has released the most song...

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NY-based Saint Lucian entrepreneur prepares to launch bowtie brand and “Bows For A Cause” www.stlucianewsonline.com/ny-based-saint-lucian-entrepreneur-prepares-to-launch-bowtie-brand-and-b...

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Dennery welcomes new mini shopping centre www.stlucianewsonline.com/dennery-welcomes-new-mini-shopping-centre/

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R.Kelly had women screaming "take me hostage" as his recent appearance sold out despite devastating allegations in the Lifetime documentary. 🧐🤔

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Barbados named #1 in the world for visitor satisfaction
Barbados' tourism has come out head and shoulders above the rest of the world, having landed the number one spot on the 2017 Destination Satisfaction Index (DSI).
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Barbados named #1 in the world for visitor satisfaction

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Barbados' tourism has come out head and shoulders above the rest of the world, having landed the number one spot on the 2017 Destination Satisfaction Index (DSI

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Rihanna links with Jamaican producers ahead of her Dancehall album. 😃😄

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Documentary released on Jamaican female surfers

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Surf Girls Jamaica, a film about Jamaican Imani Wilmot and her team on female surfers, pr...

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Machel Montano returns to St Maarten's Carnival after 15 years

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Machel Montano will be returning to St Maarten's Carnival after a 15-year absence. Montano will be the headline act at a concert to celebrate th...

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20 murders committed in first week of 2019

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness this afternoon disclosed that the island ...

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It will assist Dominica with formulating an actionable policy for tourism development over the next decade.