'Art And Life' climbs Billboard chart

Beenie Man's summer album, Art And Life, has started to do exactly what Virgin officials have asked of it. The album has debuted in the No. 68 position on Billboard's 200 albums chart.

US Customs pressures Jamaican artistes
Last week, US Customs officials put a group of Jamaican entertainers and industry professionals through the rigours of bureaucracy on a recent trip to and from Bermuda.

Artistes with drug woes on CD project

Newton Merritt doesn't want his new Medicine I compilation CD to be regarded as a drug rehab project, but it is certainly the closest that we have seen. Medicine I features three acts who have suffered terribly from drug abuse.

The heroes of Emancipation
There are seven Jamaicans whose contributions to public life have earned national recognition and gratitude - our National Heroes.

Entertainment Update

Hip hop superstar Wyclef Jean has taken a keen interest in Jamaica, and, over the next few weeks, he will be very active on the island.