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Two-time GRAMMY-nominated artiste Skip Marley has announced via social media that the remaining dates of his CHANGE TOUR will be postponed.

This, after testing positive with COVID-19. He says the new dates will be announced soon.

Skip’s announcement arrived following the release of a new rendition of his single “Change,” this time featuring Dancehall vocalist Beenie Man, and remixed by the award-winning producer Tony Kelly.

The remix is accompanied by a series of powerful new animated visuals . Discussing the concept of the visuals, Skip explained, that ‘Change’ is about letting what matters most to us motivate us to do better.
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Earlier this year, Skip Marley released the single titled “Jane” featuring Nigerian-based Afropop sensation Ayra Starr.

​Toy company Mattel is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Tina Turner’s hit song with a Barbie created in her likeness.

The doll, which is part of their Barbie Signature Music Series, is wearing an outfit inspired by the music video for one of her songs, “What’s Love Got to Do With It.”

She’s in a black mini dress paired with a denim jacket — and don’t forget about that signature hairstyle.

The eight-time Grammy winner enjoyed huge success in the late 1960s and early 1970s performing with her husband, Ike Turner, but the couple divorced in 1978 after a stormy marriage in which she was beaten.
She retired from performing after her last tour, which ended in 2009.

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​While Dancehall and Reggae as a collective is at a standstill on the international scene, the Afrobeats sound continues to break musical barriers.

The recent development sees the Afrobeats genre being added as a category in the American Music Awards AMA’s ahead of its ceremony on November 21.

This week, organizers of the AMAs announced its complete list of nominees and introduced for the first time, a new category strictly for Afrobeats.

Dubbed Favorite Afrobeats Artist, the category sees Burna Boy, CKay, Fireboy DML, Tems, and Wizkid vying for the coveted title.

Other nominees include Bad Bunny, who leads the pack with eight nominations, followed by Beyonce, Drake, and Taylor Swift with six nominations each.

The ceremony for the American Music Awards is scheduled to take place on November 21 at the Microsoft Theater in the US.

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​Today I got to listen to a new single 'God Did' by AllLuvNoMercy featuring Dupes' & The Mecca inside KNC Radio listening sessions and I can’t help it but to brag! It’s on fire ! 

According to Dupes, "God Did is an introspective alternative hip-hop record with afrobeat and reggaeton molding the skeleton upon which visceral emotions are spewed. With lyrics like "I already walked on water before, what more could you ask for?" setting the tone, one can only expect a deeply personal song from two of the most accomplished urban acts from the Helen of The West".

Over the years Dupes and The Mecca has produced, written and co-written singles, albums, mixtapes, and compilations for themselves and other artists in genres ranging from Gospel to Hip-Hop, Dancehall to Soca, Pop and Rock. 

Dupes and The Mecca has been  hitmakers in Saint Lucia for over 15 years, with Dip Pon De Floor, Yes Garcon, Imagine, Impossible,  African Lady, Welcome To Paradise, Seasons, Hungover, Your body and more. 

Check out and preview the new single below

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The new Top Gun movie has given Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise his first $100 million  opening weekend at the box office.

Top Gun: Maverick sees him reprise his role as US navy pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell from the original 1986 film.

In its first three days in North American theatres, the sequel earned an estimated $124 million (£98m) in ticket sales, Paramount Pictures said Sunday.

Worldwide, that figure is raised to an estimated $248 million.

Cruise’s previous biggest opening weekend for a movie came in 2005 with War of the Worlds, which raked in $64 million.
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The 59-year-old’s second outing as Maverick also had the fourth biggest opening of any film in the Covid-era, behind the best-selling Spider-Man: No Way Home, second-placed Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and then The Batman.

​A Jamaican is among the cast members of “The Real Housewives of Dubai”.

Former Miss Jamaica winner Lesa “Milan” Hall will join the latest instalment of the hit American reality television franchise, which premieres this Wednesday on Bravo.
Hall will be inducted alongside five other “housewives”.

She is described on the show’s website as “a successful fashion designer and entrepreneur living out her dreams in Dubai.” The Jamaican mother of three, is married to millionaire financier and real estate developer Richard Hall.
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In 2009, Hall competed in the Miss Universe Jamaica contest, and from 2008 to 2009, she was a member of the cast of BET’s College Hill.

R&B singer and songwriter Ciara has announced that her new album is ready for release.

It has been three years since she last released an album but now she is ready to make her musical return with her eighth studio album. Ciara in a recent interview told the associated press, “I’m working on my album, I’m actually finished with my album, which I’m excited about”.

Accotding to Rap Up, the ‘Level Up’ artiste has already shot a video for the first single off the album, reportedly titled ‘Jump’. Though the title of the album has not been released, fans are excited non the less for her return.
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Ciara has been mainly focused on her family, recently she and her husband Russell Wilson released their children’s book ‘Why Not You?’. She also recently fulfilled one of her dreams by landing the coveted cover of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Edition. ​

​The fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things is being released today with a content warning appearing at the beginning of the first episode.

Netflix believes the opening scene of the show may leave some viewers feeling distressed, following the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday.

The warning reads, “We filmed this season of Stranger Things a year ago. But given the recent tragic shooting at a school in Texas, viewers may find the opening scene of episode 1 distressing. We are deeply saddened by this unspeakable violence, and our hearts go out to every family mourning a loved one.”
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It continues, “The premiere’s description has also been revised and now reads, “Warning: Contains graphic violence involving children’, with ‘disturbing images’ added to the show rating advisories”.

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​Calvin Harris has reunited with Dua Lipa on a new collaboration out this Friday (27.05.22).

The pair last teamed up on 2018’s ‘One Kiss’, and the superstar DJ took to TikTok this week to share a clip of the new song, ‘Potion’, coming together and the ‘Levitating’ hitmaker agreeing to add her vocals to the track.

It’s reported that Young Thug is also featured on the song.
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Teasing when fans can expect Calvin’s upcoming sixth studio album, he tweeted last month: “Summer ’22.”
There’s currently no official release date as yet.

Justin Timberlake has sold his song catalogue to Hipgnosis Song Management, in a deal that gives the company all the rights to the artist’s previously released music.

Hipgnosis Song Management have bought 100 per cent of Timberlake’s rights, including to tracks like ‘SexyBack’, ‘Rock Your Body’, and ‘Can’t Stop The Feeling’.

The deal pertains to Timberlake’s publishing rights but not his recording rights, which means songs that he either wrote or co-wrote.

As he wasn’t a songwriter on some of NSYNC’s best-known hits such as ‘Bye Bye Bye’ and ‘It’s Gonna Be Me’, these are not included in the sale but the majority of his solo work will be included.

The financial details of the sale have not been disclosed.
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Timberlake is the latest artist to get involved in the growing music acquisition market, following fellow pop acts like Bruno Mars, who sold a portion of his catalogue last year to Warner Chappell.