Puff Daddy Announces First-Ever Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour (@iamdiddy)

BadBoy-flex-hiphopDue to overwhelming fan demand, after quickly selling out Brooklyn’s Barclays Center for the May 20th and May 21st Bad Boy reunion concert, Puff Daddy has officially announced the first-ever Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour.

Kicking off August 25th in Columbus, Ohio Puff Daddy and the Family will take the stage for 25 dates, performing a plethora of hits that has welded Bad Boy’s place as the driving force behind the culture of hip-hop and R&B music. Setting the bar for the best of music experiences, Puff Daddy will bring together Lil Kim, Mase, Faith Evans, Mario Winans, 112, Total, Carl Thomas, LOX and French Montana for a must see moment in music history.

With a combined 38 platinum and multi-platinum selling records and over 400 million units sold worldwide, the Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour will give fans the opportunity to see every artist bring their signature styles together for the first time ever.

Puff Daddy and the Family will also kick off the Today show’s Summer Concert Series in NYC, this Friday, May 20th, to give fans a sneak peek of what they can expect from this upcoming tour. Tickets for the tour will be available to the general public at Live Nation as well as Ticket Master that same day.

Source: Revolt TV

R&B STALWART REGINA BELLE ADDED TO ‘GROOVIN IN THE PARK’ LINEUP (@IAmReginaBelle)

00-Regina BelleGrammy Award winning R&B legend Regina Belle has been added to the powerful lineup for the 2016 ‘Groovin In The Park’ concert which unfolds at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens, NY on Sunday, June 26th. The news was recently announced on Groovin Radio, WVIP, 93.5 FM in New York City.

Born in New Jersey, Regina worked as an opening act for the Manhattans in her early career. She recorded a duet with the group titled, ‘Where Did We Go Wrong,’ that was produced by Bobby Womack in 1986. Her single ‘Please Be Mine’ peaked at number two on the R & B charts. She followed up with ‘So Many Tears,’ which also blazed up the R&B Top 20 chart.

She enjoyed her biggest success with ‘A Whole New World,’ a Grammy award winning duet with Peabo Bryson for Disney’s 1992 animated feature film Aladdin. She earned further acclaim with ‘Make It Like It Was,’ ‘After The Love Has Lost Its Shine,’ ‘All I Want Is Forever’, ‘If I Could’ and ‘Baby Come To Me.’

The four-time Grammy Award and Academy Award winning vocalist has previously performed in Jamaica and will grace the Groovin stage for the very first time this year.

Regina Belle will be joined on stage at ‘Groovin In The Park’ by Grammy Award winners Brian McKnight and Peabo Bryson, reggae luminaries Beres Hammond and Toots Hibbert, NBC’s Voice season 5 winner Tessanne Chin and popular reggae crooner Duane Stephenson.

Kappo Shoots Video For Sensimillia In Westmorland, Jamaica (@kappomuzic)

00-Kappo video shootReggae recording artist, Kappo, spent the last two weeks in Westmorland, Jamaica, shooting the official video for his much talked about track, ‘sensimillia.’ The video was directed by Richard Brown and his production team and the entire shoot took a total of four days.

They started out on day one at a place called Goodhope, overlooking Negril and the Caribbean Sea. On day two, they began shooting in Whitehall and finished up in downtown, Savanna-la-Mar. To show consistency with the words of the song, they visited several farms in Darleston on day three and closed off the shoot doing a club scene just outside Little London on day four.

If you have not heard ‘sensimillia” as yet, listen to it here:

New Reggae Release: Bushman – Weed Greed

bushmanReggae artist, Bushman, released his latest single “Weed Greed” on April 20th. Born Dwight Duncan in Prospect Beach, St. Thomas, Jamaica, he was raised as a Rastafarian. As a teen under the names of Junior Melody or Junior Buckley, Bushman became a selector for the Black Star Line sound system. A key part of the 90’s roots reggae resurgence in Jamaica, Bushman has toured over 20 countries, performing to thousands of adoring fans.

“Bushman’s lyrics transcend the elevated effects of smoking by emphasizing the plant’s numerous medicinal and industrial uses.” – Billboard

Bushman’s songs are intentionally part of the soundtrack to the pro-legalization movement, which was highlighted most recently when he headlined the 2015 Cannabis Cup in Jamaica.

Purchase “Weed Greed” here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/weed-greed-single/id1101955987

New Music Video: Andi Ites – Jah Leads The Way (@ANDIITES)

Andi-Ites_104Watch the brand new official video from Reggae/Dancehall artist, Andi-Ites, for his single “Jah Leads The Way.” Produced by Sajay Productions, “Jah Leads The Way,” is slated for a month-end release; However, a music video for the track was publicized on April 25.

New Reggae Release: Pressure Busspipe – Fight (@Busspipe)

00-pressure busspipeGaining international recognition with a number of top charting tracks, reggae recording artist Pressure Busspipe has remained steadfast delivering quality, conscious music. His latest single “FIGHT” on the wet Waxx riddim by Digital Vibez/Prizzmatic Records is gaining great momentum on social media and worldwide airwaves. Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/digitalvibez/5pressure-fight?in=digitalvibez/sets/wetwaxx-riddim-digitalvibezprizzmatic

New Date Announced for the 2016 Aarhus Reggae Festival

2016  Aarhus Reggae Fest early coverJam Link International, last week, announced that it will change the date of the annual Aarhus Reggae Festival from the 19th and 20th of June, to the 23rd and 24th of September. They have now launched the event page on the social networking site Facebook and have begun their promotion.

Though an official line up has not yet been publicized, the Jam Link International team is promising a bigger and better festival than the previous year. For more information, join the event page via the following link: https://www.facebook.com/events/274121312927019/