NEWSFLASH! NEWSFLASH! Beenie Man is heading to the altar!! After months of rumor and speculation about the relationship between Beenie Man and Bounty’s ex, D' Angel, the two have finally confessed that their relationship is heading to the altar. D'Angel, confirmed that she and Beenie Man had actually been engaged since January of this year, and that a wedding date had already been set. D'Angel says, "I am looking forward to my wedding date. The date is already set and it will be a private wedding with family and close friends." She says she is deeply in love with Beenie Man. D'Angel was once the girlfriend of ace deejay Bounty Killer. Beenie Man and Bounty Killer have been two of dancehall's biggest rivals. D'Angel says she is "taking life one day at a time," as she seeks to juggle her new love, life and budding career. Is it really true love or getting back at his rival? Enquiring minds want to know. Hm hmm…

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TROUBLE in the Bob Marley camp! Aston "Family Man" Barrett - known both for his prowess as reggae bass player and for fathering 52 children – has appeared in the High Court to claim around £60 million of the late Bob Marley's estate. Barrett, one of Marley's backing band The Wailers, sat at the back of the court as his barrister told how he and his fellow musicians had been left "desperately short of money" since the singer died from cancer in 1981. In court, the soberly with his dreadlocks in a pony tail, is claiming he is owed royalties from a contract signed with Island Records in 1974, together with earnings from songs he had co-written with Marley. He is suing Universal/Island Records which he claims has failed to honor any of the agreements he understood had been made on a partnership basis with the singer. Stephen Bate, representing him, said that Aston and his drummer brother Carlton were "largely responsible" for providing Bob Marley with a unique sound that brought Jamaican reggae music to an international audience, selling millions of records, and since at the time Marley was not well known outside the Caribbean he wanted him to record an album with him because he too wanted international success.

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Bits & Pieces:
 
BEENIE MAN, Tanto Metro and Devonte are confirmed for Irie Jam’s Celebrity Soccer Match which takes place at the Roy Wilkins Park on May 29 in New York.

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APPLETON Treasure Island Weekend takes place over the Independence weekend from August 4-7 in Negril. This year there will be ten parties over the four-day period. The fun will include parties at Risky Business, Tamboo, Margaritaville, Rick’s Café and the Jungle Nightclub.

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GRAMMY Award winner and double platinum recording artist Shaggy will be among the top acts performing at the 10th Annual St. Kitts Music Festival taking place on the island from Thursday, June 29 to Sunday, July 2.

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 BARBADOS-born singer Rihanna is releasing her second album A Girl like Me on April 25. The first single is SOS (Rescue Me) which contains a sample from a 1981 hit from British duo Soft Cell called Tainted Love. Rihanna’s jost recent album Music of the Sun sold over 410,000 copies in the U.S. It contained the hits singles “Pon de Replay” and “If It’s Loving That You Want.”

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 BOUNTY Killer teams up with new singer Marlon Binns on the track “Turn Me On.” The video is hot, so check it out!

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IN ITS travels around the United States, the International Reggae and World Music Awards has been to many cities apart from Chicago, where it started 25 years ago. Among them are Miami, Atlanta and Chicago, but on May 6, on its fourth visit to New York, the IRWMA will be at a special venue for the first time, the famous Apollo Theatre on

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Oleg Cassini, who designed the dresses that helped make Jacqueline Kennedy the jost glamorous first lady in history, died Friday. He was 92. Cassini died on Long Island, said Senada Ivackovic, marketing director for Oleg Cassini Inc. The cause of death was not immediately known.

That’s all for now, walk good til nex time