Zebra - who was one of the top djs in 1998 - got the best out of the crowd as well as the most forwards. Another decent performance was Tonto Metro and Devonte; however, their show was almost stolen away from them by Mega Banton. He was called up on stage to cut a song with the duo, but he ended up putting on his own show and got big forwards from the audience. Another artist who got some forward during a short performance was Junior Reid, with his song "World News."
This film is the true story of two young men, Wayne (played by Spragga Benz) and Bigs (played by Ky-Mani Marley), who grew up together in the tough and dangerous streets of Kingston. They rob a soda truck and shoot the truck's driver while still in their early teens. The money is used to purchase visa's to go to the United States, where they continue their criminal activities, hustling on the streets of Miami. Wayne gets deported to Jamaica and continues his surge in crime, where he begins to extort money from business people. Bigs gets deported a few years later. After a while, they both head back to the U.S. with some of their cronies and continue stealing, targeting drug dealers. The drug dealers decide to put up a strong resistance to the two.
* Shottas (the Jamaican term for gangsters)
Starring:
Ky-Mani Marley
Spragga Benz
Wyclef Jean
Paul Campbell
Rude Boy
The film follows the story of Julius (Mark Danvers) an aspiring musician and mass murderer. Emigrating to the United States as a mule for a Suge Knightesque fellow, he immediately is frustrated by an employer who demands that he actually work in order to receive remuneration. Faced with so tyrannical a demand, he is torn with the dilemma of returning to his rude ways or sticking it out legit to save money for studio time. The devil on one shoulder snuffs the angel on the other.
The film goes from drug deal to drug deal and shooting to shooting.
Beenie Man's a competent actor and the film has a soundtrack.
This documentary, explores the life of the late Peter Tosh, Reggae artist, Jamaican folk hero, prophet and radical political activist. Based on his personal taped diaries, the Red X tapes, this film reveals the inner thoughts of this volatile musician. His closest friends and associates talk about the many sides of Peter Tosh, explaining his fiery career and dramatic death. Archival interviews with Tosh and rare concert footage fill out this picture of the Rasta visionary.
Starring Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace and Richard "DirtyHarry" Hall, ROCKERS is a Robin Hood style story of oppressed Jamaican musicians getting even with the "mafia types" in the business.
Featuring Burning Spear
Bunny Wailer
Third World
Peter Tosh
Jacob Miller
Gregory Isaacs
Kiddus I
Junior Murvin
Inner Circle
The Heptones
Abyssinians
ROCKERS includes acting roles and appearances by Jacob Miller, Gregory Isaacs, Burning Spear, Kiddus I, Leroy Smart, more
