"Super Heavy" New Band with Jr Gong, Mick Jagger & Joss Stone

Triple Grammy award winning artiste Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley is now a member of the newly formed band Super Heavy.

The other members of the band include Mick Jagger, who is best known as the lead vocalist of rock band, The Rolling Stones, 'The Soul Sessions' singer Joss Stone, Dave Stewart of Eurythmics and Indian musician and producer AR Rahman.

According to an article on cnn.com the group got its start two years ago when Stewart contacted Jagger from his home in Jamaica and the two did some brainstorming and settled on the above-mentioned members.

The band has since then been recording together over the past 18 months after meeting at a Los Angeles studio. At that time they were just 'jamming and making a noise' but from that encounter the band's name was also born.

Jagger said it was from Marley's vocals of 'heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy, super heavy' that the name came forth.

He is also confident that The Rolling Stones fans will embrace the group.

There are currently no plans for Super Heavy to go on the road for performances as they are still experimenting with their sound.

The group's debut LP album is being planned for around September.

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BOB MARLEY EXHIBIT Opens @ Grammy Museum

On May 11, 2011, the GRAMMY Museum (history museum located in Los Angeles, California, that’s devoted to the Grammy Awards, and also features many historical music artifacts) debuted a new exhibit, Bob Marley, Messenger.

Housed on the Museum’s second floor, the exhibit focuses on Bob Marley as a private, spiritual man, as a powerful performer who used his lyrics to give a voice to the disenfranchised, and as a legend who has inspired legions of fans in the 30 years since his death. Bringing together more than 40 diverse artifacts, rare photographs and more, the exhibit features items from the private collection of the Marley family.

Items on display include:

Bob Marley’s famous Les Paul guitar

An interactive drumming station that allows visitors to learn how to play a reggae beat

More than 50 rare photographs of Marley both on and off stage

Ticket stubs, concert posters, tour books and fan memorabilia

The Exhibit runs until October 2, 2011 at:

The GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE

800 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite A245

Los Angeles, CA 90015

Risto Benji Shot To Death - Singer Of "Passport Buddy"

Risto Benji

According to the Old Harbor Police, the thirty six year old entertainer of Unity in St. Andrew was shot by a gunman in an area known as “Vietnam” in Church Pen at about 10:00 p.m Monday night.Dancehall deejay Risto Benji (real name – Michael Benjamin), who rose to some prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a young entertainer with hits such as “Passport Buddy” (featured below) and “Gun John Crow”, was reportedly shot dead last night by a gunman in an area known as “Vietnam” in Church Pen, St. Catherine.

It’s reported that at approximately 10 p.m. last night, Benji was sitting outside a house, when a man walked up and shot him multiple times. Benji later died at hospital. The police have not yet established a motive for his murder.

Risto Benji was taken to the Spanish Town hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The police are investigating.

SOCIAL NETWORKING Rape Case - 16yr old blackmailed into repeated sex acts.

The Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court will on June 7 inquire into the circumstances which led to the man being slapped with three counts of rape and two counts of being in possession of child pornography.
Yesterday, the accused had his bail extended when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Judith Pusey.
According to court documents, the accused and the teenager met in January 2010 on the social networking site "Tagged". After developing a friendship the two met in March and reportedly had consensual sexual intercourse at the accused's house in St Catherine.

Sometime after, it is being alleged, the accused contacted the complainant and asked her to meet him, but when she refused, he threatened to post the naked photos of her, which she had previously shared with her ex-boyfriend while they were together.

The complainant reportedly met with the accused on three separate occasions during which time she was allegedly forced into having sex with him against her will.  The teenager eventually told her mother about what was happening and they both went to report the matter to Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) on December 4. While in the process of reporting the matter, the accused allegedly contacted the teenage girl and demanded to see her.

Arrangements were made for them to meet on January 3 at a popular fast food restaurant in downtown Kingston. The accused was arrested after being spotted in a motorcar at the location.