Dancehall artist Moses Davis, more popularly known as Beenie Man, has been arrested by the Hunt’s Bay police, resulting from an incident on Saturday will entertainment personality, L A Lewis.
Beenie Man’s manager, 'Blue' said in a telephone interview with the Observer a short while ago, that he was in the process of getting bail for the deejay.
“Yes … it has to do with the LA Lewis incident. Right now we don’t have a lawyer. I am dealing with getting him bailed myself,” Blue said in a hurried conversation.
Last Saturday, after the funeral service for Voicemail member, O’Neil Edwards, LA Lewis reportedly ran into the back of Beenie Man’s spanking Audi Q 7. It is alleged that Beenie Man came out of his vehicle and physically accosted LA Lewis.
The police said they got reports that guns were drawn in the incident and say they will be questioning the Deejay about the reports.
It seems to be a recurring theme: Jamaican artiste barred from entering Caribbean territory. This time the artiste is deejay and dancer Ding Dong, and the Caribbean island is Trinidad.
Ding Dong, who was scheduled to perform at an event in the twin-island republic on Saturday, did not get very far, as on reaching the Piarco International Airport in Port-of-Spain, he was informed that he would not be allowed to enter the country.
It is alleged that the artiste has been placed on a list of Jamaican artistes who have been banned from performing in Trinidad & Tobago. One Chat! source said these artistes, including Ding Dong, have been deemed a threat to Trinidadian society and therefore cannot be allowed into the country.
Last night, Chat! caught up with the artiste, who was still bewildered by the actions of the Trinidadian authorities. “Fi tell you de truth me can’t even explain wha’ go down a Trinidad... mi can’t tell you,” was all Ding Dong could say.
Reggae singer Gyptian was last night involved in a motorcycle accident along Molynes Road in St Andrew.
Gyptian suffered minor injuries in the accident, which involved a pedestrian.
According to the entertainer, whose real name is Windel Edwards, at approximately 7:00 pm, he was riding alongside singer Nitty Kutchie when the incident occurred. Gyptian explained that upon reaching the vicinity of the Olympia Crown Hotel, he spotted a man standing on the sidewalk. However, as he rode nearer, the pedestrian, he said, walked into the path of the motorcycle and was hit.
Gyptian said in an attempt to save both his life and that of the pedestrian, he jumped off the moving bike and his body hit the pavement. The singer, who was not wearing his protective helmet, said he subsequently lost consciousness.
“When I opened my eyes I was in this hospital,” he said.
Gyptian, whose career has taken on new life with the hit single Hold You, said he was deeply concerned about the health of the injured man and hopes to pay him a visit as soon as he leaves the hospital.
“I have made contact with several persons who know him and was told that he received minor injuries. This is really an unfortunate event,” he said.
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Recording artiste Gyptian, born Windel Edwards, was involved in a motorbike accident along Molynes Road in St Andrew yesterday, in which he sustained minor head and shoulder injuries.
The accident occurred in the vicinity of the Olympia Crown hotel at around 6 p.m.
When THE STAR arrived at the Andrews Memorial Hospital where Gyptian was being treated in the Accident and Emergency Department, he was in high spirits as he related the unfortunate ordeal.
"Mi an Nitty Kutchie did a ride out from Flava Squad studio, 'cause mi did waa ketch a vibes an when mi reach Molynes Road a man just walk out inna di road," the reggae artiste said. "As mi swing di bike outta him way, him run inna di same direction, an wi just collide ... Mi couldn't avoid it."
The pedestrian who was involved in the accident has not yet been identified, but is said to have also suffered minor bruises and is being treated at the Medical Associates Hospital in Half-Way Tree.
"Mi nuh know who him is, mi neva see him before," Gyptian said.
Nitty Kutchie did not suffer any injury as he was on a separate motorbike.
According to Ivor Ruddock, Gyptian's manager,who was present at the hospital, an MRI scan was done and the doctors have confirmed that there are no abnormalities with the Hold Yuh star's brain, "So they are going to release him," he said, "but the results for the X-ray for his left arm will not be available until tomorrow (today)."
Ruddock further stated that they have not yet made an official police report, but the father of the man involved, who is believed to be the owner of the Olympia Crown hotel, has already made an official report to the Half-Way Tree Police Station.
The motorbike is said to be badly damaged.
Gyptian, who is looking forward to the release of his album, entitled Hold Yuh, set for next month (July 20), wants to let his fans know that he is okay, saying: "Mi deh yah same way!"
Among the well-wishers at Gyptian's bedside were friends, family members, and Christy Barber, vice-president of VP Records.
