Rohan Marley, one of Bob Marley's many children, was maced and put in a headlock by an off-duty cop working at Voyeur on Saturday night -- and Rohan tells TMZ he plans on pressing charges.
Our photog only caught a couple of seconds of what went down (literally, you'll probably have to replay a few times). But a source tells us Marley -- who baby daddied five kids with Lauryn Hill -- mistook someone outside the club as a valet, and that person took offense.
We're told Marley and the guy traded words and eventually fought. Sources say an off-duty cop who works at the club maced all involved - eventually putting Marley in the chokehold.
Marley tells TMZ he was simply defending himself and feels the off-duty cop "went overboard." He says he'll look into pressing charges because he "can't just let this go."
Like the prodigal son, Fantan Mojah says he has returned to Downsound Records.
Fantan, whose real name is Owen Moncrieffe, left the Downsound Records family in 2006 after a public split in which he relieved the company of all his booking duties. But now the artiste says he is ready to rekindle a good relationship with the company.
"A nuh decide fi return, a good sheep neva stray very far from the flock. We set a foundation, so we a go back go set it pon a bigger level. Fantan have a career weh mi need help wid it. Me and Downsound have a chemistry," said the artiste, who recently completed a two-month European tour.
This time around, Fantan says the partnership will be better.
"We have a lot of experience in the business and we know how to approach it now. Mi come back to Downsound with the skill weh mi build up a road," he said, noting that he will be managed and booked by the record company but he also has an outside booking agent.
CEO of Downsound Records, Joseph Bogdanovich, said he believes Fantan is sincere with his decision to return.
"He has a different point of view and actively wants to come back. I think it's more a businesslike and he's certainly learned a lot about the business. I hope he has got to be more responsible and will honour contracts and deliver what he's supposed to. I think maturity is the difference," Bogdanovich told THE STAR.
In the same breath, Bogdanovich also lauded Fantan's work, saying: "I've always liked Fantan. He's very confident and he delivers a superior stage show. He loves to entertain and people love him."
Since the reunion, Fantan has already done a few songs with Downsound Records. One of them is Call My Name.
"I think he has a hit record with this if people accept him and play his record," Bogdanovich said.
Fantan also has another song with Downsound Records called Been Through The Fire. He said he is also working on an album that he hopes to release by early next year.
In addition, Fantan says he is actively promoting Richie Melody, an artiste from his own Macka Tree label.
Reggae singer Gregory Isaacs has died at his London home aged 59 after a lengthy battle with cancer. His family was with him until the end.
Best known for his 1982 hit, 'Night Nurse', Isaacs' smoother style of reggae epitomised the Lovers Rock sub-genre but he'd been recording since entering the Jamaican music scene in his teens. Isaacs' career began in the late 1960s and he later came to prominence in the following decade as a roots singer whose sufferer's songs gave him his first public recognition.
By the second half of the decade, Issacs' reputation as the Cool Ruler was sealed as his move into Lovers Rock overtook his roots material.
Isaacs had been diagnosed with liver cancer a year ago and the illness subsequently spread across the rest of his body.
His wife, Linda, said in a statement, "Gregory was well-loved by everyone, his fans and his family, and he worked really hard to make sure he delivered the music they loved and enjoyed. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends."
A prolific recording artist, it is estimated that Issacs had released over 50 albums since the start of his career and his last album, 'Brand New Me,' was released in 2008.
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.
