One of the co-defendants in the 'drug trafficking conspiracy' trial involving dancehall/reggae legend Buju Banton as reportedly agreed to co-operate with the US Government as part of an agreed deal in his drug case.

According to deal signed today, Ian Thomas will reportedly plead guilty to possession with intent to distribute over 5 kilos or more of cocaine. It is looking more likely that Thomas will testify against Buju.

James Mack, a co-defendant in the trial has reportedly signed an affidavit on behalf of Buju, stating, among other things that he never met Buju Banton prior to his arrest. He also stated on the affidavit that Buju had no knowledge of the money or gun that was in Mack's car.

Sources have confirmed that the trial is due to commence on September 20th 2010.

Dutty Babylon are upto some tricks, but hopefully Buju will clear his name as this trial isn't over yet! Riddimtube seh FREE DI GARGAMEL!

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After setting this summer 2010 on fire with riddims like 'Billboard' and 'Style Dem', Austin "Payday" Green, founder of Payday Music Group is out this week promoting his latest juggling entitled: "State of Urgency".

The 'State of Urgency' Riddim is a special production which was inspired by the events which took place in Tivoli Gardens earlier this year. According to Payday; the riddim is a look into some of the issues currently affecting Jamaica. Austin Green told us: "This State of Urgency Riddim is more of a in-depth social commentary type of project. I wanted to send a message by giving the riddim a strong title that would make people listen and see the direction we Jamaicans are going, cause' the time for positive change in this country is now!"

State of Urgency was officially released last week and is now available for purchase on a number of online music stores including: iTunes, Amazon, and the Payday Music Website. The riddim features the likes of Bounty Killer, Mavado, Wayne Marshall, Iyara, Bling Dawg and many other heavyweight dancehall artists.

Keep an eye out for Payday releases featuring the hottest artists, hottest production and glossiest music videos.

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Reports are coming in that Bounty Killer aka 'The General' and dancehall legend Junior Reid were in a heated arguement that almost led to a full on brawl. The incident happened at Hot Mondays Dance earlier this week. Rumours are already circulating about what took place.

Rumours aside you can hear from 'Wada Blood' (Junior Reid's Son) who has made some comments on twitter about the altercation and Bounty. Below are some Twitter quotes from Wadablood's Twitter and Bounty Killer responds back below.

Wadablood Twitter (September 7th):

"KILLA AND REID NO WAR DEM JUST DID A ARGUE""

"REID HAV A CLUB WEH BOOM BOOM AND FOOTA A PLAY EVERY WEDNESDAY N TUESDAY SO KILLA VEX N WANT STOP DAT"

"REID GO BOUNTY SUNDAY A MONTH AGO N DEM TELL HIM A DI GATE DEM CNT LET HIM IN DEM HAFFY TXT KILLA FIRST SOFTY WAS AT THE GATE"

"REID ASK DEM HOW WEN KILLA COME A MY CLUB WID 100 MAN MI LET HIM IN NO 1 NO HAFFY TXT ME REID WAIT BOUT 5 MIN DEN GET MAD AND PUSH WEH THE SECURITY"

"KILLA VEX FI DAT SO HIM AND SORTY DEM SEE MI LITTLE BREDDA DEM A WEDDY WEDDY 2 WEEKS AGO AT THE GATE WEN DEM A COME TRU AND SOFTY PUSH DEM AND SAY MOVE BATTYMAN MOVE"

"SO REID SI SOFTY THIS MORNING AND STEP TO HIM BOUT IT >HIM A HYPE AND THE REST IS HISTORY DEN KILLA DEM HEAR AND COME OUT SIDE AND BAGA CUSS"

"MI NO KNO WHO GIIVE IT TO SOFTY BUT HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL THE POLICE LEAVE WITH REID AND THEN LET HIM GO"

"KILLA NO LIKE NO ARTIST WEH CAN WOLL DEM OWN AND NAH BEGG HIM OR RUN BACK A HIM A CALL HIM GENERAL HIM MUST B THE DON FI DANCEHALL"

"BUT HIM NEED FI BILL CUZ NOR HIM BOYS DEM CNT BAD WE UP NO TIME WE NO GROW SO"

Bounty Killer’s Twitter (September 8th)

"wadda is a little punk like him father he wasn’t even there so is he going to explain shit but me nuh twitter gangster!"



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Bounty Killer (real name 'Rodney Basil Price') has been the latest Dancehall artist to have tax officials seize his property. The grammy nominated Jamaican Dancehall artist allegedly owes upto $12 million in unpaid tax to the government. Reports confirmed that officials confiscated Bounty Killer's Range Rover and Land Cruiser late last month as a means of recovering taxes owed by the artist.

Bounty is the latest in a string of dancehall artists who have had some sort of run-in with the authorities over tax evasion. Elephant Man recently had his Mercedes Benz seized while Beenie Man was dragged through the courts.

Bounty Killer is an award winning dancehall deejay who has been on the scene since the early 90's. He is the founding member of Dancehall collective 'The Alliance' which includes artists like Mavado and Chase Cross.

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Reports are confirming that Shawn-Storm of dancehall collective 'Portmore Empire' had his home raided by Police on Tuesday. Riddimtube has learnt that the raid conducted by the Mobile Reserves was part of a 'routine check'. Shawn-Storm is saying that he complied with the Police's requests but was still threatened by one of the officers. He has apparently filed a report at the 'Hundred Man Police Station' and has informed his lawyer of the incident. The Police were unable to confirm whether the threat or a complaint were formally filed by the popular dancehall artist.




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