Jamaica Gleaner

• 5 Questions With Vybz Kartel

  Having released his anticipated God and Time album earlier this month, dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel invited friends, industry players, entertainers, and members of the media to a private listening event to celebrate its release and debut at No. 6 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart. Describing his new body of work as “mature, but still raunchy”, the ‘Worl’ Boss’ shared that it balanced growth with dancehall bravado as he enters a new era in his music career.

• Fyahman’s Pull Up playlist

  Ahead of Guinness Pull Up's return on Saturday, Fabian ‘Fyahman’ Morris has shared a quick playlist reflecting the dancehall energy patrons can expect. 
  
  “For me, selecting these songs is not just about what is new,” Fyahman explained. “A song can be new and still not move a party. When I am playing, I am thinking about the room, the timing, the type of crowd in front of me, and what kind of energy the song brings when it drops.”

• Movie Review |  In 'Toy Story 5', it's digital apocalypse now for toys

  AP:
  
  The Toy Story movies, like Star Wars and those games Michael Jordan played with the Washington Wizards, pose a problem of canon.
  
  The first three movies are a near-perfect trilogy: a series that spanned a childhood, from bedroom playtime to college, from enchantment to loss. The scope didn't seem epic. The movies rarely strayed much further than the pizza joint down the road or Al’s Toy Barn. Yet, those first three films, so attuned to the pangs of both childhood and parenthood, seemed to stretch to infinity and beyond.

• Munga eyes new music, international performances after legal ordeal ends

  With a nine-year legal battle now behind him, dancehall artiste Munga Honorable is focused on new music, international performances, and reconnecting with audiences around the world.

• Rapper Mystikal sentenced to 20 years in Louisiana rape case

  NEW ORLEANS (AP):
  
  The rapper Mystikal, who received multiple Grammy nominations in the early 2000s, will serve 20 years in prison for raping a woman at his Louisiana home in 2022.