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Are We Only Building Half a Mind?
The Case for Creative Education in Jamaica The best singer I know is the girl who sat beside me in 7th grade. She also has the most crippling shyness I’ve ever seen. And because of that, her remarkable voice never…
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The Graveyard of Art, Undone
There’s a graveyard filled with the corpses of art left unfinished—half-done manuscripts, half-painted canvases, hardened pottery clay, songs unsung, musical scores that never found their orchestras. This graveyard isn’t hard to find; it’s located somewhere on the Street of Doubt,…
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Soul Remedy Project – Natural High
The production house that has brought us so many one drop hits. From Jessie Royal, Kabaka Pyramid, Simone Fruittree Dewar, Chronixx just to name a few. This new project is as soothing to the ear for all Reggae Lovers. Natural…
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IP & Entertainment To The Rescue
Jamaica has just experienced one of the worst hurricanes in the history of the island. We have heard comments from so many parts of the world and from media houses from Jamaica to Japan.We have seen many individuals scream at…
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Five Crowns in Seventy- Four Years: The Untold Story of Black Women in Miss Universe (1952–2025)
When the Miss Universe pageant first began in 1952, it presented itself as a celebration of global womanhood, a glamorous stage where beauty, intelligence, and international representation merged into one sparkling crown. It quickly grew into one of the most…
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Why the Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 Fall of Gabrielle Henry Deserves Far More Attention
In the swirl of glitz, glamour, and global attention that surrounds a pageant like Miss Universe, some moments shine and some moments shock. The 2025 edition has been rife with drama and controversy. One of the most alarming, yet surprisingly…
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When Crowns Are Met with Contempt
In November 2025, what was meant to be a moment of glamour, celebration, and global unity at the Miss Universe 2025 pageant in Bangkok instead became a flashpoint for controversy one that exposed deep structural problems in beauty-pageant culture, illuminated…
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We Define Production
Welcome to Urban Vine and some of our daily dialogues as Jamicans who are lovers of culture and music. Today we sparked a convo about productions and great producers that have graced our radio waves and sound systems.First of all.…
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