Inside Gogglebox star Mica’s incredible Jamaica holiday with son Yash

TOKYO -- A musical revolution in Jamaica has a connection with a bouncy rhythm from a portable electronic keyboard that’s the brainchild of a Japanese woman.The pattern that resonates in the 1985 reggae hit by Wayne Smith, “Under Mi Sleng Teng," came from Casiotone MT-40, which went on sale in 1981, the first product Hiroko Okuda worked on after joining the Tokyo-based company behind G-Shock watches.“It’s really like my first child, and the child turned out so well it’s outright moving,” said Okuda, honored as “the mother of Sleng Teng” among the hard-core reggae aficionados.Sleng Teng is a form of digital Jamaican music that began in the mid-1980s, part of the rich repertoire of the disco-like genre called “dancehall.” No one contests the key role played by artists like Smith and King Jammy, as well as the humble, battery-operated, $150 MT-40.One of the rhythm patterns Okuda created called “rock” on the MT-40 evolved into “Sleng Teng riddim.”As legend goes, Noel Davey, the Grammy-winning keyboard player for the Marley Brothers, got an MT-40 from a friend, who picked it up in California.

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2022 Winter Olympics. The 54-year-old American actor appeared on Thursday's episode of , and revealed that he was rooting for the Jamaicans this year, after starring as a member of the country's 1988 Olympic team in the classic film .«After doing a movie like , you always feel like you're part of the country,» Yoba said, speaking in the Jamaican accent he used in the 1993 film. «I have to root for Jamaica.

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Leigh-Anne Pinnock has been enjoying a sun-soaked family getaway to Jamaica with her fiancé Andre Gray and their baby twins.The Little Mix star, 30, recently jetted off with her adorable family, and has been busy documenting the trip over on Instagram. Leigh-Anne, who has reportedly signed a record deal with Warner Music, and her footballer beau Andre, 30, welcomed baby twins back in 2021, and have now taken them on what appears to be their first holiday abroad. The mum of two has shared a collection of gorgeous snaps, including several shots showing off her incredible figure while soaking up the sun.

Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock has shared an inside look into her holiday in Jamaica with her footballer fiancé Andre Grey, 30, and their twins. The singer and her family have been in the country for two weeks, and Leigh-Anne, also 30, has been sharing a series of snaps of herself while there. The mum-of-two left her 8.2 million followers in awe after posting a photo of her in a tiny yellow bikini just months after giving birth.

2022 Winter Olympics are underway! The opening ceremony was held on Friday, at Beijing's National Stadium, which is also known as the «Bird's Nest,» and signaled the official start of the Games.The Parade of Nations, the part of the ceremony that highlights each competing nation in the Games, featured many standout moments including a shirtless skeleton competitor, a long-awaited moment for Jamaica, and a Ralph Lauren-clad Team USA.While the U.S. counted its second-largest Olympic delegation in history, other countries had just one athlete set to compete on their behalf. It all came to a close with an epic torch lighting that differed from years past.Keep reading for the five biggest moments from the opening ceremony.With Tonga's Pita Taufatofua sitting out the Olympics for the first time since 2014, fans worried that the cross-country skier's absence would mean they'd be deprived of a shirtless, oiled-up athlete during the Parade of Nations.

Lately, Deem Spencer has been feeling more hopeful about the future. In 2017, the rapper from Jamaica, Queens released we think we alone, a heartfelt project put together while mourning his grandfather. He would follow that release with 2019’s Pretty Face, which was made in the middle of a breakup with his then-girlfriend of four years.