10 questions with Tarrus Riley
The STAR spoke to Taurus Riley, artiste of the month for August and asked him 10 questions. This was his response. D.S.: Beauty pageants only serve to propel idealistic perceptions of beauty. What do you think?

Rising StarS Suss
Yes people, mi sorry mi neva get di chance fi gwaan bad last week after unnu vote off good, good Michaela. But see it deh, good over evil all di way, di boy finally gone home. Farewell, young boy. Anyway, movin on ... suss time!

D' Soca Zone flies high
Album: The 7th Flag Up: D' Soca Zone. Rating :> (4 stars if its out 5) or (3 out of 4). The steel pans are still beating as 'D' Soca Zone brings with its 7th Flag Up. A two disc mixed artiste CD. D' Soca Zone is pulsating, smooth carnival tunes...

Energy Beat under 'Lock Down'
Energybeat has now released the Lock Down rhythm on the Star of Gonder label and features the following singles: Too Much Violence by Lutan Fyah, Right Now by Sizzla and Time Like This by Bascom X.

A 'solid' Wayne
Which high school did you attend? Camperdown High, How did you get started in the business? Well, I've always been influenced by the music, just really listening to it gave me influence. What has been your greatest challenge in the business yet?

A good word of advice
In one of his songs, the title of which I cannot remember, Beres Hammond advises. "don't listen to the crowd, it is their duty to be loud". This is true not only in private affairs, where all and sundry advises one half of a couple...

These Are The Days
Artiste: Busy Signal, Yea gotta stay conscious - huh - aaah, Gotta get ma bread gotta keep ma head up, These are the days, When the gal dem in dem teens have the aids, Nuff yute nuh have degrees but dem hav the grades, Picture dis an' try fi si it...

Master P: spinning for a change
Clean hip-hop lyrics may be the Cinderella of the hip-hop world. Plant a seed of truth in the most urban of areas and you may have a change. Fighting for this change is none other than Master P, rapper, entrepreneur, businessman, marketer..

Say hello to my remade little friend
Scarface is the quintessential gangster movie, with sharp suits, short tempers, deals and double-crosses, loads of cocaine and bloody action which is actually relevant to the plot and does not go overboard into 'Rambodom'.