Loved in Brooklyn;Barred from Trinidad: 2 Sides to Bounty

After delivery a powerful musical punch at this year's Brooklyn Music Festival in June, the '5 Star General' Bounty Killer returns to Brooklyn for round two this Labor Day. In celebration of the West Indian-American Carnival weekend, the General and his Alliance lieutenants will storm Brooklyn's Caribbean City nightclub on Monday, September 7th. After dominating Sumfest and Champions in Action, two of Jamaica's biggest summer stagings, the Warlord's return to Brooklyn is highly anticipated.

Billed as the 'After Parkway Jam,' the event--taking place immediately after the day-long carnival parade on Eastern Parkway--is a fitting close to the West Indian-American Day Carnival celebrations and the City's summer concert season.

"What better way to end the summer than to have 'the General' shut down Brooklyn," promoter and popular New York sound system selector Steelie Bashment (known as Brooklyn's 'Big Clock') questions. "Brooklyn was the first place to really embrace Killer. Back in early '90s, his first hit single 'Copper Shot' took off on the streets of BK first. Brooklyn people have continuously shown Bounty Killer mad love over the past 17 years. He's been a roll this summer, and it is only fitting that he comes back to Brooklyn to lock it down."



Authorities barred Jamaican rapper Bounty Killer from entering Trinidad for a weekend show where he was scheduled to appear, a concert promoter said Sunday.
Verne Extavour, spokesman for Jacho Entertainment, told The Associated Press that Bounty Killer was turned away upon arrival and flew back to Jamaica.
No explanation was given, Extavour said. Immigration officials did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
The last time Bounty Killer was in Trinidad, he was arrested on stage and charged with using obscene language. Authorities in Jamaica arrested him for the same reason during last year's Reggae Sumfest.
Best known for the album "My Xperience" and for collaborating with No Doubt on the song "Hey Baby," Bounty Killer was one of a number of musicians scheduled to perform at Saturday's concert.
Among them was Vybz Kartel, with whom Bounty Killer has a long-standing rivalry that has led to violence between their fans.
Promoters had said the concert would represent a truce.