'ELE' DENIES FIGHTING DIDDY
Popular deejay Elephant Man is denying reports that he and hip-hop impresario and CEO of Bad Boy Records, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, were involved in a physical altercation over unpaid money.
An article posted Friday on United States based entertainment website, www.mediatakeout.com, claims that the deejay barged into Combs' office after a recent meeting at the Bad Boy Headquarters in New York and assaulted him both verbally and physically. The website which has been around since last year and claims to have more than 250,000 readers daily, stated that Elephant Man and some of his friends "paid a surprise visit to Diddy's offices a few days ago. And that's when all hell broke loose."
Busted lip
It further explained that a source at the record company said that, "[The receptionist] tried to stop them from going in to see (Diddy), but they just barged into his office. I wasn't in there to see what happened but there was a lot of commotion, and stuff was breaking ... (Then security) rushed in and pushed Elephant Man and his people out of the office." The article also claimed "Diddy was shaken up by the incident. His sunglasses looked like they were bent up and I heard that his lip was busted."
When THE STAR contacted the deejay he was obviously taken aback by the reports and asked repeatedly, "Mi? mi?!" He, however, quickly and emphatically distanced himself from the reports. "STAR, please tell dem to leave my life alone. Puffy don't owe me no money. I'm okay with Puffy and Puffy okay with me. I never have no confrontation with Puffy over money yet," he said.
He continued, "Dat mus be Delephant, not Elephant. Is not me. First of all, my business and Puffy business was taken care of by lawyers. Puffy tek care a him business good, with a lot of zeros. Everytime I go over to Bad Boy is about mi album, di plans whe dem have fi mi or Puffy mek mi listen to some tings."
The 'Energy God' said plans for the release of his first album under the Bad Boy label were going well, and added that the album, titled, Get Physical, would be released on November 6. "We did put it [the release] off because we did a wait pan Chris Brown. Wi do a song wid him and a it a go be di second single. So, everyting good to go, everyting is great. Mi nuh kno nothing bout dat [the rumours]. Is the wrong animal, not elephant. Everyting nice. There is no bad vibes or nothin like dat. P. Diddy don't owe me nothing fi mi an im inna argument like dat."
Attempts to contact P. Diddy and his publicist were futile, but one of the artiste's representative also told THE STAR that he was not aware of a physical altercation between the two.
By: Jonique Gaynor, Staff Reporter
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Garnett SilkReggae music has been blessed with many a talented artist who have passed away prematurely and one such person is Garnett Silk.Born Garnett Daymon Smith in 1970 in Manchester, Jamaica, Garnett began his musical career at the tender age of 12 as a DJ using the stage name of Little Bimbo. He attended Hatfield All Age school, then spent his earlier years on sound systems such as Destiny Outernational, Stereophonic, Soul Remembrance and Pepper's Disco before recording his first song called 'Problem Everywhere' for Delroy 'Callo' Collins in 1987. From the start Garnett was a conscious DJ and his lyrics reflected this. They were thought provoking and had no leaning towards the flavours of the time, slackness and gun lyrics. Sadly this meant his first single did not do very well in the climate of the times and disillusioned he instead chose to concentrate on writing songs. Garnett re-emerged as a singer coining the name Silk to reflect his silky smooth vocals.Garnett then moved to Kingston in 1988 and recorded 'No Disrespect' for Sugar Minott's label Youth Promotion. He went on to record for some of the Reggae industry's biggest producers including King Tubby, King Jammys and Penthouse Records. Garnett then signed a 2-year contract with Steely & Clevie and recorded some material for them. The single 'We Could Be Together', a duet with Chevelle Franklin, was released and he also did an album with them called 'Love Is The Answer' that was released in 1994.In 1992, Garnett recorded for Bobby Digital with the result being 'It's Growing' released at the end of the same year. Comparisons were made between him and the legendary Bob Marley as like Bob, Garnett was a singer/songwriter.1993 saw Garnett being signed to Atlantic Records and a lot of his previous recordings were reissued or released for the first time. Some of the tracks had been done for Danny Browne, Black Scorpio, Star Trail and Sly & Robbie to name a few.Garnett took a 6-month break in 1994, but this did not affect his popularity and in fact, he gained an international following and performed at a number of shows such as Sunsplash and Sumfest.According to some Jamaican media, it was said to have been an accident whereby a bullet hit a gas tank in their home resulting in an explosion that killed both Garnett and his mother and injured his two brothers. Garnett had apparently borrowed 2 guns from his lawyer following a burglary at his home and as someone showed him how to use the gun, it went off resulting in the fatal accident. Other accounts say that he died in the a fire trying to rescue his mother, but the fact remains that he died in December 1994 in Mandeville, Jamaica and the bodies of him and his mother were found entwined in each others arms. The fire also destroyed his home.During his brief time as s singer, Garnett injected some jewels into the industry including such tracks as 'Fill Us Up With Your Mercy' recorded for King Jammys. It was released on January 13th 1993 and got to number 3 in the New York Top 20 Reggae charts staying in the charts for 12 weeks. 'Oh Me Oh My' was released a couple of weeks after on January 27th 1993 and peaked at number 11 on the charts. February saw Garnett releasing 'Hello Africa' which was produced by Richard Bell for Star Trail and this climbed to number 5 in New York, but was a number 1 hit on the UK Reggae charts. 'Zion In A Vision' was his 4th entry for that year and peaked at number 4. Jack Scorpio produced that single and Garnett had a few more tunes to release for that year including 'Singing For The People', 'Love Me Or Leave Me', 'Jah Jah Is The Ruler' and 'Kingly Character' became his 8th entry for the year produced by Bobby Digital. This track spent 4 weeks in the number 2 position on the charts and stayed on the charts for 20 weeks making it his biggest chart tune so far. 'Splashing Dashing' was his last tune for 1993 released on December 15th again produced by Bobby Digital and this reached the number 2 position. Sadly the number 1 spot eluded Garnett while he was alive.In 1994, Garnett released a number of singles including; 'Harder', 'Complaint' and a duet with Richie Stephens called 'Fight Back'. The latter song was released on October 26th 1994 and spent a number of weeks in the charts peaking at number 1 on February 8th 1995 after the fire tragedy had claimed Garnett's life.Even after his death, Garnett's songs were entering the charts and climbing including 'Watch Over Our Shoulders' getting to number 2, 'Just A Man' got to number 7 and so did 'Cry Of My People'. 'Silk Chant', another Bobby Digital production on the Kette Drum rhythm was released on December 6th 1995 and got into the charts at number 2.1997 was the next time Garnett had a chart hit and it was with the track 'Love' produced by Richard Bell. This was to be his last chart hit and it peaked at number 6 staying on the charts for 12 weeks.Garnett had numerous tracks that did not get into the New York Reggae charts including his tribute to his mother 'Mama', 'Bless Me', 'It's Growing', 'Kingly Character' and 'Place In My Heart' to name a few.To say his light shines on to this day would be an understatement. Garnett Silk showcased his outstanding vocal talent on superb rhythms created by a plethora of well-known producers. He spoke truth and sang from the heart and that explains why so many of his songs are still in heavy rotation today. He touches the hearts of anyone who hears his songs and I know many people will relate as I know his kingly character watches over my shoulder, blessing me and even though he was just a man, he has a permanent place in my heart.Sources:http://www.sonicnet.com/artists/ai_bio.jhtml?a i_id=507337 http://www.iriebeat.com/Theme/gsilk.html