Author: Opastaff
Those we lost in 2015 REST IN PEACE
The Haitian singer known as Beken, whose real name is Jean Prosper Dauphin, was rediscovered in 2010 amidst the rubble of earthquake-stricken Port-au-Prince. Photographer Simon Romero first heard a snippet of one of Beken’s songs through a car window and, despite not understanding the Kreyol lyrics, felt the artful melancholy perfectly captured the post-catastrophe mood. Romero eventually found Beken living in a camp for displaced persons in Pétionville’s Place Saint Pierre, enduring grief, shock, and severe deprivation like much of the city’s population. Despite these hardships, Beken’s spirit and voice remained strong. When producers Chris Donohue and David Macias of…
Dear Haitian Movie Industry, I just started watching Haitian movies and over the course of 1 year and about 54 movies in; I’ve really tried to find a movie that I can actually say was worthy of me watching and to my dismay I haven’t found the hit. A couple came close, but no bite. So I’ve come up with a list of suggestions that just might improve your productions. Please get qualified actors and actresses for your roles. I’m sure it’s cheaper to get your friends to play the roles, but having someone sound like they’re reading lines is…
From Brooklyn New York comes the artist Lil Haiti with his new hit single titled “The Wave” in which a quite popular dance that the song is about is now related with it. Similar to “Hit The Quan” this is “Hit The Wave” you can listen to the track above but below is a video that was put on WorldStar and went viral of two kids doing the dance from Lil Haiti’s new hit, “The Wave” who also features artist Kush Flo and is presented by TomG. Kush Flo is apart of the group The Bros which includes Lil Haiti,…
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The store formerly known as Antilles Mizik! January 3, 2009 by Adjae After 16 years of serving Haitian music lovers in Queens and Long Island, the house that Philippe Lavelanet built has shut its doors a week ago on the 28th of December. According to Lavelanet, the business is not lucrative enough to keep him around and the people in the business are too ungrateful to even encourage business people to stay the course. But here’s the good news: you will still be able to take a trip to Linden Boulevard and buy your CD’s!!! At least that is according…
Last night Klass and CaRiMi performed at Noel and Cecibon’s Christmas Fiesta’s event at Café Iguana in Pembroke Pines, Florida to a sold out crowd. MikaBen was also present with CaRiMi. According to sources; MikaBen has been given the green light to remain in the band for as long as he wants.
REPORTED ON OPA BACK On December 27th 2005: Well-known Haitian actress, Ginoue Mondesir was beaten to death on December 24, 2005. The alleged murderer is said to be her boyfriend, Waldo Jean. Ginoue was beaten to death with a metal object to the head as the couple was coming from the beach. The alleged murder took place after the two got into an argument. He then dumped her body by the side of the road where some people passing by saw the actress laying in her own pool of blood. The National Police were then called unfortunately, Ms. Mondesir did…
23 years old student, Lencie Mirville, was abducted Thursday, December 3, 2015, and was later killed by her abductors despite the $50,000 (US) paid to them in exchange for her release. Police found the body of the young student of Quisqueya University on Tuesday, December 8, 2015, on the road to Morne Karate, Jacmel. Lencie Mirville had to go to Canada on Wednesday, December 9, 2015, to continue her studies. Lencie Mirville’s alleged murderers; Jean Francky Guerrier, Mayson Saint-Jean, Edison Barthélemy and Géraldy B. William are now in police custody after Haiti National Police caught them on December 20 based on a…
Over the weekend social media was buzzing when the CEO of Chic Couture Online released pictures from her new line featuring a beautiful young lady named Reyna Love and our very own Olivier Duret modeling for the line. A few mainstream websites and celebs even reposted the photos such as TheShadeRoom.com, Blacchyna, deptofstyle and a few others. Olivier Duret who stands at 6’2 inches, 185 pounds, with charming good looks; never really gave modeling much thought even though he possess the right attributes. Don’t be surprised if you see more modeling from Olivier because since the photos’ have been circulating, he’s…