December 25 is celebrated as Christmas Day, and high rolling dancehall deejay, Mavado, has a special treat for his fans in Jamaica when he performs at the annual Jagra GT Taylor Christmas Extravaganza.

It will mark Mavado’s first performance locally in many months and fans are eager to welcome home the Gully Gad after what they perceive as  a too-long absence. It will be a red carpet style welcome for the deejay, who, despite a lack of physical presence, has remained deeply entrenched in the hearts, minds and on the lips of fans with his popularsongs blasting the airwaves.

“We were very happy to secure Mavado for the show this year,” said promoter, GT Taylor. “We have been watching his progress this year, in particular, and recognize that Mavado is one of the artistes making big strides overseas andthat is definitely good for dancehall,” GT, the Dancehall Master, added.

Mavado will be headlining a strong lineup of artistes on ‘Extravaganza’ and he is as excited  about the event as his fans.“There is no place like home,” says the artiste who has been keeping company overseas with the likes of DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Ace Hood and Busta Rhymes.“What better way to spend Christmas than at Extravaganza with my fans? It willbe the Gully Gad as you have never seen him before,” David Brooks, aka Mavado,promised.

Since having his US visa “un-revoked” and his major signing with Dj Khaled, Mavado has been repping well for the dancehall genre Stateside, pushing pundits tocall 2011 ‘The Year of Mavado’. He has been seen at many of the happeningevents and has done several collaborations with big name overseas acts. Reports are that Survivor, a collabo with Akon, is due out before year end.

However, the deejay promises that 2012 will see him doing even greater things. He isquoted in a press release as saying: “Next year is going to be huge forme. I’ve been in the US putting in a lot of work both in the studio and in thestreets and we’re expecting a big 2012. I’ve taken a conscious decision to stayfar from anything and anybody negative, a just mi music and mi family mi a focus pon.”

The deejay has upcoming performances in the UK, Caribbean and Central America, Zimbabwe and Kenya, prior to making his way back home for Jagra GT TaylorChristmas Extravaganza. Last weekend saw him at We The Best Music boss DJKhaled’s birthday bash at Club Mansion on South Beach, Miami, where heperformed alongside Rick Ross, Puff Daddy, Ace Hood and Meek Mills. On FridayDecember 2, he is scheduled to represent at the annual Jingle Jam concertpresented by Connecticut’s biggest Hip Hop and R’n'B station Hot 93.7 FM.

Jagra GT Taylor Christmas Extravaganza takes place on December 25 at Independence Park, Black River, St Elizabeth. Among the artistes on the lineup are BountyKiller, I-Octane, Coco Tea, John Holt, Romain Virgo, Khago, Hezron, Chuck Fenda, Twin of Twins, Wayne Marshall,Iley Dread, Lutan Fyah, Professor Nuts, Warrior King, Villa Dutch, Specialistand a host of others. Leading the charge for the females will be Spice, MackaDiamond, D’Angel and Toya.

BREAKING NEWS: VYBZ KARTEL ESCAPED FROM PRISON, NOW LISTED AS JAMAICA’S MOST WANTED!?

In the biggest prison escape in Jamaica history, on 30 November 2011 in Jamaica, at Horizon Adult Remand Centre on Spanish Town Road, its alleged that Dancehall star Vybz Kartel, who had been charged of offenses including several murders and ganja possession, escaped from the prison along with 7 other prisoners.

One prison officer died of a heart attack as a result of the escape and twelve others were injured, including two who were shot with guns that had been smuggled into the prison.

Shortly after 1:00 am, Vybz Kartel, whose given name is Adidja Palmer, took control of the jail holding the prison guards hostage at gunpoint. Some of the prisoners took the guards clothing and car keys in order to help with their escape.

The group of prisoners also impersonated prison officers on the phone and created false stories to ward off suspicion from authorities

The Police gave chase resulting in the capture of one of the prisoners.

At about 1:45 am, they eventually made their way to the prison maintenance pickup-truck which they used to escape from the prison ground.

The escape occurred during the slowest period of the night when there would be less surveillance of certain locations like the maintenance area.

News in the street is that the Force Commissioner, who heads the Criminal Investigations Branch, said that the artiste and the other escapees are now on the run and are listed as “Jamaica’s most wanted criminals.”

Palmer, who has been in custody since October 1, has been charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and illegal possession of firearm arising from the death of Barrington Burton, a St Catherine businessman/promoter. Burton was shot and killed while standing with friends in Gregory Park, St Catherine, in July.

Also, Kartel along with fellow Portmore Empire artiste, Shawn Storm, his designer/booking agent, Calvin “Moonie” Haye and Cayro Jones appeared simultaneously in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrates Court. Each of the men was charged with murder in relation to the killing of Clive “Lizard” Williams in Havendale, St. Andrew this past August.

Persons seeing or knowing the whereabouts of any of the escapees including the deejay are asked to contact detectives at the Spanish Town Police Station, Kingfish at 811, Crime Stop at 311 or Police Control at 119.