Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A few days later, Dezral made Lucian Carnival history with an unprecedented triple victory. “The Car,” his Jardel-assisted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two months removed from his Billboard cover story, Vybz Kartel is effortlessly maintaining his comeback momentum. Of course, the ...

Yachts are proving to be the hottest venues for reggae-dancehall events in New York. “When the boat starts moving, we play soca music,” said CJ Milan, organizer of the recurring Reggae Fest, which ...

Jamaica was a slave-operated plantation island for two centuries beginning in around the mid-1600s. The island then became a British colony until Jamaica gained its independence in the 1960s. Within ...

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa in 2025, Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise returns to Jamaica with renewed purpose.

In 2011, Jamaican writer and activist Dutty Bookman coined the phrase “reggae revival” to describe artists like Protoje, Chronixx, Jah9, Kabaka Pyramid, Jesse Royal, and others who tended to favor ...

Mr. Vegas is an award-winning reggae dancehall singer. The performers is a cultural ambassador known in the dancehall and reggae industry for his ability to blend “rapid-fire toasting with melodic ...

In this essay, writer AJ Morris explores the cultural history of Jamaican music, from reggae to dancehall, and examines how the medium works in tandem with Jamaican film as acts of protest and ...

Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs from artists like King Cruff, Problem Child and Tempa. By Kyle Denis The holidays may be right around the corner, but it’s war season in the ...

Hip-hop has had a strong connection to reggae music since the days of DJ Kool Herc’s summer house parties in the early 1970s. Hip-hop’s foundation was built on elements of the Jamaican sound system ...

Since the late nineteen-seventies, the streets of Jamaica’s capital city, Kingston, have been decorated with ad-hoc placards promising quick, transformative thrills. The signs—hand-painted on ...