‘Lioness on the rise’ - Queen Ifrica … Music, Message, Mission!
Queen Ifrica has been in the spotlight a lot these days from promoting her debut VP Records release, Montego Bay, to voicing her forthright and unwavering stance against a lot of what is happening in the entertainment industry and popular culture in Jamaica and her […]
The reggae king’s rides
When Bob Marley and the Wailers released Babylon By Bus in 1978 - a live album recorded in Paris - the reggae superstar was depicting how he and the group travelled while on tour.
But in Jamaica, there were other vehicles that played an important role in the Reggae king’s sojourn.
Buju Banton, anti-gay reggae star, has U.S. tour canceled by promoters
The Jamaican dancehall star Buju Banton has a long-standing reputation for inciting anti-gay sentiment (his 1992 single “Boom Bye Bye” proposes pouring acid on homosexuals and shooting them in the head with an Uzi, among other things; in 2004, he was tried and acquitted on […]
Legendary performance on Jamaican music comes to Miami
In Kingston, Jamaica, the name Perry Henzell is synonymous with the film starring reggae icon Jimmy Cliff.
The Harder They Come is the first film produced in Jamaica that gained worldwide attention. In his lifetime, Henzell completed two films, two novels, a musical about Marcus Garvey and […]
Major Lazer’s Diplo on his top 10 most influential dancehall tracks
Prince Buster - Hard Man De Dead
People like to think that the old-school reggae dudes were all peace, love and rum punch, but the reality is they were grinding just as hard as today. Prince Buster was battling with guys like Duke Reid and Leslie […]
