WATCH THIS: DJ Jazzy Jeff Droppin Boomshots
Witness the World’s Greatest DJ at SXSW Mixing Rap, Reggae & Dancehall Red Bull’s Thre3Style Showcase saw the Magnificent Jazzy Jeff throwing down some tunes like he used to get thrown out of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’s mansion.
WATCH THIS: Marley Movie Trailer
The King of Reggae Hits The Silver Screen At SXSW in Austin, Texas Last week at the South By Southwest film festival the long awaited documentary Marley had its world premier. Directed by Kevin MacDonald, this VH1 Rock Doc is the first official behind the scenes look at the life of the Tuff Gong featuring […]
WATCH THIS: Jillionaire’s Carnival Anthem Countdown
Jillionaire Counts Down This Year’s Top 5 Soca Anthems With over 15 years in the game as a DJ, Trinidad’s very own Jillionaire might know a thing or two about Soca music. Having recently spent some time in Trinidad for the annual Carnival festivities Jillionaire compiled a list of the top 5 soca tunes guaranteed to have […]
Notting Hill Carnival, Post Riots Edition
Bobby Babylon Flexes Muscle, But Europe’s Biggest Street Jam Raves On Naysayers be damned, London showed its true colors at the 2011 Notting Hill Carnival. Scheduled for August 28 and 29th, the date came just three weeks after a firestorm of rioting that spread across Britain following the death of Mark Duggan, an Anglo-Jamaican youth […]
Reggae Sumfest 2011: International Night 2
Nicki Minaj Falls In Love With Jamaica, Bigs Up Gaza AND Gully Fresh new faces on the local scene like Denyque and Protoje got things going on Saturday’s International Night 2 before Turbulence and Gyptian set it off. And then the festival built to a Young Money climax.
Reggae Sumfest 2011: International Reggae Night
How Cocoa, Beres, and Bunny Made The Sumfest Crowd Forget R.Kelly A funny thing happened on the way Sumfest Night #2. After a last-minute cancellation by headliner R.Kelly, who was reportedly suffering from a throat ailment, Reggae Sumfest promoters had 48 hours to scramble and find a replacement for the Pied Piper of R&B.
Reggae Sumfest 2011: Dancehall Night
Words And Images From The Greatest Reggae Show On Earth, Night #1 Dateline: Montego Bay, Jamaica. Whether your musical taste runs more to Bunny Wailer, Mavado or Nicki Minaj—the 19th annual staging of the Greatest Reggae Show on Earth had a little bit of something for everybody. As usual, the festivities kicked off on Thursday […]
Beres Hammond, Nicki Minaj & R.Kelly Must Bring Their A-Game To Reggae Sumfest 2011
International Soul And Hip Hop Stars Touch Down In MoBay July 22-23 Jamaica’s leading reggae festival has always been about more than reggae.
Diamonds Are Forever
40 Years Later The Mighty Diamonds Trinity Is Harder Than Ever Fifteen years ago I had the distinct pleasure of reasoning with Tabby Diamonds, the man seated on the center stool in this classic clip from a session at the legendary Channel One Studio. Our conversation that day took place at another studio—the also legendary […]
WATCH THIS: Charly Black Interview
Reasoning With A Rising Star Backstage at Reggae Sumfest 2009
Sumfest 2009 Highlights
Boomshots.com bubbling backstage in MoBay… Keep it locked. Here’s a little taste of what I caught on the FlipCam…. Tarrus Riley onstage mashing it up right now. Toni Braxton plus Junior Gong and Nas tonight. Much more to come.
Best of The Best 2009
Bounty, Beenie, Ross & Jeezy rip Miami’s biggest reggae/rap stage show. The Doctor meets The Bawse: All photos by the man called Wayne Lawrence.