WATCH THIS: Tifa “Bak It Up” Official Music Video
She Wine Sweet Like Moscato, Bubble Bubble Like a Champagne The last time we caught up with Tifa back in January she warned us that 2014 was going to be a crazy year. You think she was jokin’? In the past six months the dancehall diva has signed a deal with Island King records, launched […]
Reasoning with Machel Montano “You’ve Got To Be Yourself”
After (Almost) 33 Years in The Game, The King of Soca Tells Reshma B How He Stays Fly If you don’t know Machel Montano, you don’t know soca. He was nine years old the first time he represented Trinidad & Tobago at Madison Square Garden, and since that time he’s dominated the soca scene from […]
Air Supply’s Lord Graham Russell On The Group’s Jamaican Fanbase: “It Really Took Us By Surprise.”
Why Are These Two ’80s Pop Stars Headlining One of New York’s Biggest Reggae Festivals This Sunday? This Sunday June 29th, Roy Wilkins Park will feel more like Jamaica West Indies than Jamaica Queens. On that day thousands of reggae fans will converge for Groovin’ In The Park, New York’s most upscale summer music festival, […]
Shabba Records First Song In JA For Three Years
If you want to work with Shabba Ranks, don’t bring “Monkey Money”—make sure it’s “Gorilla Money”! Shabba Ranks decides to record a new track in Jamaica after ceasing his production there for years. (His last Jamaican production was “None A Dem” for Di Genius in 2011.) While in New York the Dancehall Emperor collaborated with American rappers A$AP […]
Reasoning with Popcaan: “Anybody Who Says Dancehall Dead, Them is a Living Dead”
The Unruly Boss Kicks It With Complex About His New Album, “Where We Come From” Popcaan’s debut album is a powerful piece of work that might just bridge that gap between his local audience and his newfound international fans. “WWCF” presents a whole different side of the artist formerly known as “The Raving King.” In his […]
WATCH THIS: Chronixx Passes Through The Hot97 Morning Show
Dread & Terrible Tour Frontman Talks About The State Of Reggae Music While in NYC doing promo for his Dread & Terrible EP and Tour, Chronixx swung by Hot97 studios and paid a visit to the morning show. Hosts Ebro and Cypha Sounds sat down with the rising reggae star and picked his brain on […]
Reasoning With Philip Smart “Music Is My Life”
Exclusive Interview With the Late Great Producer Who Was The Cornerstone of NYC’s Reggae Scene This has been a rough month for reggae music. After the untimely deaths of Bunny Rugs and Wayne Smith comes news that legendary producer Philip Smart has died after a battle with cancer. The humble, soft-spoken genius learned his trade […]
QQ at Wet Wet Wednesdayz: “It’s About To Go Down”
Mr. One Drop Chops It Up With Reshma B Live from Kingston, Jamaica, direct from the river side in Caymanas Park, dancehall star QQ chops it up with the ReggaeGirlAboutTown before jumping in the water and wetting up the place himself. The not-quite-20-year-old artist who brought us “One Drop” in 2013 talks about his latest […]
Wyclef Jean “The Truth Is The Truth, And We Gonna Speak It”
“I was born in Haiti,” said Wyclef Jean shortly after rocking a tough Jamaican crowd at Sting. “I was born in a hut. I used to eat dirt off the floor if you read my book All we had was the music.” Although Clef was raised in New Jersey amidst a streetwise soundscape of hip-hop, […]
Macka Diamond Defiant After Lady Saw Clash “You’re A Hater”
Defiant Miss Dye Dye Resfuses to Say Die Beaten but unbowed, Macka Diamond was chilling in the parking lot outside Jamworld following her highly anticipated clash with Lady Saw. Although the audience chose Muma Saw as the decisive winner, Macka explained that she felt victorious because she proved she was not a coward by stepping […]
WATCH THIS: Reasoning With Bunji Garlin
The Viking Of Soca Talks About The Success Of “Differentology” And Taking Soca to the Next Level For someone who calls himself the “Viking Of Soca” his personality couldn’t be further than his moniker, people who associate themselves with such nicknames often look the part. Bunji is not hulking or brooding, but he definitely has a […]
Fuse ODG Talks “This Is New Africa” Movement
UK Afrobeat Artist On A Mission To Make Worldwide Music Ghanian-born and South-London based, Fuse ODG is a pioneer of UK Afrobeat who’s now signed to 3Beat Records and his song “Antenna” is up for MTV Iggy’s “Song of the Year.” A few weeks after winning his first MOBO Award, Fuse spoke with Reshma B about his […]