Anthony Weiner Lickin’ Shots Pon The Parkway
Turns Out The Ja-Fakin’ Mayoral Candidate Is a Big Capleton Fan It’s not unusual to see politicians pandering at “ethnic” events like yesterday’s West Indian Day parade in Brooklyn NYC. What is more unusual is to see mayoral candidates shouting Bo! Bo! Bo! pon the Parkway (even without the gun-finger in the air). Or to […]
Surprise Guests Rock On Da Reggae Tip
Super Cat the Don Dada Mashes Up On Hot 97 Da Reggae Tip At Friday night’s Hot 97 On Da Reggae Tip concert lots of artists brought guests out on stage with them. That in itself is nothing new. Ever since New York’s top hip-hop station began this annual pre-Labor Day reggae dancehall and soca […]
Sean Kingston Gets Back to His Jamaican Roots
Sean Kingston’s 10 Favorite Reggae Songs—PLUS His New Tune w Busta Rhymes Ever since Sean Kingston first burst on the music scene as a teenage pop sensation with a runaway debut hit “Beautiful Girls,” we’ve been hearing how he grew up in Jamaica and his music was influenced by reggae. As hard as we listened we never […]
Dancehall Takes Over at BET’s 106 & Park
Beenie Man, Wayne Wonder, and Mr. Vegas Star on Pre-Labor Day Special With Labor Day weekend right around the corner, New York is buzzing with anticipation for a weekend of Caribbean culture. Even hip-hop and R&B stations are pumping up their reggae, dancehall, and soca playlists. Not to be outdone, BET’s top-rated music show 106 […]
WATCH THIS: Snoop Lion Feat. Iza “The Good Good”
People Search Their Whole Life To Find It Snoop is in a good place right now and it clearly shows in the visual for his latest of his critically acclaimed “Reincarnated” album appropriately titled “Good Good.” Snoop brings the whole family in on the action, proving that the message he was trying to convey […]
Police Bruk Out at Notting Hill Carnival
Who Says Cops Can’t Have Fun In The Carnival? It’s the biggest street festival in Europe so for the 48 hours this fest goes on police from across the country are brought into Ken Chels to patrol the streets. Hey, it’s a tough job, but somebody’s gotta do it. But when the citizens show their appreciation—especially […]
WATCH THIS: Spice Sumfest Interview “The Name is Spice, I Have To Keep It Spicy”
The Mad Gyal Talks Kartel, Hip-Hop Collabos, and Twerking Year in and year out, one of the most reliable standout performers at Reggae Sumfest Dancehall Night is Spice. Her entrance is always amazing, but this year she really out did herself. You may have heard how she took the stage in 13-inch heels AND inside […]
WATCH THIS: Musiq Soulchild & Syleena Johnson “Feel The Fire” Official Music Video
Two R&B Stars Appear In New Clip For Their Smoldering Reggae Track You already know Musiq and Syleena turned up the temperature on their love duet “Feel The Fire” produced by Kemar “Flava” McGregor. Now check the video for the lead single from their collaborative reggae album 9ine. And watch out for an interview with […]
A$AP Ferg Mashes Up Trillectro Fest in Washington D.C.
Trap God Drops Today—You Have Been Warned A$AP Ferg drops his debut album Trap Lord today and he’s all set to take the A$AP Worldwide movement to another level. He first caught our attention with his street banger “Shabba” and we just had to sit down and reason with him about his love for the […]
Jah Cure at Reggae Sumfest: “Somebody Has to Sing For The Ladies”
Iyacure Bigs Up Beres Hammond “He is my idol, my mentor, my father, my inspiration” “Somebody has to sing for the ladies them,” said Jah Cure in his pre-show interview backstage at Reggae Sumfest 2013. “So I chose that path after Beres Hammond as a youth. So yeah, the ladies them is my thing.” Just […]
A$AP Ferg NYC Listening Event
Ferg Previews Trap Lord And Yams Burns Out the Nonbelievers Last night A$AP Ferg held a listening event for his new album, Trap Lord. The Darby NYC was ram-jammed with A$AP Mob members and hip-hop tastemakers. The album sounds crazy—from the street single “Shabba” to abum cuts like “Cocaine Castle” and “Fuck Out My Face”—and A$AP […]
Tommy Lee and the Sparta Clan at Reggae Sumfest
Uncle Demon Storms Dancehall Night—And He’s Rolling Deep Tommy Lee was raised in the Flankers section of Montego Bay, so every time he touches the stage at Reggae Sumfest he gets much love from the hometown crowd. Last year was his first solo set on the Greatest Reggae on Earth, so this year Tommy had […]