Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That same self-determination, that instinct toward rebelling against the establishment, and of course, that inextricable tie to ...

Jamaican-born recording artist, actor, and entrepreneur E-Dee (Everton Dennis) is ushering in a new era with the release of ...

Sean Paul has been running reggae and dancehall since the early 2000s, charting with hits like "Get Busy" and "Temperature" while solidifying his spot as one of the best artists of his era. After ...

In the cultural spaces from which dancehall music gets its name, women are usually the center of attention. The Jamaican genre’s digital rhythms are calibrated to inspire female bodies to wine, as the ...

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 first week of May, the American music industry commenced a semi-annual tradition: singling out a lone piece of Jamaican music and sending it up the charts. 2018’s lucky winner is “Walking ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — In 2016, the cover of the Yellow Pages brought Jamaica to a standstill. For the Kingston and St. Andrews editions of the directory, three artists were commissioned to create ...

From Real Rock riddims to the ‘trap dancehall' debate, Buju's new album and tour prove why he's still guarding dancehall's roots.

Jamaica is a cultural powerhouse that consistently calls its diaspora back home, while also welcoming visitors from all over ...

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 ...

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 ...