Double Barrel: Reggae Samples and Hip Hop Classics with DJ Gravy + Corey Chase (Mixtape)
The history of hip-hop is deep with sounds borrowed from Jamaica.
Fashion Fridays: The Mamayashi “BlackStar BlueMoon” Collection
Jamaican fashion designer Mamayashi delves into Garveyism and Ghana in her 2015 Summer collection.
Visual Culture: Designer Brent Rollins
Words by Natalie Weiner, Photo by Greg Washington —
Brooklyn-based, LA-raised artist and Complex art director Brent Rollins doesn't exactly need to pad his resume. The half-Bajan, half-Vietnamese illustr... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Reggae Samples In Rap Songs
Words by Jesse Serwer
Hip-hop's been borrowing from reggae since Jamaican-born Kool Herc updated the soundsystem throwdown for his new home in the Bronx. But the reggae references, both sonic and other... Read More...