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You Rate It: Wyclef Jean’s “Bagay Nef”

Words by Jesse Serwer— "Bagay Nef," an early leak off of Wyclef's upcoming The Carnival Returns mixtape, might be the most creative tune the Refugee Camp leader has given us in years. Delivered in kreyol... Read More...

‘Money’ Move: Watch Future Soul Diva Tecla’s New Jamaica-Set Video

Words by Tasha Brown— You may be tempted to put Italian-Haitian New Yorker Tecla in a box, associate her with a specific genre, or even call her a Caribbean version of M.I.A. But you’ll need to stop while yo... Read More...

Friday Night Fetes: Big Night in Little Haiti

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photos by Luis Olazabal— Visit Northeast 2nd Avenue in Miami's Little Haiti on any Friday, and you're bound to hear the sounds of kompas hanging in the air. If it happens to be... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: The 10 Best Caribbean Beers

From the Bahamas to Barbados, here's the best island-made brews.

Toppa Top 10: The Best Caribbean Carnivals

Words by Steve Bennett, Erin MacLeod, Jesse Serwer and Jillionaire— It's officially, unequivocally carnival season. Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Dominica, Martinique and Rio de Janeiro are just a few ... Read More...

Haitian Christmas, 101: How To Make Cremas

Words by Alexandra C. Wood— This time last year, we had New Yorker of Haitian descent/French Culinary Institute graduate Alexandra C. Wood school us on soupe joumou, the squash-based soup traditionally c... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: The Caribbean’s Best Rum Creams

Hold the egg nog. Nobody does liquor + cream like the islands.

Impressions: Images From Dominica’s World Creole Music Festival

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photos by Martei Korley— The World Creole Music Festival is an international showcase for the homegrown music genres of the Creole-speaking world, and one of the most unique music ... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Ten Haitian MCs Besides Wyclef

Words by Jesse Serwer— As many Haitians who've grown up in the United States will tell you, there was life BTF and ATF—before the Fugees and after the Fugees. Prior to The Score and Wyclef dropping Kre... Read More...

Impressions: The Styles of Miami Broward Carnival

Photos by Jesse Serwer and Simone Serwer— Visitors from New York are a huge contingent at Miami Carnival weekend but the October event (or the Miami Broward One Carnival, as it's known in full) is a whol... Read More...

Le Quartier Francais: Shake Your BB From the Left to the Right

Words by Erin MacLeod— The Caribbean is a full-on Blackberry zone. Whether it's because the phones are durable or BBM simply irresistable, the Blackberry is a must have here in the tropics. Underlining this ... Read More...

Cadence Weapon: Download Rare Cadence-Lypso From the Midnight Groovers of Dominica

Words by Jesse Serwer— You might recall a couple months ago we told you about Sofrito: International Soundclash, Hugo Mendez and Frankie Francis of London-based “tropical” DJ collective Sofrito's compila... Read More...

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