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Seen: Heavy D Remembered in Photos

Words by Jesse Serwer— A year ago today, the music business lost one of it's all-around good guys and unsung talents in the late Dwight Arrington Myers, a/k/a Heavy D. LargeUp remembered Heavy that day... 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...

Visual Culture: A Q+A with Atlantic Records Creative Director Greg Burke

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton:::Photos by Martei Korley:::Artwork by Greg Burke— Jamaica-born, Long Island-raised Greg Burke has designed covers for some of the most notable albums of the last two decade... Read More...

Now Things: A Q+A with Watch the Throne Producer Sham “Sak Pase” Joseph

Words by Jesse Serwer— Haitian-American producer Shama (Sham) Joseph first landed on our radar with his production for Rihanna's "Man Down." The reggae-flavored hit (now officially a touchstone) brought ... Read More...

Moombashment: Stream Cam Jus’ “Badman” EP

Words by DJ Theory— Hopefully you've peeped our recent article on moombahton, easily one of the most talked about genres on the global music scene today. Taking a Caribbean influence from birth with its use ... Read More...

Funky Nassau: Lenny Kravitz x Jay-Z x DJ Military “Boongie Drop”

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Speaking of super-heavy rock dudes who happen to be secret reggae stans. Lenny Kravitz just leaked this song off his new LP Black & White America which features Jay-Z (!... Read More...

Real Talk: Vybz Kartel was (almost) on Blueprint 3?

Words by Jesse Serwer, via RWD Photo by Peter Dean Rickards Jay-Z stopped into New York radio station Hot 97's morning show with Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg while making the publicity rounds for De... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Rapper/Deejay Collabos

By Jesse Serwer With Nas and Damian Marley's Distant Relatives set to drop on Tuesday, it only seems right at this moment to look back at all of the important reggae artist/rapper summits that have com... 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...

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