PREMIERE: Stylo, Happy Colors & Los Rakas’ Pan-Caribbean Banger “123”
Merengue, dancehall, dembow and trap come together on this pan-Caribbean banger.
You Rate It: Blondie Gets Back To The Caribbean With Los Rakas
Panamanian/Bay Area rappers Los Rakas team up with Blondie for a genre (and generation) bending dembow tune.
Video + Photos: LargeUp x House of Marley Present Rice & Peas SxSW
Words by Natalie Weiner, Photos by Dan Petruzzi and Natalie Weiner—
LargeUp's first-ever South by Southwest party, sponsored by House of Marley, took over the patio at Austin's Empire Control Room and Ga... Read More...
Toppa Top 14: LargeUp’s Guide to South by Southwest 2014
Words by Kieran Meadows, Natalie Weiner and Jesse Serwer—
It's the time of the year when the music industry decamps to Austin, Texas to spend a week catching up on the best sounds from all around the w... Read More...
Just Added: Bunji Garlin + Jesse Royal at Rice & Peas SxSW
Words by LargeUp Crew—
We're packing our bags and heading to Texas for the LargeUp/House of Marley-presented South by Southwest edition of Rice & Peas at Empire Patio on Wednesday. But before we boar... Read More...
EVENT: LargeUp + House Of Marley Present Rice & Peas at SXSW
Words by LargeUp Crew—
South by Southwest starts next week, and we're thrilled to be producing our first event at the annual conference in Austin, Texas this year. In collaboration with the House of Marl... Read More...
Mash Up The Place: Los Rakas + More Take On Major Lazer’s “Bumaye”
Words by Deejay Theory —
It was only a matter of time before Major Lazer's massive carnival anthem "Watch Out For This (Bumaye)" saw the official remix treatment. The original mix (which features The Flexi... Read More...
The LargeUp Sessions (5/16): Los Rakas + Deejay Theory
Words by LargeUp Crew—
It's going to be a Bay Area takeover this Thursday night on the The LargeUp Sessions, as Our NorCal crew (and burgeoning Latin rap stars) Los Rakas and our own Mixtape Mondays colu... Read More...
TONIGHT: Los Rakas, New Kingston + The Encyclopedia of Reggae on The LargeUp Sessions
Words by LargeUp Crew—
We've got a whole heap of guests stopping by the LargeUp Sessions on RadioLily.com tonight: Los Rakas, New Kingston and author Mike Alleyne. Though they come from very different pl... Read More...
Brown is Beautiful: Los Rakas Large Up Las Morenas On “Africana”
Words by Jesse Serwer—
"Si las mujeres mas buenas son las morena," Los Rakas' Raka Rich suggests on "Africana," the latest single from the Panamanian duo from out of California's Bay Area. Non-Spanish sp... Read More...
Raka Wear: Panabay Gear From Los Rakas
Words by Jesse Serwer—
In between crisscrossing the Western US with Collie Buddz and New Kingston on the Dark 'N Stormy Tour (see the pics from the San Francisco show here and enter to win tickets to eac... Read More...
Impressions: Live From the Dark ‘N Stormy Tour With Collie Buddz
Photos by Bousa Tatpaporn—
Named for the cocktail of choice on Collie Buddz' native Bermuda, the Dark 'N Stormy Tour is currently making its way through the western U.S., with Los Rakas and New Kingsto... Read More...