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Gangster No More: Watch Mavado’s New Video for “Settle Down”

Words by Jesse Serwer The Gully Gaad continues to evolve from gangster for life into radio-friendly pop artist. Mavado's latest single, "Settle Down," on JA Productions' Overproof riddim, offers some mor... Read More...

LargeUp TV: Mavado’s Gully Fashion Week

Words by Jesse Serwer::Photo by Kevin Ornelas::Interview by Sherman Escoffery Instead of heading back to Jamaica after last month's West Indian Day Parade, Mavado stuck around NYC for the fall edition of... Read More...

Pon Di Runway Side: Fashion’s Night Out Gets Gully With Mavado

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photos by Yofray Ray We're in the midst of Fashion Week here in New York, so Fashion Fridays is now Fashion Mondays, Fashion Tuesdays, etc. You can try to run, but you can't hide f... Read More...

Big Man Business: Exclusive Q+A with Shaggy

Words by Jesse Serwer It's hard to think of anyone to whom the description "fun loving" applies more than Shaggy. But these are serious times, especially for a Jamaican recording artist, and Shaggy has m... Read More...

Married to the Gully: Mavado x Downtown Fashion Label Married to the M.O.B.

Words by Jesse Serwer If Jamaican dancehall and the New York fashion world are colliding in some unexpected way, you can bet Matt Goias has something to do with it. Perhaps the only person in the world e... Read More...

Heds and Dreds: Uncle Murda, “Warning” Video + More

Words by Jesse Serwer Can't say I was much of an Uncle Murda fan, or had more than a passing familiarity with any of his songs, until his new single, "Warning" started gaining traction here in NYC recent... Read More...

So, Canada Can Dance: SYTYCD x Dancehall

Words by Erin MacLeod So You Think You Can Dance is not a TV show. It's a global phenomenon. With twenty versions of the contest airing worldwide, the program has showcased a huge range of different styl... Read More...

Cockney & Yardie: Heatwave’s UK Runnings, July 2011

Words by Gabriel Heatwave Gappy Ranks is continuing to lead the way for UK dancehall reggae acts around the world. His world tour has been blazing up everywhere from San Francisco to Sydney and Miami to ... Read More...

Wes Gully: Diplo Remixes Mavado’s “Delilah”

Words by Jesse Serwer, via Mad Decent. Photo by Martei Korley. Diplo kicks it with LargeUp at the Spanish Court Hotel, New Kingston What with the lack of big crossover hits, few big-name producers and re... Read More...

Gully Business: Mavado Launches New Label With ‘Delilah’

Words by Jesse Serwer Mavado isn't the sort of artist we can picture packing his lunch into a briefcase and squinting at contracts through his glasses all day but the Gully Gad has nonetheless used his s... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Black Chiney, Sensi Movement, Massive B & Safari Sound

Words by DJ Theory and Eddie STATS Houghton Black Chiney, 10 Year Anniversary Mix: What can you really say about Black Chiney? Members Supa Dups, Walshy Fire, Bobby Chin and Willy Chin have been callin' ... Read More...

Cockney & Yardie: Heatwave’s UK Update, April 2011

Words by Gabriel Heatwave It's been a bumper few weeks for UK dancehall. In last month's update, I mentioned that there are many reasons to be optimistic about the current state of the music over here. H... Read More...

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