Heds & Dreds: Prodigy of Mobb Deep Channels Classic Dancehall on “Hoodie Weather”
Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy channels Shelly Thunder's "Kuff" in his latest appearance. But it's hardly the first time he's dabbled in patois. You dun know!
LargeUp Interview: Kwame Dawes + Justine Henzell on Jamaica’s Calabash Festival
Calabash Festival founders Kwame Dawes and Justine Henzell discuss their annual literary bash held at Treasure Beach, Jamaica.
VIDEO: Busy Signal Freestyles Over ’90s Rap Classics in Uganda in “All For One”
Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by Martei Korley— While we're on the topic of big tunes we missed, we just have to pull up and rewind back two weeks to New Year's Day, when perennial LargeUp favorite and all-arou... Read More...
Heds and Dreds: Bounty Killer’s Greatest Hip-Hoperas
Words by Jesse Serwer
Bounty Killer is dancehall's king of beef. It's fitting that the man who calls himself the Warlord (and who has recently revived his longstanding and somewhat career-defining feud w... Read More...
Mobb Justice: Bounty Killer x Mobb Deep “Dead Man’s Shoes”
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Soul Culture
The infamous Mobb Deep just teamed up with the 5-star General, Poor People's Governor etc. etc.--you know Bounty Killer--for their unfortunately named Blac... Read More...