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Fred Locks Presents the Toppa Top 10 Marcus Garvey Songs

Words by DJ Gravy, Photos and Video by Martei Korley As we mentioned the other day, we--along with a lot of other folks--are celebrating the birthday of Marcus Garvey (... 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...

Afro-Caribbean: Marleys / Makossa / East Africa Famine Relief

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton We hold the iron-clad connections between Africa and the Caribbean to be more or less self-evident at LargeUp, but in the past week or two it seems like one thing after the ... Read More...

Ground Provisions: Finding Jamaica in Paris at Hustler Corner

Words by Rishi Bonneville "Ground provisions" is a term ascribed throughout the Caribbean to starchy, ground-grown fruits and vegetables—yams, cassava, potatoes, breadfruit. Everyday staples that make up... Read More...

Jerk TV: Jamaica on “Bizarre Foods”

Words by Jesse Serwer Jerk pork, curry goat, Ital stew, saltfish fritters, escoveitched snapper and mannish water don't seem that strange to us but we get why they'd appear exotic to folks who aren't fa... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Bonjay’s Top 10 Caribbean-Canadians

Words by Bonjay— This Friday, July 1, is Canada Day, the Canadian equivalent of July 4th. For the occasion, we tapped Ian "Pho" Swain and Alanna Stuart of Toronto-based post-dancehall outfit Bonjay (whos... Read More...

Ne-Yo Colonialism: R&B Star Launches JA-Based Label

Words by Jesse Serwer Until a few days ago, the primary association most people made between Ne-Yo and Jamaican music was Vybz Kartel's co-opting of the island-y, Stargate-produced beat for "Miss Indepen... Read More...

S.O.S: Rihanna Is Barbados’ New Tourism Ambassador

Words by Jesse Serwer It's more likely you'll bump into an old high school teacher on the beach in Barbados than one of your bros. It's the mature traveler's Caribbean destination. Which is why its intri... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Top Reggae/Dancehall Songs About New York

Words by Jesse Serwer, Selections by Jesse Serwer and Martei Korley It's "Caribbean Week" in New York City right now and, with the weather hotting up, the days growing longer, and the clothes on women gr... Read More...

Fete Week: Caribbean Week Takes Over NY

Words by Jesse Serwer As a LargeUp reader you already know Caribbeans run New York but next week Manhattan will become even more of an island. Caribbean Week NY, organized by the Caribbean Tourism Organi... Read More...

Check It Deeply: Rihanna’s “Man Down” Video

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Everybody's talm bout this new video for Rihanna's "Man Down" which debuted on BET last night. Shot in Jamaica--an appropriate backdrop for the pulsing reggae riddim--the vi... Read More...

Young, Fresh and Green: Jamaica’s First Eco Music Festival

By Jesse Serwer, via Jamaica Gleaner In the US, attending a music festival more often than not means heading to the middle of nowhere and camping in a tent. Not so in the Caribbean, where they are genera... Read More...