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March On: Diplo and Vashtie x Trinidad Tourism

Words by Jesse Serwer Is it us or is Trinidad's profile as a travel destination growing significantly this year? First the New York Times ran story after story during carnival season. This week, Vanity F... Read More...

LargeUp Exclusive: Win Free Tix to JazzReggae Fest at UCLA

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton LargeUp and Okayplayer are offering you the chance to win a free pair of tickets to the 25th Annual edition of the legendary JazzReggae Fest at UCLA (No. 4 on our Toppa Top... Read More...

UK Lime: Wiley x Jamaica: “If I Could” Video

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via the Heatwave So while I was in Jamaica recently, getting ducked by Vybz Kartel, I ended up in the studio with Prodigal and Dre Skull, listening to some crazy unreleased... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Top 10 Summertime Reggae Festivals

Words by DJ Gravy and Jesse Serwer Summertime only means one thing for many music fans: mammoth outdoor festivals. These events are particularly important in the world of reggae, considering the associat... Read More...

Cuba Libre: NY Beatmaker Dub Sonata’s Caribbean Excursions

Words by Jesse Serwer Last year, New York-based hiphop producer Dub Sonata, whose credits include beats for Kool G. Rap, Rhymefest and Sadat X, went on a beat-digging journey to Cuba. Instead of just sam... Read More...

Untold Stories: New Afro Latinos Documentary Series

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Our man in Miami Walshy Fire just put me up on this new documentary series which focuses on the African roots of modern Latin culture. Goes without saying that the Caribbean... Read More...

LargeUp TV: Diplo in Kingston, Jamaica

A LargeUp Exclusive Webisode - Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, Photos and Video by Martei Korley. Unless you been living under an internet-sized rock, you’re probably already aware of Wesley “Diplo” Pentz... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: South x Southwest Edition

Words by Jesse Serwer and Eddie STATS Houghton This time every year the US music industry shuts itself down and heads to Austin, Texas for the annual orgy of live music, informal politicking and drink-... Read More...

Spring Bruk: Drake and Mavado Onstage at BritJam

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton via Octobers Very Own We TOLD YOU Drake was on some dancehall shit (and then we told you again). Everybody's favorite child-actor turnt rapper turnt singer gave full vent to... Read More...

Tempted to Taste: LargeUp Exclusive Look at Miss Lily’s

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton and Jason "J-Rockaz" Orford As we mentioned in our recent Limonious post, we have been haunting Miss Lily's quite a bit lately. If you're not hip to it yet, that's downtown ... Read More...

Pass The Torch: Cedella Marley x PUMA x 2012 Olympics

Words by Jason "J-Rockaz" Orford As you may (or may not) know, Jamaica's track team is a lightning-fast force not to be played with. With all eyes on superstar Usain Bolt the 2012 Olympics in London will... Read More...

Media Watch: Machel Montano + Trinidad Carnival on NPR

Words by Jesse Serwer Sundays in the Serwer household rarely start before 1 PM. It's immaterial whether Saturday night involved late-night partying or re-runs on the couch: This is when I catch up on all... Read More...