As Black History Month comes to a close, the 2022 NAACP Image Awards cap off a month celebrating black contributions to society. After the ceremony on Saturday, February 26, the celebrating will ...

In the Bronx earlier this month, there was a celebration of reggae music and its impact on other cultures. “The Caribbean contribution to this city and to the United States and to the world is amazing ...

Hip-hop and reggae have always been different branches on the same family tree. Think second or maybe third cousins. Sure, they've grown into their own distinct genres, but they've been borrowing from ...

Jack Johnson, Grammy-nominated artist and one of the festival’s headliners, performs for a packed crowd on Sunday night in this multiple exposure image. (Tomoki Chien | Daily Trojan) Hip-hop legend ...

Mr. Vegas is an award-winning reggae dancehall singer. The performers is a cultural ambassador known in the dancehall and reggae industry for his ability to blend “rapid-fire toasting with melodic ...

March 20 saw the release of Shake, a high-energy, dancehall-hip hop collaboration riding the Logwood Productions rhythm. Available on all digital music platforms, Shake brings together US-based rapper ...

Driven by a soundtrack of reggae, rock, ska and hip-hop music, Goldenvoice’s Cali Vibes Festival returns to Long Beach for a three-day celebration of beach and island culture. “We couldn’t be happier ...

Ewart "U-Roy" Beckford was a Jamaican deejay who elevated the art of toasting — talking over a record to the rhythm of the song — to an international phenomenon. He helped start the career of early ...

Shimon is a marbima-playing robot with some real soul. This crazy little robot, created by Gil Weinberg at the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, can listen to the other players around it and ...

Skate punks Lagwagon, hip-hop collective Souls of Mischief, dancehall singer Charly Black, reggae-funk favourites The Black Seeds, and Toronto-bred reggae rockers Bedouin Soundclash are among the top ...