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The Punany Monologues Part 5: Natalie Storm Talks About Sex

Words by Natalie Storm, photos by Martei Korley. Many of you may be offended by this post so this is a disclaimer: the views expressed on this blog are not necessarily the views of the author. I'm speaki... Read More...

Chop Up: Exclusive Q+A with Cutty Ranks

Words by Jesse Serwer Before he was Cutty Ranks, the deejay, Philip Thomas was a butcher at a meat shop. Knowing that makes it a lot easier to call up a guy best known for the lines "Limb by limb we ah g... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: DJ Ayres on Cutty Ranks “The Stopper”

Words by DJ Ayres DJ Ayres is the founder of the The Rub and along with his co-selectors Cosmo Baker and DJ Eleven has made the Brooklyn monthly something of a nightlife institution in New York. Though h... Read More...

Ground Provisions: Dee and Ricky Cook Up Some Jerk Chicken

Words by Jesse Serwer Dee and Ricky are making an unlikely entrance into the restaurant business. The twin designers behind the Lego belt, Starter jacket duffle bag and Kanye's heart brooch, recently ope... Read More...

LargeUp TV: Chris Blackwell Talks Rum

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton A'right. You remember when we told you about that bashy we went to for the New York launch of Blackwell rum? Perhaps not. Things can get a little haze after a few Black &... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Hollywood’s Worst Fake Jamaican Accents

Words by LargeUp Crew With the possible exception of awful Irish faux-brogues and phony Brooklyn I-talian talk, what way of speaking has been more consistently mangled by actors in the last 30 years than... Read More...

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

Words by Gabriel Heatwave Heatwave-affiliated artist Serocee Hello again. Sorry, we had to take a break from Cockney & Yardie last month as it's been a bit of a busy summer. In between a bunch of fe... 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...

Mixtape Mondays: DJ Crown Prince, Calli B, Damon Alexander, Safari Sound

Words by Jesse Serwer Notice anything different? LargeUp has a brand-new look today. After over a year in beta format, we're re-launching the site with a new layout that better reflects the diversity of ... Read More...

Seen, Too: Nicki Minaj on the Cover of Cosmo

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton It's a good day for cover mogglin' today--no sooner did we get our eyeballs back in our sockets from UK Jamaican supermodel Naomi Campbell's LURVE cover than these pics of T... Read More...

Seen: Naomi Campbell on the Cover of LURVE

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Life + Times Hello, wicked. UK Jamaican gal and patron goddess of style Naomi Campbell covers the fifth issue of swanky upstart fashion mag LURVE. As LURVE founder/edit... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: Fishbone’s “Jamaica Ska” + “Fight The Youth” (+ Documentary Trailer)

Words by Jesse Serwer The first time I heard of ska or Fishbone was in 1987, at the hulking Commack Multiplex movie theater next to the Long Island Expressway. My parents, who'd grown up on the beach par... Read More...