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Stop That Train: Reggae Invades the Soul Train Awards

words by Eddie STATS Houghton The 2010 Soul Train Awards is taping tonight at the Cobb Energy center in Atlanta, Georgia (to be broadcast on BET on Nov. 28th) and as we mentioned recently the reggae cate... Read More...

President Select: Wyclef Jean’s Haitian Experience

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton The ink is hardly dry on Wyclef Jean's rejection letter from the Haitian electoral college (after he tried unsuccessfully to run for president of his native land) yet Columb... Read More...

Coronation Day: 80 Years of Haile Selassie I

Words by Martei Korley— On November 2nd, 1930, the coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I and Empress Menen ushered in a new wave of pride in the black world. Haile Selassie, whose name means 'Power of t... Read More...

Cool Ruler: Remembering Gregory Isaacs, 1951-2010

Words by Jesse Serwer Gregory Isaacs had the best nickname: The Cool Ruler. The title of his classic first album for Virgin Records in 1978, the moniker perfectly captured the singer's musical vibes—noncha... Read More...

Watch Me Now: Selita Ebanks x Kanye West

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton If you stay up on industry gossip you already know that Selita Ebanks, the Grand Cayman native and runway model we featured in our Toppa Top 10 Caribbean supermodels has bee... Read More...

Ari Up, 1962-2010

Words by Jesse Serwer Punk-reggae fusionist Arianna Forster, AKA Ari Up of the Slits, has died at age 48 of an unspecified "serious" illness, according to her stepfather John Lydon (yes, Johnny Rotten was ... Read More...

Nah Let Go: Gyptian Takes a MOBO Award

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Thought you should know: our boy Gyptian just received his first international award since busting in a big way with "Hold Yuh," taking the ceremonial statuette of stacked ... Read More...

Mas Appeal: Dalton Narine Puts Carnival on the Silver Screen

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton If you weren't checking for the New York International Film Festival this summer, you probably haven't seen Mas Man, Dalton Narine's documentary on award-winning designer of... Read More...

Purple Craze: Vashtie Kola x Air Jordan

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Trinidad's trendiest daughter, Vashtie Kola just unveiled her official redesign of the Air Jordan Retro 2 in a gal-friendly lavender shade with metallic silver details--in t... Read More...

Venus in Black: Naomi Campbell x Interview Mag

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Interview Ducked out of SOBs Thursday night to grab my usual DJ-dinner of power bar and Vitamin Water from the bourgie deli on Varick street when who to my wondering e... Read More...

Good Morn’: John Legend and The Roots Join Forces

Words by J-Rockaz John Legend and The Legendary Roots Crew have teamed up on a new project and with a meeting of the musical minds like that, you know the collaboration is sincere. Wake Up! is the name o... Read More...

Is This Love: Bilal x Bob Marley x VTech

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via VTech Phone and gadget-manufacturer VTech recently premiered this exclusive video of neo-soul veteran Bilal covering Bob Marley's immortal tune "Is This Love" on their ... Read More...