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Soca Non-arch: Ten Wikked Soca Tunes That Didn’t Win In 2011

Words by Rishi Bonneville— The steady march of Trinidadian and Bajan soca music has, over the course of the last decade, had an unexpected consequence. Jamaican dancehall reggae has become more uptempo... Read More...

She A Yardie: Q+A with Jamaican-Canadian Rap Pioneer Michie Mee

Words by Erin MacLeod Michie Mee, with Kabaka Pyramid, at Manifesto Jamaica Since 2009, Manifesto Jamaica has been educating, exposing and empowering the arts through workshops, reasonings, town hall ... Read More...

Video: Kardinal Offishall, “Anywhere (Ol Time Killin Part 2)”

Words by Jesse Serwer When Kardinal Offishall dropped the audio for "Anywhere (Ol Time Killin) Part 2" back in July, it immediately had us digging in the crates and re-visiting all of Kardi's raggamuffin... Read More...

Heds and Dreds: Ol’ Time Killin’ with Kardinal Offishall

Words by Jesse Serwer Kardinal, Nardwuar and Solitair The last time we heard from Kardinal Offishall, he was Toronto's best known rapper. Things have changed a little since then but one thing that has... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: Michie Mee “Jamaican Funk”

Words by Jesse Serwer Hiphop from Toronto has always had a strong reggae/dancehall bent, from the Dream Warriors to Drake—not to mention the yardcore stylings of Kardinal Offishall, Choclair, etc. It is ... 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...

Northern Soul: Melanie Fiona x Rocawear x Reggae

Words by Jesse Serwer We've been following our girl Melanie Fiona since back when she was voicing Supa Dups-produced one-drop riddims under the name Syren Hall. It's been two years since the lovely, soul... Read More...

LARGE UP Exclusive: Drake Threatens to Drop a Dancehall Record

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton So apparently at 5am the day after New Year's your dude and mine Drake sat down with the host of Much Music's Rapcity for the first interview of the relaunched show (please ... 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...

Caribana Queens, Part 1: Exclusive Nurse Karen Interview

Words by Erin MacLeod When Caribana time came around, we sent out the call northward for a Canada-based correspondent who could get us the inside junglejuice. The universe came back to us with Ethiopia-s... Read More...

Watch: Agape Featuring Nadia Harris “She Really Likes It” Video

Words by DJ Gravy We're proud to announce the premier of this spankin' new music video, serving to prepare people for the upcoming album by Agape, a project bred from the collaboration between Jamaican sin... Read More...

Large Up Exclusive: Drake and Mavado!

words by Eddie STATS Houghton, photos by Alliance Entertainment The weather in NY is hotting up and it feels like we might be entering a new golden era of rap/reggae collabos. Mere seconds after Nikki Mi... Read More...

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