GIVEAWAY: Win Tickets To See Hollie Cook on the West Coast
We're giving away a pair of tickets to see Hollie Cook live in each of the following cities: Boulder; Seattle; Portland, OR; and Oakland.
Throwback Thursdays: Peter Tosh on “Behind The Music”
The VH1 documentary series featured the reggae icon in a forgotten 1999 episode.
Impressions: Hollie Cook Live in NYC
Photos from Hollie Cook's first NYC show, at Brooklyn's Glasslands Gallery.
Toppa Top 10: Ten Classics Featuring Style Scott
The late Roots Radics and Dub Syndicate drummer left his mark on a number of music genres, including reggae, dub, dancehall and punk.
The Chicken Gunman: Jamaica Makes Art From An Epidemic
Chikingunya, a mosquito-borne virus that's spread through the Caribbean at a high rate recently, has inspired a series of songs and dance moves in Jamaica.
Special Delivery: Hollie Cook Drops Off Her New “Postman” Video
Watch the latest video from Hollie Cook's sublime sophomore LP, Twice, and see a preview of our upcoming style feature with Ms. Cook.
Pon Di Move: Blacka Di Danca’s To Di World Tour, Fall 2014
Blacka Di Danca is on the road again, spreading the gospel of dancehall movements with his bashment education classes.
Pop Style: Patty Nicius (Haiti/Brooklyn)
Welcome to Pop Style, LargeUp’s street style series, in which we talk sartorial shop with the most impeccably dressed men and women of the Caribbean and the diaspora.
Chatting with The Chinaman: 2 Live Crew’s Fresh Kid Ice On Trinidad + Miami Bass
The 2 Live Crew co-founder was America's first Black, Chinese and Caribbean MC.
Check It Deeply: When Jamaican Reggae Met Miami Bass
Uncovering the lost link between the booty bass of 2 Live Crew and the reggae of Joe Gibbs, Inner Circle and Ernest Ranglin.
Large Up Premiere: Sevana’s “Bit Too Shy”
From producers Winta James and Protoje comes the debut single from a powerful new Jamaican voice.
Throwback Thursdays: Salaam Remi on Ini Kamoze’s “Here Comes The Hotstepper”
The super-producer remembers how a song made for the "jerk chicken spot on Flatbush Avenue" became a global hit sung by the Smurfs in Swedish.