VISUAL CULTURE: THE BEST CARIBBEAN FILMS OF 2017
Jonathan Ali highlights this year's best Caribbean cinema.
Five Great Books by Caribbean Authors in 2016
2016 offered a great harvest of Caribbean writing, with Jamaican poets leading the pack.
My Trip to Cuba, By Walshy Fire
Major Lazer's MC reflects on the group's historic appearance in Havana.
Toppa Top ’15: Fifteen Ways The Caribbean Impacted Pop Culture In 2015
From books to the pop charts, here's all of the ways island culture touched the world this year.
Visual Culture: “Coming Home” to Hip-Hop in Cuba, Haiti + Beyond
DJ EFN + Michael Garcia's documentary series is exploring hip-hop culture in the Caribbean.
Now Things: Daymé Arocena is Bringing Afro-Cuban Jazz Back to the Global Stage
Watch an arresting performance at London's Saint Pancras Old Church.
LargeUp Premiere: Bassic Division feat. Alejandro Delgado — “The Musical Machine”
Digital dub meets organic Cuban soul.
Toppa Top 10: Ten Cuban Hip-Hop Acts You Should Know
DJ EFN spotlights the most influential rappers of Cuban descent, from both on-island and off.
Wild Caribbean: The Caribbean’s Most Unusual Animals
Words by Jesse Serwer and Natalie Weiner—
In recognition of Earth Day today, we're celebrating the other side of Caribbean wildlife—by highlighting some of its most strangest and most distinctive anima... Read More...
Throwback Thursdays: Dancehall Queen Carlene Conquers Cuba
Words by Jesse Serwer—
Yesterday, we acknowledged the original dancehall queen, Carlene Smith (a/k/a DHQ Carlene), as one of the baddest Jamaican gyals of all-time. While doing our research we turned up ... Read More...
DOWNLOAD: Kat Dahlia “Gangsta” (Deejay Theory Remix + Dub)
Words by LargeUp Crew—
When he's not bringing you our Mixtape Mondays column every week or jet setting pon tour, our boy Deejay Theory stays in the studio cranking out high-grade original remixes and boo... Read More...
Rum Wars: Havana Club Vs… Havana Club
Words by Jesse Serwer—
For years, two different Havana Club rums have been produced in two different countries by two different companies. A legacy of the now 53-year-old U.S.-Cuba trade embargo, the sit... Read More...