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Si Cuba: Cuban Art Comes to New York

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Ever since this Obama character took office, we've been hearing about a warming in relations between the largest island in the Caribbean and its northern neighbor. But so fa... Read More...

Africa Caribe: Mongo Santamaria x Joe Claussell

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Fania has been doing their thing lately as far as dragging their untouchable credibility for old school salsa into the new millenium with remixes and cool collaborations. Th... Read More...

Cuba Libre: NY Beatmaker Dub Sonata’s Caribbean Excursions

Words by Jesse Serwer Last year, New York-based hiphop producer Dub Sonata, whose credits include beats for Kool G. Rap, Rhymefest and Sadat X, went on a beat-digging journey to Cuba. Instead of just sam... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Top Caribbean Culture Documentaries

Words by DJ Gravy, Eddie STATS Houghton, Martei Korley, Jason "J-RockaZ" Orford and Jesse Serwer It seems like we're hearing about another new documentary film training its lens on Caribbean culture ever... Read More...

Untold Stories: New Afro Latinos Documentary Series

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Our man in Miami Walshy Fire just put me up on this new documentary series which focuses on the African roots of modern Latin culture. Goes without saying that the Caribbean... Read More...

Man in The Hills: Hemingway’s Cuban Home Restored

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via CNN Speaking of Cubans, CNN must have island fever this month because in addition to interviewing dancehall posterbwoy Skerrit, they just ran this piece on the current ... Read More...

Stocking Stuffers: Dennis Brown & La Lupe

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton We got to figure that if you're even reading this on Christmas Eve, you are most likely in a mad search for last minute gift ideas. If chocolate is not enough, may we sugges... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Bobbito Garcia’s 10-Step Latin Jam Program

Words by Bobbito Garcia as told to Jessica Freites, photo by Joe Conzo. DJ, writer, baller and all-around personality Bobbito Garcia is world-famous for his contributions to the spheres of sports, st... Read More...

Lee Esto: Frank151 Covers Cuba In New Issue

Words by DJ Synapse Frank151 is an 11-year old pocket-sized quarterly publication. Each issue adopts a different theme and an accompanying guest curator. Their most recent edition has taken aim at Cuba.... Read More...

Top Rum: Top 10 Caribbean Rums

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton— Fools have been making moonshine from different forms of sugar since caveman days but the particular process of fermenting molasses--making alcoholic gold from the by-p... Read More...

Mas Decent II: Diplo Does Havana

words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Mad Decent As slightly more than 1/2 of Major Lazer, Diplo is mostly known these days for being the non-Jamaicanest champion of Jamaican dancehall culture on MTV and al... Read More...

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