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Impressions: Truck Stop, The Party “On The Edge of Civilization”

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photos by Daison Osbourne— Head north from Miami and make your way all the way west on Griffin Road until you can't go further without driving into the great swampy expanse that ... Read More...

LargeUp Interview: Maxine Walters Talks “Jamaican Dancehall Signs”

A new coffee-table book puts the focus on dancehall's promotional signs.

Visual Culture: Jamaican Dancehall Signs From the Collection of Maxine Walters

Words by Jesse Serwer— For the last 12 plus years, Jamaican film and TV producer Maxine Walters—she's had her hand in most every major movie shot in JA over the last three decades, from The Mighty Quinn ... Read More...

Zagga Zow: Happy Birthday, Beenie Man

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by Martei Korley— Thirty-nine years ago today in Kingston, Anthony Moses Davis was born. To mark the occasion, we've dug out this never-before-seen image of Beenie, with his ... Read More...

Impressions: A St. Mary Mi Come From, Capleton’s Gift to Jamaica

Words and Photos by Martei Korley— Originally Capleton's annual A St. Mary Mi Come From concert was scheduled for August 5, the eve before Jamaica's 50th Independence Day. But that was before Hurricane A... Read More...

We Ah Di Best: DJ Khaled x Mavado Medley Video + Khaled’s Reggae Roots

Words by Jesse Serwer— As you may have heard, Mavado has joined DJ Khaled's We the Best Music Group and, by extension, the YMCMB empire. After releasing his first track through the new situation in Decem... Read More...

You Rate It: Kgnston feat. Beenie Man, “5 Cent”

Words by Jesse Serwer— You never know who you'll run into at the mall in Kingston— perhaps Kingston herself. Wait, we mean Kgnston. LargeUp was getting a meal at the food court in the Sovereign Mall in L... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: Messenjah “Crazy” and “Could It Be I’m Falling In Love”

Words By Erin MacLeod-- Sure, Kitchener, Ontario wouldn't exactly seem like the ground zero for great reggae, but one of Canada's most acclaimed reggae bands, Messenjah, was born there way back in 1981. ... Read More...

R.I.P. Ranking Trevor, 1960-2012

Words by Erin MacLeod, photo by Martei Korley (shot at Sugar Minott's Black Roots/Youthman Promotions Studio)— Ranking Trevor, one of the most influential Jamaican deejays from the 70s, died in a road ac... Read More...

Kartel’s Kingston Deluxe: Hear It Now Here

Words by Erin MacLeod— It was a big deal when the Dre Skull-produced Kingston Story dropped last year. Matching the innovative and interesting riddims of the MixPak label boss with the equally innovative... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: The Dream Warriors’ “Ludi”

Words by Eddie STATS— This week we're celebrating two of the biggest Caribbean events of the year: the 50th anniversary of independence Jamaican Independence and Caribana, North America's largest annual ... Read More...

R.I.P: Sluggy Ranks, 1968-2012

Words by Jesse Serwer— From Kingston comes the sad news that iconic '90s dancehall deejay Sluggy Ranks died in a car accident yesterday. Sluggy, for those that don't know the name, was part of the initia... Read More...

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