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Dub My Ride: Bob Marley’s Land Rover to Be Restored

Words by Jesse Serwer, via the Jamaica Star— One of the first things visitors to the Bob Marley Museum see upon entering the premises at 56 Hope Road in Kingston is the singer's baby-blue 1976 Land Rover... Read More...

Video: Toddla T featuring Wayne Marshall, “Streets So Warm”

Words by Jesse Serwer British beatmaker Toddla T's name has come up a lot lately but, for whatever reason, we'd never felt compelled to find out why. Turns out that move was wrong because his Wayne Marsh... Read More...

Jerk TV: Jamaica on “Bizarre Foods”

Words by Jesse Serwer Jerk pork, curry goat, Ital stew, saltfish fritters, escoveitched snapper and mannish water don't seem that strange to us but we get why they'd appear exotic to folks who aren't fa... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: KingstonStyle x Caribbean Fashion Week

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via KingstonStyle Caribbean Fashion Week 2011 went down in Jamaica this week and our man on the street in Kingston, Biggy Biggz, has been holding his corner with comprehens... Read More...

Style & Vibes: Caribbean Fashion Ruling the Runway from Yard to NY

Words by Mikelah Rose Summer wardrobe is nothing without a little Caribbean inspiration! As the season is starting, Caribbean designers will be flocking to the runway in the Caribbean and its diaspora ne... Read More...

Behind The Seen: Vybz Kartel x Dre Skull’s “Go Go Wine” Video Shoot

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Mixpak I don't want to boast (much) but I was just in Jamaica, parring with Vybz Kartel and Brooklyn producer Dre Skull as they prepared to release their summer album p... Read More...

Visual Culture: Jamaica Reggae Film Festival

Words by Jesse Serwer It's been a big year for the intersection of Caribbean music and movies, from the smart reggae-and-calypso soundtrack in British director Stevan Riley's outstanding West Indies cric... Read More...

Video: Nas + Damian Marley “Nah Mean”

Words by Jesse Serwer Nas and Damian Marley continue to promote their year-old Distant Relatives project more vigorously this year than they did when it first came out, with another video filmed on the s... Read More...

LargeUp TV: Diplo in Kingston, Jamaica

A LargeUp Exclusive Webisode - Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, Photos and Video by Martei Korley. Unless you been living under an internet-sized rock, you’re probably already aware of Wesley “Diplo” Pentz... 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...

We Small Kings: New Passa Passa Book, Exclusive Anicee Gaddis Interview

Words by Erin MacLeod, photos by Allessandro Zuek Simonetti. Last year, just before New Year’s, writer Anicée Gaddis and photographer Alessandro Zuek Simonetti spent an evening at Passa Passa, Swatch Int... Read More...

Across the Border: Kingston Bids a Hero Farewell

Words and photos by Martei Korley Among the many activities surrounding the memorial services for Gregory Isaacs, who recently succumbed to lung cancer, perhaps none highlighted the adoration of The Cool... Read More...

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