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Time is Now: An Interview with Pressure Busspipe

Words by Kaya.lah, Photos by Martei Korley— As an artist makes progress in their career, a defined path tends to takes shape. Artists of a certain level of dedication lay their tracks literally and meta... Read More...

Carnival Playlist: The Sounds of St. Thomas Carnival

Words by Kaya.lah— As the Caribbean Carnival calendar goes, after the March Madness of Brazil, T&T and Dominica, it’s up to Jamaica, then St. Maarten and Rock City—that's St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.— to car... Read More...

Virgin Islands Nice: Pressure Buss Pipe’s New USVI Anthem + Video

Words by Kaya.lah— "All hail, our Virgin Islands, Em’ralds of the sea," go the lyrics to the Virgin Islands March, a solemn dedication to these little but impactful Caribbean rocks that's been the US Vir... Read More...

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AUDIO: Island Boy Cartel – “Black History Month”

Words by Kaya.lah— With Jamaican-Canadian rapper Kardinal Offishall and prolific Virgin Island pop composers Planet VI at the helm, Island Boy Cartel is shaping up to be something special. LargeUp introd... Read More...

LargeUp Interview: Paebak on Island Rap + ‘Rock City’

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photos by Justin Pallack— We hear a great deal of hip-hop from the Caribbean here at LargeUp HQ, and the reality is very little of it holds any appeal for listeners beyond the re... Read More...

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The LargeUp Sessions (10/31) with Angela Hunte, Paebak + Uwe Banton

Words by LargeUp Crew— Who says LargeUp is just a Jamaican reggae ting? We've always made it a point to feature culture from across the Caribbean, the diaspora and behind. And our next episode of our Rad... Read More...

Night Moves: Watch St. Thomas Rapper Paebak’s “5 A.M. in the V.I.” Video

Words by Kaya.lah— Earlier this summer we introduced you to Rock City (St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands) rapper Paebak, via his infectious single "VI OGs." The VI's hottest spitter returns with a heated tak... Read More...

You Rate It: Watch Paebak’s “VI OGs” Video

Words by Kaya.lah— The Virgin Islands has a delicate balance. Just moving through the same island can you take you from one extreme to another. As with elsewhere in the Caribbean, that lush, Eden-like im... Read More...

Virgin Island Visuals: Watch I-Grade Records’ Songbird Riddim Video

Words by Kaya.lah— From the center of “Kult-JAH” in the US Virgin Islands, St. Croix (aka Cruz), I-Grade Records has just released a class production called the Songbird riddim. The roster for the releas... Read More...

Lovin the Crew: Kardinal Offishall Introduces Island Boy Cartel

Words by Jesse Serwer— When we spoke with Kardinal Offishall last summer, we noted the quantity of fellow West Indian folks in the Jamaican-Canadian MC's circle, from rapper The Kid Daytona (an Antiguan)... Read More...

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