LargeUp TV: Machel Montano on The Meaning of Carnival
Monk Monté breaks it all down in the first installment of our three-part video series, "The King of Carnival".
Kerwin DuBois, 101: From “Wotless” To “Too Real”
Words By LargeUp Crew—
Trini soca star Kerwin Du Bois' Fantastic Friday coronation last week—he won the Groovy Soca monarch title with his song "Too Real"— was a long time coming. While his 2012 Carni... Read More...
Heavyweight Champion: Watch Mr. Killa’s “Rolly Polly” Video
Words by Jam Central—
Jamaican artists have long been known to sing about their affinity for voluptuous women. Classic tunes like The Heptones' "I Need a Fat Girl (Fattie Fattie)," Shaggy's "Mampie" or R... Read More...
Soca Survivor: The Return of Super Blue
Words by Jesse Serwer—
The biggest news in soca this month is the return of Superblue —father of Fay-Ann Lyons and Terri Lyons, and the originator of the jump and wave craze—to Trinidad's Soca Monarch co... Read More...
Post-Game: Trinidad Carnival Roundup
Words by Eddie STATS Houghon and Jillionaire, via The Guardian UK
Through the kind links of our UK correspondent Gabriel Heatwave of the London-based Heatwave crew Jillionaire and myself were tapped to p... Read More...