MK’s Daily Picture – not so fishy
Photo: Martei Korley Subject: Well... Location: Barbados, W.I.
This not so inviting, but quite appropriate, sign hung on the wall of a fish processing plant in Walkers Beach..... Read More...
Jillionaire’s Guide to Trinidad Carnival
Words by Jillionaire Juice
If you're like us, you are too broke to go to carnival but too stressed by 2010 not to, even if it means debt-setting down to Trinidad on a stolen credit card. In that spirit w... Read More...
AMPED. Soul/Funk re-designed in Kingston
Words and Photo: Martei Korley
Detroit-based Soul/Funk Legend Amp Fiddler, returns to Jamaica to record an album "Inspiration Information" with The Riddim Twins, Sly & Robbie. We were hanging out in ... Read More...
Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival
Posted by Martei Korley
The Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival is wrapping up its three days of revelry in Montego Bay tonight. Rather than actually focusing on strictly Jazz and Blues, the annual event incorpo... Read More...
LargeUp TV: Skateboarding in Jamaica with Nurdz Republic
Words by DJ Gravy
At an Anthony B session in January of 2008, I met a Rasta youth with a skateboard in hand. I was intrigued and started talking to him about it. He explained to me that he and his crew, ... Read More...
Haiti steals some space in the Art world
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton
StolenSpace Gallery in London is linking up with war-photographer Jeff Antebi (who shot the beautiful pic on our Yardies for Haiti post) to raise money and awareness in the ... Read More...
Samuel Dalembert steps up for Haiti
Words by Jesse Serwer
As Large Up's resident basketball head, Gravy asked me to speak a little piece about Samuel Dalembert, the Haitian hoops star who's stepped up MASSIVELY for his homeland these last ... Read More...
Bring a mattress to the party! Skerrit Bwoy gets his spot blown up on Jimmy Kimmel Live…
Words by DJ Gravy
So about a year ago (January 09), I ran into Diplo at Santos Party House, he told me about his project, Major Lazer, that was almost complete. but they still needed a few more songs for... Read More...
Yardies for Haiti
Words by Eddie STATS Houghton. Photo by Jeff Antebi
In case you’ve been off the grid, Port au Prince experienced a 7.0 quake on the richter scale yesterday (January 12th), devastating the most populated ... Read More...
Professor SickInHead !
Words by DJ Gravy
So one of out favorite dancers, (and people for that matter) SickInHead, from Kingston, Jamaica is currently based in Stockholm, Sweden. Next week he starts teaching a dance workshop al... Read More...
Burning Spear “Man In the Hills”
Words: Martei Korley
As a testament to majestic nature of Jamaica's mountains; Spear wrote his classic tune in 1976, immediately following his smash hit "Marcus Garvey".
The hills(mountains) have always... Read More...
Nightfall in The Blue Mountains
Words and Images: Martei Korley Jamaica is an Island of contrasts. From shanties to opulence, crowded inner cities to “country”. Country is the term Jamaicans use for most locations outside of Kingston. One goe... Read More...