During the festival, Jamaican music legends Clifford "Mr. Vegas" Smith, whose breakout hits "Nike Air" and "Heads High" catapulted him to international fame in 1997; Sly Dunbar, legendary drummer of ...

Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican reggae star whose lead role in the 1972 cult-movie sensation “The Harder They Come” helped introduce the pulsating island dance beat to a global audience, has died. He was 81 ...

February marks National Reggae Month — a time to celebrate the rich anthology of Jamaican music and honor the birthdays of late icons Dennis Brown and Bob Marley. The festival will include dancers ...

A true creative at his core, reggae recording artiste and producer Skygrass is charging into 2026 with unstoppable momentum.

In Jamaican music’s immediate family, there are reggae, dancehall, ska, rocksteady, dub and mento and Nyabinghi. Close cousins? That would be hip-hop, reggaeton, EDM and Afrobeats. Learn about all the ...

Jamaican music icon Jimmy Cliff has died “due to a seizure followed by pneumonia” at the age of 81. The news was shared earlier today in a post on his official Facebook page. Cliff’s wife Latifa ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — For decades, the sound of Jamaica has been reggae, the infectious, uniquely syncopated music that transformed the small Caribbean island into a cultural powerhouse. But the ...

Protoje — née Oje Ken Ollivierre — isn’t supposed to be here, or at least that’s what he says. The Jamaica native grew up in the western parish of St. Elizabeth, a small country town far from the ...

Reggae music icon Jimmy Cliff, who’s unique tone, lyricism and breakthrough role on the silver screen helped make the music of his native Jamaica part of popular culture across the globe, has died at ...

The new crop of reggae artists aren't actually from from Jamaica, but they are wildly successful. Reggae music and the island of Jamaica are inseparable, right? Lately, a crop of artists from places ...

From beachfront cookshops to tranquil mountain hideaways, a guide to Kingston, Jamaica, with tips from four insiders. By Nicole Acheampong Vybz Kartel served more than a decade of a murder sentence ...