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Lion Sitté, King of Spain’s Reggae Jungle
Name: Lion Sitté
Where He's From: Madrid, Spain via Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
When He Started: 2006
Genre: Dancehall reggae/R&B
For Fans Of: Cultura...
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Scene Report: Oistins Friday Night Fish Fry
Words and photos by Greg Scruggs
The pear-shaped island of Barbados can have an aloof feel. Perched out in the Atlantic Ocean, some 60 miles east of the Windward...
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Douster on Dancehall, Style, and Having Fun
When Douster arrived on the tropical bass scene in 2009 as a part of the Argentinian DJ collective/label ZZK, he was a student visiting Buenos Aires from France. He fell...
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Reggae Royalty: David Rodigan Drops New FACT Magazine Mix
David Rodigan MBE is held in such high regard in the UK and Jamaica for his work, and rightly so. The legendary DJ has dedicated most of his life to the promotion of...
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“First Time” Raises Dre Skull’s “Loudspeaker Riddim” to New Heights
Last summer, Dre Skull released his Loudspeaker Riddim EP, with five versions of the sinuous dancehall riddim featuring different vocalists, including Beenie Man’s “Hot...
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Aurelio Martinez: Last (Garifuna) Man Standing
As New York's Garifuna Community Celebrates Surival Day in the Club, Survival Is Anything But Certain
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Tifa on Top: Meet the Girl Running Jamaican Dancehall
With a combination of super-cuteness and sassy lyrics delivered with style, young dancehall deejay and singer Tifa has shaken up the scene in her native Kingston and...
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Mavado Tries On Dancehall Crown, Sets Sights On US
The “Gully Gad” has emerged as dancehall’s last superstar standing. What’s next?
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Is Stylo G Dancehall’s Next “Soundbwoy”?
Jamaican-born Stylo G has been putting work in the UK's dancehall scene for what seems like forever, but he finally got his big break when his catchy "Call Mi A Yardie"...
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A Raka Keeps It Real
Los Rakas stop by MTV Iggy to talk about everything from pan-African politics to Panamanian slang.
Truth is, there’s only Los Rakas really doing this. The bilingual...
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Zuzuka Poderosa Is Ready To Show the World Her Beautiful Carioca Bass
Zuzuka Poderosa's bio is a lot like the story of global bass music itself. The Brazil-born, Brooklyn-based bass vocalist is inspired by baile funk but her music has...
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PREMIERE: Want More Electric Punanny? We’ll Give You Some…If You Come Party With Us
Lucky for you DJ/Vocalists Jasmine Solano and MeLo-X are back with another banger off their Electric Punanny mixtape series. Welcome Vol. 3 into the mix, which offers a...
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Dre Skull’s Kingston Diaries
The Brooklyn-based, bearded DJ/producer shares a never-ending saga of scheduling studio time with Vybz Kartel, and his fearful ordeal of trying to finally close the
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ICON: Kardinal Offishall is Dangerous and Not for Sale
Words and interview by Rebecca McDonald.
As one of the premier producer/rap artists to grace the Canadian music scene and beyond, you can crown this king the Jay-Z of...
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Snoop Lion Sings “Lighters Up” with Mavado, Popcaan
On the Major Lazer and Dre Skull produced "Lighters Up" Mavado, Popcaan and Jahdan Blakkamoore round out an all star crew for the third single from Snoop Lion's...
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Nana NYC Releases “One Nation” on Ghana’s Election Day
In honor of Ghana's elections, New York-based Ghanaian MC Nana NYC teamed up with award-winning Ghanaian star Samini for a reflective moment they've titled "One...
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CHECKPOINT: Bluefields, Nicaragua
On the isolated Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, embraced tightly by green jungle in all sides, is a place called Bluefields. To get there, you start with a bumpy six-hour...
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9 Obama Songs From Around The Globe
President Obama's razor-thin re-election last night shows that the US is still divided on his record as the country's leader. But one thing is for sure -- the rest of...
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New Mixtape from Major Lazer’s The Jillionaire
A nice little Caribbean-flavored mixtape has hit the interwebs this weekend, and you can bet that Major Lazer is behind it. The script-flipping dancehall outfit created...
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Native Creatives: 10 Artists Representing Indigenous Youth Worldwide
A Tribe Called Red/Photo courtesy of the artist
Starting October 30 and running through November 4, Aboriginal Music Week will go off in Winnipeg, Canada,...