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Mind = Blown. The Best Music Videos of 2011
2011 may not have been a great year for the economy, peace, or the elder Kardashian, but it was an exceptional year for music videos around the world. From France to...
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Natalie Storm Surfaces on Latest Relick From Poland’s Dreadsquad
This just in on our favorite Kingston diva: Natalie Storm contributed some typically fierce vocals on "Beat That Chest," a track by Polish DJ/producer duo Dreadsquad...
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Tweet Your Questions to #BestNewBand and Be Part of the Show!
The clock is counting down...and all you fans out there, at home, in Times Square, or the lucky few who will be inside the Best Buy Theater, be a part of our...
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Hours Before the MTV Iggy Show…Gyptian Tells Us What We Need to Know
Jamaican singjay phenom Gyptian didn't feel the need to talk much during his run-through at MTV headquarters today. In a shiny black parka and suspenders dangling behind...
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Things to Do in NYC When You’re a Best New Band Artist
With our Best New Band winners coming to New York City for our Monday concert, it's like some of our coolest friends are visiting -- and we want to show off our...
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8 Ways to Stay Awake to Watch the MTV Iggy Concert Live Stream
You voted, tweeted, and supported, and now there is one more way for you to be a part of MTV Iggy's Best New Band adventure. The Best New Band Concert featurin...
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Vybz Keeps Jamming, Pusha T Helps
While controversial dancehall colossus Vybz Kartel is currently in a Jamaican prison, his music goes on, live as ever. "Half On A Baby," his second single off this...
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Best New Band Concert 2011: Gyptian – ”Nah Let Go”
Ladies, look out. Gyptian’s performance at MTV Iggy’s Best New Band Concert on December 12 was a smooth, sexy, and irresistible dose of reggae -- and now you can watch...
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Best New Band Concert 2011: Gyptian – ”Hold You”
Ladies, look out. Gyptian’s performance at MTV Iggy’s Best New Band Concert on December 12 was a smooth, sexy, and irresistible dose of reggae -- and now you can watch...
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Best New Band Concert 2011: Gyptian – ”Beautiful Lady”
Ladies, look out. Gyptian’s performance at MTV Iggy’s Best New Band Concert on December 12 was a smooth, sexy, and irresistible dose of reggae -- and now you can watch...
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Vybz Kartel Prison Break: “It Was a Joke”
From his skin bleaching to his industry feuds, Jamaican dancehall star Vybz Kartel has always had a talent for generating controversy, even before he was arrested last...
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Reggae Star Gyptian Officially Performing at MTV Iggy’s 12/12 Concert
We're counting down the days (only 14 left!) to MTV Iggy's concert in Times Square by unveiling one colossal surprise after another.
Jamaican reggae superstar...
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The Best of MTV Iggy’s BNB Finalists
Watch the full concert on demand!
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Gyptian’s Jamaican, but He’s Really a Sphinx
Wonder what it would be like to hang out with reggae superstar Gyptian? Enter his world with MTV Iggy! Our photographer caught up with him on a flying visit to the US to...
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Exclusive: Gyptian in the Studio
The Reggae star and Best New Band finalist recently flew to New York to work with a hot producer on his upcoming fourth album. When his people invited us to spend some...
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In Search of the Inscrutable Gyptian
It could be called reggae time -- a slow unfurling of temporal reality as time as a metronomic concept loses meaning and becomes something more elastic and less...
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Romain Virgo — “System”
Part-time college student and full-time reggae wailer Romain Virgo is probably too busy to scribe letters to his local senator. He belts his beliefs in “System,” an...
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Has the Music Stopped for Vybz Kartel?
Early this year, when I was talking up Kingston Story, Vybz Kartel’s collaborative LP with Brooklyn-based producer Dre Skull, I had a strong premonition that 2011 might...
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Exclusive Photos: Vybz Kartel Denied Bail in Murder Charges
Vybz Kartel will just have to sit tight until trial. The Jamaican dancehall juggernaut was denied bail yesterday in the two murder charges against him, according to the...
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Acmatic — “Silver Nimbus”
Kingston, Jamaica’s Acmatic swoops in on a “Silver Nimbus.” The octet may be mv neophytes, but their brilliant fusion of old school rap and new wave cool leaves us...