This timeline shows an interactive journey through Jamaica's rich and ever-shifting musical history; encompassing it's birth, growth and myriad of characters that has made it a genre admired by the world.
The Jamaican filmThe Harder They Come, starring Jimmy Cliff, launches the popularity of reggae music in the United States. 1974 Patti Smith releases what is considered to be the first punk rock single, “Hey Joe.” Punk roars out of Britain during the late-'70s, with bands such as the ...
The Jamaican filmThe Harder They Come, starring Jimmy Cliff, launches the popularity of reggae music in the United States. 1974 Patti Smith releases what is considered to be the first punk rock single, “Hey Joe.” Punk roars out of Britain during the late-'70s, with bands such as the ...
If you start in the past and work all the way to the present, the history of hip-hop spreads out in every direction. It dates back to the 1920s, when the earliest form of hip-hop dance was invented. It includes the Jamaican dancehall toasting era of the '50s and '60s. It spreads ...
When Newfoundlanders want to initiate non-Newfoundlanders (also known as “come from aways”) into the island’s gregarious culture, they perform a ceremony that includes many of the culture’s unique rituals – downing a shot of screech (a high-alcohol Jamaican rum blended and bottled in New...
Drake Becomes Apart of Popcaan’s Unruly Crew–Nov. 2016 Caribbean influences can be heard in a plethora of Drake cuts, especially his most recent effortMore Life. Drake teamed up with Jamaican dancehall artistPopcaanfor his hit single “Controlla,” and although Popcaan’s verse was cut fr...
News broke on Friday (April 3) that a three-member Jamaican court of appeals panel has upheld Vybz Kartel’s 2014 murder conviction.
Bobby Shmurda was born Ackquille Jean Pollard on August 4, 1994, in Miami, Florida. He’s half-Trinidadian (mother) and half-Jamaican (father), and the youngest of two brothers. His father, Gervase Johnson, was convictedof attempted murderin 1995, and sentenced to life. He’s been away...
Your last album was influenced by your Jamaican and Greek heritage. Can we expect a bit of a Latin American flavour on the next one? You know what, I’m so excited to be over here because I’ve always been so inspired by Brazilian music and Latin music in general. My father listened...
Bobby Shmurda was born Ackquille Jean Pollard on August 4, 1994, in Miami, Florida. He’s half-Trinidadian (mother) and half-Jamaican (father), and the youngest of two brothers. His father, Gervase Johnson, was convictedof attempted murderin 1995, and sentenced to life. He’s been away...