Hits You Didn't Know Sampled Reggae Classics - DancehallMag. Songs that sampled reggae are everywhere in popular music, yet listeners rarely trace those borrowed rhythms, vocals, and riddims back to ...

Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs by Chip and DJ Cheem. By Kyle Denis With carnival season coming to a close, it’s time to let go of the summer and ease into the cooler half ...

Sunaina Keonaona Kale grew up in California, loving Hawaiian music. Years before she earned her Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from UC Santa Barbara, Kale convinced her mom to buy her the complete ...

Reggae music pioneer Bob Marley died at the too-young age of 36 in 1981 from melanoma. But his music lives forever in the hearts of music fans, if sales are an indication. His 1984 "Legend" best-of ...

Who belongs on reggae and dancehall's metaphorical mountaintop? Narrowing the genres' influence to just a handful of names feels nearly impossible, but these artists helped shape the sound, culture ...

Mr. Vegas is an award-winning reggae dancehall singer. The performers is a cultural ambassador known in the dancehall and reggae industry for his ability to blend “rapid-fire toasting with melodic ...

In this essay, writer AJ Morris explores the cultural history of Jamaican music, from reggae to dancehall, and examines how the medium works in tandem with Jamaican film as acts of protest and ...