After Usain Bolt won the 100-meter Olympic gold medal in Rio this week, NBC’s Bob Costas wondered if the sprinter had surpassed reggae music icon Bob Marley as the most popular Jamaican in the ...

In Jamaica during the 1950s, people began to gather in parks and on beaches, partying to music that was spun by entrepreneurial disc jockeys and piped through outdoor loudspeakers. This quirk of ...

You can hear the influence of traditional Jamaican music as well as American rhythm ‘n’ blues ... This style of Jamaican folk music was popular in the 1950s. Like calypso it is strophic ...

Adopting America R&B style but adding Mento elements ... UK chart with My Boy Lollipop in 1964. This seeping of Jamaican music in to popular culture would continue with cult 1972 film The Harder ...

Reggae has been added to a list of international cultural treasures which the United Nations has deemed worthy of protecting and promoting. The music ... Reggae became popular in the United ...

Garnet’s music intersects with MC Ranks’s story of growing up in the hills of Jamaica’s St Catherine parish with dreams of ...

Around the world, people of Jamaican heritage are starting to reconnect with the island's powerful language – and its complex ...

Putting words to music can lead to immortality ... and it might be playing on a radio near you right now. Here are some ...

Jamaica is a tropical island country and a popular tourist destination in the Caribbean sea ... The country is also famous for its vibrant culture, reflected in its music, art, cuisine, and festivals.

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Hugh McIntyre covers music ... charts in America–especially for tunes in that specific genre, which has never been known for churning out hits—but they remain very popular to this day.

Popular Cuban reggaeton artist El Taiger is said to be in “very critical condition” after he was shot in the head.