NEW YORK -- One of the year's biggest pop music hits is also one of the unlikeliest. It was recorded three years ago by an unknown artist in an unremarkable studio on the tiny Caribbean island of St.

Hip-hop isn't the only cultural movement celebrating its golden anniversary this year; soca, the up-tempo, propulsive descendant of calypso created in Trinidad and embraced across the Caribbean ...

As the lead singer of the popular soca band Roy Cape All Stars, Blaxx performed countless favourites, including 2013's “Leh Go,” which has since become a timeless selection: One of his biggest hits ...