Mento is the name given to Jamaican folk music that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s. Similar to Calypso, which originated in ...

Hip-hop and reggae have always gone hand in hand. These 25 collaborations prove why. Hip-hop and reggae have always been ...

Reggae is a genre born in Jamaica that emerged from ska and mento in the late 1940s and early 50s. After 1962 when Jamaica was declared an independent country, roots reggae became the score that not ...

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Artists from across different genres continue to prove that a major label is not a requirement to have a significant presence. Many up-and-coming artists understand the limitations of being signed to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Easter Monday morning, 1964, 14-year-old Marcia Griffiths stepped onto a stage for the very first time. The occasion was an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ABC News’ Mona Kosar Abdi reports on the impact of reggae and dancehall in music, and the artists who’ve helped shape the Jamaican ...

KINGSTON (Reuters) - The main event at fight night in Kingston, a popular boxing showcase, was hours away, but the crowd at the National Stadium's indoor arena, from the young and hip to the elderly, ...

Where: The Big Dipper, 171 S. Washington St., Cost: $14 Info: (509) 863-8098, www.bigdipperevents.com Nattali Rize shares the same beliefs as such icons as Bob Marley, John Lennon and Bono that music ...