Buju Banton’s viral Afrobeats-lambasting Drink Champs appearance (Aug. 28) previewed a particularly contentious month for reggae and dancehall music, and September did not disappoint. As a global ...

Jamaican music is suddenly the ubiquitous chaser to this summer's nasty shot of a heatwave. Rising star Cham's "Ghetto Story" single was a monster hit in Jamaica; an album of the same name was ...

Turn up any backyard speaker and reggae still gets the first nod. On the album Ghetto Reggae, Mr. Vegas keeps that instinct ...

The roots rasta sound of the album was being replaced by dancehall reggae in Jamaica, and soon afterwards among the diaspora in England too. Apart from innovations in bass lines and drum patterns, the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This week, we bring our classic Life of a Song series to your ears, with the dramatic story behind 'Bam Bam', ...

How sampling '90s reggae and hip-hop hits has become a popular — and proven — trend in Latin music. By Jessica Roiz Assistant Editor, Latin Last year, Daddy Yankee scored another smash with “Con Calma ...

It's hard to believe that Ozomatli has been making albums for over 20 years. I remember meeting the members of the band at a music conference in Miami just as they were introducing their vision to the ...

This week, we bring our classic Life of a Song series to your ears, with the dramatic story behind 'Bam Bam', Sister Nancy's reggae dancehall classic. Despite being one of the most sampled reggae ...