Eighty-one years ago today, the artist who is large4ly responsible for the worldwide popularity of reggae was born.

For decades, reggae and other styles of Jamaican music have infiltrated popular music worldwide. It’s in the DNA of everything from hip hop to punk to electronic music to reggaeton to Afrobeats and ...

In our newly minted FADER Five column, we ask the artists and producers orbiting our universe to riff on a theme and serve up five gems of their choosing. Gyptian is a figurehead of the roots revival ...

It is a strange thing to be a Jamaican artist trying to break into the American music scene in 2017. For many American listeners, their knowledge of reggae begins (and ends) with the name Marley ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The reggae world is mourning the loss of one of its most cherished voices—Cocoa Tea—who passed away at the age of 65. Known for his smooth voice, uplifting messages, and undeniable ...

In Jamaican music’s immediate family, there are reggae, dancehall, ska, rocksteady, dub and mento and Nyabinghi. Close cousins? That would be hip-hop, reggaeton, EDM and Afrobeats. Learn about all the ...

From Chronixx to Armanii, these are the best albums to come out of the West Indies this year. By Kyle Denis Nobody does it quite like the Caribbean, and 2025 only offered more proof. King of Dancehall ...

Eddie Murphy has been balancing a comedy career and a passion for making music since well before his turn in Shrek covering The Monkees’ “I’m a Believer” (see: his portrayal of soul singer James ...

Since the release of his 2017 project Good Life, Collie Buddz has been steadily gearing up to drop his upcoming third studio album Hybrid. This year, Buddz has shared "Legal Now," an ode to legalizing ...