Born in London to Jamaican parents, Slick Rick suffered an eye injury as a child. His family later immigrated to the Bronx, New York. Notably, it was during the Hip Hop icon’s time at the ...

Hip-hop originated in the Bronx area of New York in the 1970s. Its vocal origins lie in the Jamaican 'toasting' tradition. Toasting is a cross between talking and rhythmic chanting which was ...

Producer Shawn ‘Pennycooke’ Richards says the Travel Fox track by Vybz Kartel, released in July 2023, has seen a new wave of ...

Womad Aotearoa has announced four new artists for its 2025 lineup in New Plymouth. Melbourne's art-rockers Not Drowning, Waving, will be joined by Papua New Guinean musician George Telek, while ...

where Jamaican DJs would play the echoey, dubbed-out “versions” of popular reggae tunes while an MC would “chat” rhymes overtop. In American hip-hop, it ultimately led to the MC taking on ...

Rapping is a style of vocal delivery that is key to rap and hip-hop music. A rapper ... Its vocal roots lie in a Jamaican technique called ‘toasting’ - a cross between chanting and talking ...

The NYC premiere of Studio 17: The Lost Reggae Tapes took place at the new Bronx Music Hall this past weekend, with cultural ...