Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “All in the same boat, rockin’ on the same rock,” Bob Marley sang on the Wailers’ 1971 classic “Don’t Rock My Boat.” Produced by ...

This past weekend Montego Bay, Jamaica hosted the 20th anniversary staging of Reggae Sumfest, which has come to be known as "The Greatest Reggae Show on Earth." The festival kicked off with Thursday's ...

Shabba Ranks is a household name in the world of reggae and dancehall, and he is the subject of Part 2 of our Dean Meminger's Soul's Survivors series this year as we celebrate Black Music Month.

Anyone who has ever been to Miami’s biggest reggae concert, Best of the Best, knows that it trades on nostalgia, featuring such acts as Lady Saw, Wayne Wonder and Shabba Ranks. To hear them, was to ...

The voyage includes stops in Montego Bay and Ocho Rios. The Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise (WTJRC), co-founded by four-time Grammy winner Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, is celebrating its 10th ...

The crowd is spilling out into the highway at Pier 97 in midtown, and we are on the hunt for a man named Zanadu. He’s the plug to Shabba Ranks—we’ve been trying to secure an interview for weeks, and ...

It’s a special edition of the playlist, with Jamaican novelist Marlon James picking five songs to soundtrack his new book, A Brief History of Seven Killings Last week the Jamaican novelist Marlon ...

In 2010, Shabba Ranks is mostly remembered outside dancehall circles not so much as a person or an artist, but as a cultural moment, like new jack swing or rave gear. He was a skit on In Living Color ...

The 73rd Annual St. Thomas Carnival is in full swing, celebrating Caribbean food, history, culture, and one of its most significant components: music. This year’s entertainment features a ...

Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon (aka Shabba Ranks) deserves his title, The Emperor, due to his groundbreaking achievements. In 1991, he signed a recording deal with Epic Records which helped him ...

The producer born Robert Dixon was responsible for hits like the Shabba Ranks song “Dem Bow,” which became a staple of global pop. By Jon Pareles Robert Dixon, who as Bobby Digital became one of ...