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Jamaica (New York)

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    August 3, 2006

    Crackhead Camera!

    These guys make Girls Gone Wild look lame

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    October 14, 1992

    Swelter

    These guys make Girls Gone Wild look lame

  • News

    November 11, 1992

    The Last Voyage of the Mighty Viking

    Prosecutors are about to try one of the late reggae DJ's alleged abductors, but the Mighty Viking's demise remains shrouded in rumors

  • News

    February 24, 1993

    Meet the Candidate

    The Rev. Clennon King is unique. Period.

  • News

    August 31, 1995

    The Further Importance of Being First

    A distant voice rises in protest: one more tunnel, one last trolley, one final shot at history

  • News

    August 23, 2007

    Ramadi Madness

    When every member of Florida's 124th Infantry returned from Iraq alive, it seemed too good to be true. It was.

  • Music

    April 12, 2007

    Stephen Marley

    Mind Control (Tuff Gong/Universal)

  • Music

    March 22, 2007

    If You Can't Riddim, Join 'Em

    The gatekeepers of Jamaican music once shunned Black Chiney. Now the Miami four are kings of the dancehall

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Osama’s Thug

    Jose Padilla is (a) a punk; (b) a terrorist in training; (c) an unwitting pawn for Uncle Sam and al-Qaeda; or (d) all of the above

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2005

    Night&Day

    Jose Padilla is (a) a punk; (b) a terrorist in training; (c) an unwitting pawn for Uncle Sam and al-Qaeda; or (d) all of the above

  • Music

    March 3, 2005

    Dub from the Roots

    Looking for Leslie Ruddock, brother to King Tubby and the unsung hero of dub

  • News

    March 3, 2005

    Letters from the Issue of March 3, 2005

    Dance music, Stevie Wonder, pot-smoking teens, and Leona Helmsley

  • Music

    February 5, 2004

    Pop! Goes Vendetta

    For Donovan Bennett, the dancehall is just the beginning

  • Music

    January 22, 2004

    Smoke for Life

    The sixth annual Medical Marijuana Benefit Concert raises funds for patients' rights

  • Music

    April 10, 2003

    Chin Music

    How one little record shop climbed to the top of the reggae world

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    MIA: A User's Manual

    Is our airport the most user-unfriendly in America? No, just one of four really unhappy landing sites.

  • Music

    March 6, 2003

    Paid and Played

    Dancehall producer Troyton Remi takes his Black Shadow label to the top with "Gimme the Light"

  • Music

    August 15, 2002

    Richie Stephens

    Man Upstairs "ERC Records"

  • News

    December 13, 2001

    Admitting Terror, Part 3

    Four more cases of egregious ineptitude at the Immigration and Naturalization Service

  • News

    November 15, 2001

    Hip-Hop Gets Mellow

    Mr. Cheeks, homeboy turned homebody, loves the quiet life in Miami

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    Conched Out

    The queen conch, long a culinary favorite and a symbol of life in the Keys, is disappearing from local waters

  • News

    December 17, 1998

    Hurricane Chris

    Chris Cole insists a divinely inspired storm will one day wipe Miami off the map

  • News

    February 12, 1998

    Black Beauty

    In an era when race relations were ugly, the Sunlight Beauty Academy did its part to make black Miami a more lovely place

  • Music

    November 27, 1997

    Rotations

    In an era when race relations were ugly, the Sunlight Beauty Academy did its part to make black Miami a more lovely place

  • News

    November 6, 1997

    Calypso Carnival

    Brash and bawdy, playful and provocative, an exotic art form gets a local showcase the Miami Calypso Show

  • Music

    March 28, 1996

    Rotations

    Brash and bawdy, playful and provocative, an exotic art form gets a local showcase the Miami Calypso Show

  • News

    January 29, 1992

    Manno Charlemagne

    Brash and bawdy, playful and provocative, an exotic art form gets a local showcase the Miami Calypso Show

  • News

    November 5, 2009

    Lauderhill's Joel Waul cashes in on his record-setting rubber band ball

    Brash and bawdy, playful and provocative, an exotic art form gets a local showcase the Miami Calypso Show

  • Music

    February 25, 2010

    Top picks for the 17th annual Marley Fest

    Brash and bawdy, playful and provocative, an exotic art form gets a local showcase the Miami Calypso Show

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    A Miami Shower Posse Victim Calls for "Dudus" Coke's Head

    "Dudus" Coke, fugitive leader of the Jamaican gang that terrorized South Florida.​Elonia and David Reynolds fled crack-flooded Miami Gardens soon after the murder of their daughter. They were afraid-- but not of the drug dealers perched on every corner. It was their own rage that scared them, ... More >>

  • Music

    August 19, 2010

    Gyptian

    "Dudus" Coke, fugitive leader of the Jamaican gang that terrorized South Florida.​Elonia and David Reynolds fled crack-flooded Miami Gardens soon after the murder of their daughter. They were afraid-- but not of the drug dealers perched on every corner. It was their own rage that scared them, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Black Chiney's DJ Walshy Fire Brings the Heat in 2011 With a Free Indie Mix

    Walshy spins hot fiyah!​For those of you with real knowledge of the Caribbean music scene, the name DJ Walshy Fire is a household staple -- kinda like Crystal Hot Sauce and Febreze Air Freshener. And similar to both products, Walshy (real name Leighton Paul Walsh) delivers both mouth-watering fire ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    The Hundred in the Hands Talks War, Peace, Hip-Hop, the '80s, and Geeking Out Over Art

    ​Last week, Crossfade had a casual chat with Mr. Jason Friedman and Ms. Eleanore Everdell of Brooklyn boy-girl band The Hundred in the Hands. The topics ranged from THITH's namesake ("A Native American battle from the 1800s," Friedman explained) to collecting printed matter, defying this hyperd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Black Star's Mos Def and Talib Kweli Reup the Rap Revolution September 27

    ​Back in the day (circa 1998), an underground rap slab hit the streets and it was called Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star. The duo behind this record -- Black Star, consisting obviously enough of Brooklyn MCs Mos Def and Talib Kweli -- took its core concepts (and its name) from Marcus Ga ... More >>

  • Music

    September 22, 2011

    Rock the Bells presents Black Star at the Fillmore Miami Beach September 27

    ​Back in the day (circa 1998), an underground rap slab hit the streets and it was called Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star. The duo behind this record -- Black Star, consisting obviously enough of Brooklyn MCs Mos Def and Talib Kweli -- took its core concepts (and its name) from Marcus Ga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Tabou Combo's Yvan "Kapi" Andre Talks Voudou, Kompa, and The Rolling Stones

    Tabou Combo's Yvan "Kapi" Andre.​Tabou Combo has one of the most revered funk breakdowns in all of musicland. And between the voudou beats, big soul horns, salsa turns, merengue runs, and rockin' drums, this band is the most eclectic kompa crew in the world. The group started in 1968 under the na ... More >>

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