Throughout his Grammy-winning career as a rapper, musician, songwriter and producer, much of Wyclef Jean’s recorded output highlights Jamaican music culture’s vast influence. There’s the Fugees ...

In Jamaica during the 1950s, people began to gather in parks and on beaches, partying to music that was spun by entrepreneurial disc jockeys and piped through outdoor loudspeakers. This quirk of ...

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa in 2025, Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise returns to Jamaica with renewed purpose.

Try to imagine a world without sound systems. How quiet and still it would be. Developed in Kingston, Jamaica during the late 1940s, these custom made, oversized, yet surprisingly mobile speaker sets ...

From “dubplate” to “dubstep,” the word “dub” appears in a variety of contexts and, more importantly, denotes a form of music that has influenced countless genres and musicians. Based on reggae, the ...

Sergio Ortiz is a soft-spoken teacher in San Antonio College’s music business program. But as the reggae artist Sgt. Remo, he makes some serious noise with a wall of speakers that looks like ...

Multi world clash champion and iconic Jamaican sound system selector ‘Di General’ Pink Panta continues to play a pivotal role in promoting Jamaican music and emerging talent through his widely viewed ...