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Music

Hip-hop’s 50th anniversary takes over Fulton Street, commemorative MetroCards ready

By Tangerine Clarke

Music

Wyclef Jean to host inaugural Caribbean Music Awards at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn

By Nelson A. King

Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley.

Music

‘MY SWEET LORD’

By Nelson A. King

Vincentian musician Joe Alert at work in his home studio.

Joe Alert continues to make music

By Ebony Prescod

Harmony Steel Orchestra beats out soca vibes during the launch of 2023 J'Ouvert in Brooklyn on Saturday, July 22.

Trinidad & Tobago

UN declares Aug. 11 World Steelpan Day

By Nelson A. King

“Born for Greatness” covert art.

Music

Buju Banton ‘Born for Greatness’

By Nelson A. King

Grenadian artistes Burgess McPhie and Cheryl Vincent.

Grenada

Grenadian artistes pay tribute to Elsia Ferguson — a Grenadian-Caribbean heroine

By Gerry Hopkin, JD

Hilton Samuel in his den with only a few of the awards he has won throughout his career.

Trinidad & Tobago

Hilton Samuel: A pillar of the community

By Ebony Prescod

The Mighty Sparrow.

Grenada

TUCO celebrates Mighty Sparrow on 88th birthday

By Nelson A. King

Braata Folk Singers perform in September last year during the Guyana Cultural Association's Folk Festival at the Old Boys & Girls High School Grounds in Brooklyn.

Music

Braata Productions hosts Bankra Caribbean Culture Festival

By Nelson A. King

Fya Empress riles up picnic-goers in Vincy Day Picnic in Brooklyn in late July 2022.

DOUBLE CROWN

By Nelson A. King

Barrington Levy performs at a free reggae concert at Coney Island’s Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island.|Reggae singer AJ Brown belts out a tune during the concert at Ford Amphitheater art Coney Island.

Jamaica

Top-ranking Dancehall rulers thru the decades

By Vinette K. Pryce

Rejector urges nationals to "Use The Anthem" in competing the preliminary round of the judging of the Dynamite Calypso Tent at The Palace on Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn for Vincy Mas 2023.

REJECTOR SELECTED

By Nelson A. King

Flo Anthony

Music

Go With The Flo

By Flo Anthony

Members of Alma Moyo band, featuring Oxil Febles dancing (front). On drums Manuela Arciniegas, Nelson Cabassa, Ariel LaSalle. Behind Febles: Alex LaSalle and Ines Mangual.

Africa

Summer Event Series highlights Congolese influence in Caribbean music and dance

By Milette Millington

Screenshot of Angela Hunte sitting on a stoop with her friend on her stoop where she grew up in Flatbush, from her video in the NYC Tourism Local Legends Series, which was released on May 25.

Music

Latest episode in NYC Tourism’s Local Legends Series spotlights Caribbean Heritage

By Milette Millington

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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announced a series of World Cup watch parties at the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Monday afternoon.

BP Richards announces slate of World Cup watch parties across Queens

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