I grew up going to Reggae. As a Mendo local, Reggae was what we looked forward to every summer, and as I and the festival grew, I would hear of an increasing number of sexual assaults occurring. I ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Having a movie star like Matthew McConaughey devoted to your music creates immeasurable exposure. So, in the beginning, Mishka savored the ...

The Long Beach rapper Snoop Dogg has several iconic traits -- a laid-back and menacing flow, evocatively violent lyrics and a deep affection for cannabis sativa among them. He’ll get to keep at least ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Four years ago, John Shields was a new kid in town, an 18-year-old transplant from suburban Philly ...

If there’s one thing that Fallon does that no one else in late night is doing, it’s music. The musical segments are what make his version of the show his. And last night’s reggae barbershop quartet is ...

The concept of the compilation Out of Many: 50 Years of Reggae Music is simple. 50 years ago, Jamaica won independence from the British-ruled West Indies Federation. Around that same time, popular ...

The popular reggae singer gunned down with his secret girlfriend outside a seedy Bronx hotel had taunted his romantic rival and accused killer in song. In “Nah Lef Joe,” released in 2010, Wayne ...

When OMI released his debut single, "Cheerleader," in 2012, it was a great reggae song and a success in his native Jamaica—it even won him a spot guest-judging the Jamaica Fitness Association's ...

When Gwen Stefani enters a recording studio, it is customary for the horn players awaiting her to begin playing “The Imperial March.” We learn this key factoid and a few more nuggets about the first ...

The raunchy Latin genre known as reggaeton won't be soundtracking Cuban parties anymore. At least not legal ones. And that's... OK? Officials in Cuba have banned the music for its "aggressive, ...