The summer song -- think Nelly’s “Hot in Herre” circa ’02 or Beyonce’s “Crazy in Love” from last year -- is a tradition: It stows two months of hot, hazy vitality in one exuberant party anthem. But ...

Niney the Observer is a name no history of reggae is complete without. Part of a loose crew of downtown Kingston “ghetto promoters” who changed the face of Jamaican music as the ‘60s gave way to the ...

Asked about the revolutionary rhythms and songs created at his Black Ark studios in Kingston, Jamaica, reggae producer, dub innovator and studio icon Lee “Scratch” Perry described a cosmic process ...

Eddie Murphy knows reggae. In 2013, the actor, comedy icon and erstwhile R&B singer threw many for a loop when he unveiled “Red Light,” a stellar reggae track featuring Snoop Dogg, as his first new ...