Jamaican deejay and lyricist Buju Banton, a flawed and misunderstood musical hero, is adored by his faithful fans and often receives lavish praise from critics. Yet, Banton's career has been fraught ...

In the male-dominated world of Jamaican dancehall, Grace Hamilton, whose stage name is Spice, has made her mark as a self-starter. Her career took off in 2009 when she teamed up with Vybz Kartel on ...

Buju Banton — the popular Jamaican dancehall reggae performer who was sent to prison in the U.S. — has been released early and is reportedly back in Jamaica. Although officials at the privately run ...

Jamaica was a slave-operated plantation island for two centuries beginning in around the mid-1600s. The island then became a British colony until Jamaica gained its independence in the 1960s. Within ...

Born Chinsea Lin Lee in Mandeville, Jamaica, Shenseea is the product of a Jamaican mother and a Korean father. As a child, she would go back and forth between St. Elizabeth and Kingston to spend time ...

Johanna Taylor teaches Jamaican dancehall choreography. Taylor got her start by taking West African and Afro Caribbean dance classes in the Bay Area. As she became a student of the craft, Taylor got ...