Tems Named Executive Producer of ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ Soundtrack Featuring Burna Boy and Ayra Starr

Tems Named Executive Producer of ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ Soundtrack Featuring Burna Boy and Ayra Starr

The music for one of the most anticipated African fantasy films in years is arriving almost two months before the movie itself.

Asake to Headline FutureFest Lagos With ‘M$NEY’ Performance This Detty December

Asake to Headline FutureFest Lagos With ‘M$NEY’ Performance This Detty December

For weeks, Afrobeats fans kept asking the same thing: where was Asake in all the Detty December plans?

Vybz Kartel Surpasses 7 Billion Career Streams Ahead of New Album ‘The Sun’

Vybz Kartel Surpasses 7 Billion Career Streams Ahead of New Album ‘The Sun’

More than half of Vybz Kartel’s recent streams came from listeners who don’t pay for a subscription.

Jahmiel Earns Gold Certification in Germany

Jahmiel Earns Gold Certification in Germany

Jahmiel didn’t need a press release to share the news. He took to Instagram with a four-word caption, “Gold In Germany,” alongside a gold disc emoji, the German flag and a flame, letting the milestone speak for itself.

Anthony B Releases ‘Box Ah Rubbaz (Tease Har 2.0)’ Video

Anthony B Releases ‘Box Ah Rubbaz (Tease Har 2.0)’ Video

Anthony B isn’t letting the title do all the talking. The Trelawny veteran has dropped the full video for “Box Ah Rubbaz (Tease Har 2.0),” and he announced it on Instagram with almost no fuss: a bee emoji, the song name, and a note pointing fans to YouTube.

Damian Marley’s ‘Halfway Tree’: The Story Behind the Album

Damian Marley’s ‘Halfway Tree’: The Story Behind the Album

Every Kingston taxi driver knows Half Way Tree. It is the crossroads where uptown meets downtown and the clock tower watches the traffic.

Nas & Damian Marley, ‘Distant Relatives’: The Story Behind the Album

Nas & Damian Marley, ‘Distant Relatives’: The Story Behind the Album

Some collaborations are business arrangements. Others feel like a reunion. When Nas and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley released Distant Relatives on May 18, 2010, it sounded like two branches of the same family tree finding each other again.

Rototom Sunsplash Guide: Everything to Know About Europe’s Great Reggae Gathering

Rototom Sunsplash Guide: Everything to Know About Europe’s Great Reggae Gathering

Every August, a stretch of Spain’s Mediterranean coast starts to sound like Kingston.

Basslines roll out of Benicàssim, flags in red, gold and green move through the camping fields, and people from almost a hundred countries settle in for a week of roots, dancehall and dub.

Angie Martinez to Release Unheard Tupac Shakur Interview After 30 Years

Angie Martinez to Release Unheard Tupac Shakur Interview After 30 Years

Angie Martinez is finally opening the vault. Nearly three decades after she recorded a conversation with Tupac Shakur in Los Angeles, the veteran broadcaster is releasing the full, almost three-hour interview as a four-part video podcast with Netflix, premiering November 27.

Skilla Baby Says Getting Shot Made Him “More Evil,” Reveals Nas Executive Produced New Album

Skilla Baby Says Getting Shot Made Him “More Evil,” Reveals Nas Executive Produced New Album

Skilla Baby is pulling back the curtain on the most difficult stretch of his life. The Detroit rapper has revealed that surviving a shooting hardened him rather than humbled him, that walking away from retaliation became his toughest fight, and that Nas executive produced and appears on his new album, The Price of Fame.