Tune in to new Hispanic urban radio stations around the country and you're likely to hear "reggaeton," the big news in Latin music. The mixture of Spanish-language reggae and hip-hop was born in the ...

While Atlanta was still in its funk era in the 1970s, reggae and dancehall music began to gain popularity in New York, where they would be infused with round-the-way rap to form hip-hop. For example, ...

There’s no more perfect match between a band and a cover song than that of Dirty Heads and “Life’s Been Good.” Reworking Joe Walsh’s embrace of ’70s rock-star excess to fit their California beach ...

Rap and reggae music’s diverse appeal was evident at the Smokin’ Grooves Tour’s Hartford stop at the Meadows Music Theatre on Sunday. Call O Da Wild warmed up the crowd, which was thin for the first ...

Considered the father of hip-hop, the Jamaican-born disc jockey created the “breakbeat” through experimentation at dance parties, during which he’d break the song by isolating and repeating the beats, ...

Super Cat had the reggae/hip-hop crossover zone on lock with early '90s joints like the "Ghetto Red Hot" remix and the "Dolly My Baby" remix that shed an early light on a young up-and-coming Jamerican ...

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UK hip-hop star gives over his catalog to dub producer Wrongtom for a radical makeover. Save this story Save this story American pop's relationship with Jamaican music has always been superficial.