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Yaawd Media
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Revisiting the Contributions of Michigan & Smiley on Jamaica's Dancehall Music
Michigan & Smiley- Diseases It was the second half of the 1970s and I had just transferred to Camperdown High School in East Kingston...
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Yaawd Media
Mar 115 min read
Cocoa-Tea has left us for Zion
Yaawd Media tribute to the late Reggae singer Cocoa Tea.
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Yaawd Media
Feb 54 min read
The Honorable Robert Nesta Marley, OM
Robert Nesta Marley -Painting by Richard H Blackford (c) 2013
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Yaawd Media
Jan 284 min read
The Legacy of King Tubby: Remembering the Great Osbourne Ruddock
Osbourne Ruddock was born on January 28, 1941, in Kingston Jamaica, where he grew up to become a radio repairman in the late 1950s. At...
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Yaawd Media
Dec 12, 20244 min read
Pioneering Sonia Pottinger-Broke Jamaica's Record producing glass-ceiling
In 1965 at age 34, Sonia made the full transition into music production on her own when she opened her record shop “Tip Top Records” at 37
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Yaawd Media
Dec 11, 20243 min read
Max Romeo's impact on Jamaica's music woefully understated
Max Romeo , born Maxwell Livingston Smith on November 22, 1947, in St. D’Acre, St. Ann, Jamaica, emerged as one of reggae music’s most...
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Yaawd Media
Dec 3, 20242 min read
After WOMEX Sponsorship, What's next, Minister Grange
According to Culture Minister Olivia "Babsy" Grange, the Ministry had provided Kabaka Pyramid with support of one million dollars to...
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Yaawd Media
Nov 14, 20245 min read
The Melodians
The Jamaican singing group “The Melodians” is highly regarded as one of the most impactful of the Rock-Steady and early Reggae eras. The...
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Yaawd Media
Nov 6, 20242 min read
Ernest Wilson
Fitzroy Ernest Wilson was born on November 18, 1951, he was just a teenager (12 years old) when he formed the Clarendonians with his...
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Yaawd Media
Oct 11, 20246 min read
Junior Byles- Retracing the steps of his genius
It has been said that the decade of the1970s was one the most culturally enigmatic periods in the nation's history. It was a period of...
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Yaawd Media
Oct 1, 20244 min read
Horace Andy, King Tubby and the Foundations of Dub Music
Horace Andy I was in third form at Kingston College (my high school back in Kingston, Jamaica) in 1972 when I first heard about the...
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Yaawd Media
Sep 2, 20243 min read
Jamaica's Track & Field needs investigating and the Sooner, the Better.
Jamaica's sustained 20-year period of success in Track & Field, which includes notable achievements such as Usain Bolt's world records...
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Yaawd Media
Aug 25, 20245 min read
Kamala Harris challenges History
On Thursday night, August 23, 2024, Kamala Devi Harris became the first non-white woman in American political history to be nominated by...
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Yaawd Media
Aug 19, 20246 min read
BUJU, what are you saying? I am not following you.
BUJU, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? I AM NOT FOLLOWING YOU… Mi Love mi cyaar, mi love mi bike, mi love mi money an ting...but most of all, mi love...
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Yaawd Media
Aug 1, 20243 min read
Can Vybz Kartel rescue Dancehall
Which direction will Dancehall take now that (arguably) it's greatest exponent Adidja Palmer aka Vybz Kartel is back on the streets after...
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Yaawd Media
Jun 29, 20242 min read
A CHANGING OF THE GUARD
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson Last night, Jamaicans around the world who follow Track & Field Athletics, witnessed what can...
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Yaawd Media
Jun 4, 20242 min read
Kenyan Reggae MC Mary Njambi Koikai "FYAH MUMMAH" Has Passed
Kenyan MC, radio host and prominent Reggae MC and activist, "Fyah Mummah" died this past Monday after a long battle with endometriosis....
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Yaawd Media
May 29, 20243 min read
Jamaica’s Female Dancehall Sensation Shenseea- Can she carry the Torch of Bob Marley's Legacy?
Image credits to DancehallMag The Dancehall scene in Jamaica has been electrified by the emergence of Shenseea, a talented female artist...
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Yaawd Media
May 10, 20244 min read
What went wrong with Black Uhuru
The group Black Uhuru was the first Reggae act to win a Grammy Award and came together during the 1970s in the Waterhouse area of...
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Yaawd Media
Apr 29, 20243 min read
Sunday Scoops Presents Tony Tuff (Dancehall Pioneer)
Reggae and Dancehall singer Winston Anthony Morris, better known as Tony Tuff, died on Saturday (April 20). He was 69. Tony Tuff is best...
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