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, ...

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As Black History Month comes to a close, the 2022 NAACP Image Awards cap off a month celebrating black contributions to society. After the ceremony on Saturday, February 26, the celebrating will ...

Born Lowell Fillmore Dunbar in Kingston in 1952, he was instrumental in shaping not only reggae but rock, dance and hip hop with his longtime collaborator and bassist Robbie Shakespeare, who died in ...