Reggae

More than 20 years ago, Bobby Konders was a Brooklyn boy with two loves -- basketball and music -- until he discovered his DJ skills to be more useful than his hoop dreams. "My jumpshot wasn't that good," he tells The Boombox with a laugh, "I played Division III basketball and I thought I had game, but obviously it wasn't that good...

For an international superstar, Sean Paul is unbelievably humble. There are artists with inflated egos in the music industry, some who are far less accomplished than the Grammy Award-winning dancehall star. So if anyone has the right to act out in don-like fashion, it's this multi-platinum-selling performer...

Jamaican dancehall star Mr. Vegas is embroiled in a cheating scandal involving his common law wife's indiscretions, which took place in the couple's own home. Allegedly, the encounters even occurred in front of their 1-year-old daughter...

Reggae staple Damian Marley joined forces with dubstep's go-to guy Skrillex earlier this year for "Make It Bun Dem," a blend of Bob Marley's son's bold vocals and the latter's skill with mixing hard-hitting sounds. With this song in mind, the two crafted the Make It Bun Dem After Hours EP, featuring a set of six songs by various producers lending their work to the duo's original effort..

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge has denied reggae singer Buju Banton's request for a new trial, saying there's no need because of a previous appeals court ruling. In June, the federal appeals court in Atlanta upheld the Jamaican singer's 2011 conviction on cocaine conspiracy and trafficking charges...

Snoop Dogg is back -- in reggae form! Earlier this year, producer Diplo revealed that he was working with the Cali rapper on an album of Jamaican-flavored music, and now, the newly rechristened Snoop Lion has dropped "La La La," the first single from Reincarnated, due out later this year...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - A tiny blood-sucking parasite that infests fish on Caribbean coral reefs has been named after Jamaican reggae icon Bob Marley. Arkansas State University marine biologist Paul Sikkel discovered the parasite off the U...

In May 2011, Sean Kingston came face-to-face with death when a jet ski he was maneuvering crashed into a bridge in Miami. In the months leading up to the accident, the singer -- best known for his reggae-pop hit "Beautiful Girls" -- had been working on his third album, releasing several singles like the Nicki Minaj feature "Letting Go (Dutty Love)," "Dumb Love" and th

NEW YORK (AP) - The Bob Marley documentary "Marley" will stream on Facebook simultaneously during its theatrical opening, a signal that social media may also play a role in shifting movie release windows. Such day-and-date releases have become increasingly common in recent years for smaller independent films...

NEW YORK (AP) - Gil Noble, the longtime host of WABC-TV's groundbreaking public affairs program "Like It Is," where he interviewed such notables as Nelson Mandela, Muhammad Ali and Jesse Jackson, died Thursday. He was 80. The television station announced the Emmy Award-winning journalist's death on its website...