Jamaican Makeup Artist Danielle Aka Pecker Shares Tips For Miami Carnival Masqueraders
Miami Carnival is set for this weekend. We caught up with Makeup Artist Danielle Aka Pecker/Woodpecker, who shared some makeup tips for masqueraders who are in the Parade of Bands on Sunday, October 9th. Danielle is better known as Pecker or Woodpecker, a self-taught makeup artist from the Caribbean based in South Florida. Tell us […]
Shatta Wale Is First African to Rank Number 1 on US iTunes Reggae Chart
The dancehall artist Shatta Wale, who is from Ghana, has become the first person from Africa to reach the top of Apple’s iTunes reggae chart in the United States. His song, “Property,” which was released on December 20, 2020, has been ranked Number 1, surpassing the songs “It Wasn’t Me” and “Angel” by Shaggy, “Three […]
Reggae 101 – Schooling Stoneboy and Jamaicans
In a recent interview with The Cable Lifestyle newspaper, Ghananian Reggae/Dancehall artist Stonebwoy declared that Reggae doesn’t belong to any Caribbean society from its core and that it belongs to Africans. It is not the first time that a “big-name” African artiste has made this claim. In 1992, the late South African Reggae artiste, Lucky […]