In 2010, Shabba Ranks is mostly remembered outside dancehall circles not so much as a person or an artist, but as a cultural moment, like new jack swing or rave gear. He was a skit on In Living Color ...
Anyone who has ever been to Miami’s biggest reggae concert, Best of the Best, knows that it trades on nostalgia, featuring such acts as Lady Saw, Wayne Wonder and Shabba Ranks. To hear them, was to ...
Shabba Ranks is a household name in the world of reggae and dancehall, and he is the subject of Part 2 of our Dean Meminger's Soul's Survivors series this year as we celebrate Black Music Month.
A contingent of prominent New York City based Caribbean music promoters are banding together to stage the Caribbean Fever Irie Jamboree Music Fest at Brooklyn's Barclays Center Aug. 30-Sept. 1. The… ...
Better Than: The first day of Best of the Best! For those who braved both days of the mega Best of the Best weekend, one can easily say that the second day was much better on so many levels. First, ...
Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon (aka Shabba Ranks) deserves his title, The Emperor, due to his groundbreaking achievements. In 1991, he signed a recording deal with Epic Records which helped him ...
Jamaican dancehall greats Shabba Ranks and Super Cat will headline the 13th annual Best of the Best concert, taking place May 26th at Bayfront Park Amphitheater in Miami, Florida. This year’s event ...
Adolfo Quiñones, the admired actor, dancer and choreographer known as Shabba-Doo who specialized in the art of locking and portrayed the street artist Ozone in the two Breakin' movies of the 1980s… By ...
A$AP Ferg premiered the audio to his new single “Shabba” earlier this month. Today, Ferg hits the Internet with the official video that features A$AP Rocky and ...
A Chiefs and Bafana legend took to Instagram to share a pic with South Africa's most successful music group. Check it out! What's the story? Siphiwe Tshabalala took to Instagram to share a snap he ...