Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Nothing else has been heard from Perry’s upcoming fourth ...

In December 1976, Bob Marley survived an assassination attempt in his Jamaican homeland. This prompted the reggae star to seek refuge in London where he would reside and record for the next year and a ...

The world began embracing reggae as a genre in the 1990s during the era of Jimmy Cliff and arguably reggae’s biggest star, Bob Marley. Its ground-breaking legacy has since been cemented in history ...

It's not easy getting out of bed in January – not in the Northern Hemisphere, anyway. The skies are grey and the climate frigid. The first month of the year does, however, carry an air of hope of what ...

orgasmic bass drops and an undeniable blissful vibe. Jamaica’s pride and joy is arguably the most universal music in the world. Its followers are cross-continental; from Europe to South America to ...

Koffee is marveling at the world’s tallest freestanding dinosaur skeleton, a long-necked Barosaurus that makes the five-foot-tall Jamaican musician look like a tiny figurine in comparison. As she ...

From Peter Tosh covering The Beatles' "Here Comes The Sun" back in 1971 to present-day Protoje confessing his secret affinity for Lana Del Rey, reggae and pop music have always been low-key bedfellows ...

Shaggy wanted everything to be just right for his return to the pop world. After all, it's been more than a decade since the Grammy winner topped the album charts with "Hotshot" and the singles charts ...