Sean Paul

Rockin’ Dutty, Eating Clean

Writer Sonia Morgan | Photography Ryan Born It’s not every day that you get to grill Grammy award-winning dancehall artist Sean Paul about his personal life. But on...

How new Jamerican music label GMG Mafia is making a mark

New York City is the birthplace of many record labels. Several of them were conceived in basements in Brooklyn and The Bronx. A few have produced the...

Tarrus Riley Impresses with “Desperate Lover”

On January 13, 2023, VP Records releases Tarrus Riley’s essential version of Bob Andy’s 1969 hit “Desperate Lover.” The track was produced by Dean Fraser,...

The American Black Film Festival Presents Business of Entertainment Conversation Series in Partnership with...

Featuring NAACP Image Award-Nominated Actress Logan Browning (Dear White People, Hit the Floor) on Thursday, October 13, 2022 LOS ANGELES – October 3, 2022 – The American Black Film Festival (ABFF), in partnership...
Island Origins Magazine - Miqueal Symone Williams Miss Universe Jamaica 2021 Beauty Queen

Miqueal-Symone Williams Has Made the Universe Her Catwalk

There is an effortless, unflappable poise about Miss Universe Jamaica Miqueal-Symone Williams. If you watched the 2021 Miss Universe pageant, held...
Co host of Taste the Islands TV Show Cynthia Chef Thia Verna Photo by Richard Lecoin

Enjoy Authentic Caribbean Flavors at the 2018 “Taste the Islands Experience”

Photo Credit: Richard Lecoin | Join “Taste the Islands” TV show co-host Cynthia “Chef Thia” Verna of Haiti along with other prominent Caribbean chefs and restaurants showcasing the...
Inaugural "Reggae Genealogy" Concert Event Comes to Plantation, Florida for Reggae Month (February) 2024

Inaugural “Reggae Genealogy” Concert Event Comes to Plantation, Florida for Reggae Month (February) 2024

Plantation, Florida (October 18, 2023): On Saturday, February 10, 2024, in celebration of Reggae Month, the story of the Caribbean’s most prolific music genre will...

Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce and Fellow Jamaicans Move on to 2024 Paris Olympics 100M Semifinals

Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce kicked off her final Olympic journey with the second fastest time of all the heats, securing her spot in the women's 100m...
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Island Origins Live – Interview with Alex Penelas

Miami-Dade candidate for Mayor, Alex Penelas, held this job before leaving political life 16 years ago. During his last term he was a champion of...

This Caribbean Queer Activist Gives Voice to an Underrepresented Community

If you’ve read Staceyann Chin’s 2009 coming-of-age memoir, “The Other Side of Paradise,” you know that even as a little girl in rural Jamaica, she...

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