Hip-hop isn't the only cultural movement celebrating its golden anniversary this year; soca, the up-tempo, propulsive descendant of calypso created in Trinidad and embraced across the Caribbean ...

Ashanti has joined forces with Soca boss Machel Montano for a video of their new song—and it’s a colorful carnival extravaganza. According to Billboard, the duo first connected after Ashanti performed ...

Soca music is not for the faint at heart. The Trinidadian genre is calypso's faster, raunchier, studio-driven wayward child; the word comes from "soul of calypso," and the genre was inaugurated in the ...

In the dynamic tapestry of Caribbean music, soca endures as the heartbeat of Trinidad and Tobago's world-famous Carnival celebrations, infusing the festival with joy, energy and infectious rhythm.

Public Service Announcement: Check on your Trininadian friends. Check on all of your Caribbean friends. They're not OK. Because for perhaps the first time in Caribbean history, that time of year has ...

Go anywhere in the United States and odds are somebody, somewhere is doing a celebration for the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. The art form that was born in the Bronx, however, is not the only ...

What began with Lord Shorty's song "Indrani" in 1973 has evolved considerably since – to follow along, here's a playlist with a song for every... Hip-hop isn't the only cultural movement celebrating ...