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Author of the NYT Bestseller, The Marathon Don’t Stop.’ Director, ‘De La Soul Is Not Dead.’ VIBE magazine OG, Founder, Boomshots Media
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A$AP Rocky Gets Disrespectful and More Gov Ball 2026 Highlights Original

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By Rob Kenner
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The meaning of the A$AP acronym has always been somewhat ambiguous. Back on October 31, 2011, when A$AP Rocky dropped his breakout mixtape, Live. Love. A$AP, he and his big homie A$AP Yams explained that the primary meaning, for inspirational purposes, was “Always Strive and Prosper.” But they also made clear that the meaning was flexible and could be adapted at any given moment.
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Keznamdi Speaks On Reggae, Hip-Hop, And His Journey To The Grammys Original

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By Rob Kenner
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Long before Keznamdi collected his Grammy award as the 2026 winner for Best Reggae Album, the musically gifted Jamaican youth was a fiend for hip-hop. “I started out rapping,” says Kez, who was raised by Rastafarian parents who performed on the Kingston reggae scene as Chakula and Goldilocks. At the age of 13, Kez took his first plane ride, moved with his family to Tanzania, where he lived for three years, followed by a four-year stay in Ethiopia.
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Premiere: ‘All In The Same Boat’ – The Welcome To Jamrock Reggae Cruise Documentary Original

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By Rob Kenner
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The idea for the Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise came to life in an unlikely place—Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley’s manager, Dan Dalton, was relaxing in his hot tub, burning a spliff, when inspiration struck. “What if there was a cruise — five nights from Miami to Jamaica — with all your favorite dancehall acts, reggae artists, selectors, and sounds?” he pondered. There were already Blues cruises and Rock & Roll cruises, so why not reggae?
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