From Mexico to Chile: These are Latin American Stars on the Web

From Mexico to Chile: These are Latin American Stars on the Web

Raised in a digital world, the new stars on the online firmament are far from what we learned to recognize as celebrities or public figures. Nowadays, success can knock at your door from one day to the next, all the way up from anonymity. That’s not the objective in...
Is ‘Carnival Mentality’ a bad thing?

Is ‘Carnival Mentality’ a bad thing?

Many things come to mind when you think of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival: soca and steel pan music, costumes, fetes, and the spectacular street parade on Carnival Monday and Tuesday. But some people argue that the passion Trinbagonians have for their national festival...
Top 10: Ten Sitcom Stars with Caribbean Roots

Top 10: Ten Sitcom Stars with Caribbean Roots

The days when families crowded around the TV together to watch sitcoms have become a thing of the past, what with the dominance of reality TV and the ability to watch whatever you want on your personal devices. During sitcoms’ heyday in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s,...
Top 10 New & Current Music Artists With Caribbean Roots

Top 10 New & Current Music Artists With Caribbean Roots

Caribbean artists aren’t only active in homegrown genres like reggae, soca and kompa. Over the years we’ve seen the Ten Trini Rappers Besides Nicki Minaj, Ten MCs You Never Knew Were Jamaican, and Ten Artists You Might Not Know Are Guyanese, demonstrating in the...