CURLFEST® has evolved far beyond a beauty festival, it has become a cultural movement that celebrates Black identity, entrepreneurship, wellness, and community. Produced by the Curly Girl Collective, a 100% Black women-owned organization, the event stands as a testament to what can be achieved when women create opportunities on their own terms and build spaces designed to serve their communities. On Saturday, July 25, 2026, thousands will gather at Randall's Island in New Yor

If you weren't at Barclays Center on Sunday night for Wild'N Out Live Tour, then you missed a historic moment as Caribbean culture took center stage in a major way. Closing out Caribbean Heritage Month with an unforgettable celebration, the star-studded event blended comedy, music, and island pride into one of the most energetic nights Brooklyn has seen all year. While Wild'N Out is known for its quick-witted battles, celebrity appearances, and high-octane entertainment, Sund

A new generation of Black filmmakers is proving that you don't need a studio to win As Hollywood continues to wrestle with questions of access, ownership, and who gets to tell Black stories, a Bronx-born filmmaker is quietly answering them on his own terms. Dante Hillmedo, the cinematographer, director, and entrepreneur behind Team Elite Productions, and who was raised by Jamaican parents, has released his debut feature film Butterfly across Amazon Prime, Fandango at Home, Go

History is calling, and Brooklyn is about to witness a defining moment for Caribbean music and culture. On Sunday, June 28, 2026, the legendary Beenie Man, widely celebrated as the King of Dancehall, returns to New York for an unforgettable evening at Barclays Center as he takes center stage for Wild'N Out Live in a groundbreaking cultural moment decades in the making. For more than three decades, Beenie Man has helped shape the global sound of dancehall, influencing generati

By all accounts, Food, Wine & Fete 2026 delivered another successful festival weekend in South Florida, a feeling that Co-founder Vanessa James said is difficult to summarize in one word. “Exhaustion and glee,” she laughed, reflecting on the close of this year’s festival. “This is a six-month project. It’s city meetings, branding, chefs, spirits, logistics, décor, post-production, it feels like a football season leading up to the Super Bowl.” And according to patrons, culinar

I did not go to the New York Premiere of Like Ah Boss: Journey of a Soca King at the Brooklyn Public Library simply as a journalist. I went as someone who had spent years watching this Machel Montano from the crowd in Trinidad, at fetes, at performances, always somewhere in the thick of it, always feeling that what was happening on that stage was bigger than entertainment. That it was telling us something true about who we were as a people, and who he was still becoming. What

Meet Angeboy — Grenada's rising soca artist whose journey from church singer to Spicemas 2025 breakthrough, through a life-changing accident, is one of the most compelling stories in Caribbean music today. Stream "Freedom We Crave" now.

Grenadian Singer, Sabrina Francis The Wide Open concert had barely started when Sabrina Francis stepped off the stage and walked straight into the crowd. No barrier, no entourage, just an artist and the thousand people she'd spent eight years earning. Someone photographed the moment: Sabrina, surrounded, her face lit with something that looked less like fame and more like relief. "To really feel your backyard pumping for you," she said afterward, still catching her breath. "T