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Throwback Thursday: The Woman Who Gave Us Rhythm

Cultural icon Rachel Stuart-Baker sat down to discuss her time on BET's "Caribbean Rhythms" and how it exposed America to island culture.

Why did reggae explode in 1993?

It is an unsolved mystery that has long dogged music aficionados and others. Some say it was the growing popularity of the Cops theme song, but that song dropped in 1987, and the show debuted in 1989. Others attribute the boom to the popularity of UB40’s hit. Then there’s the more inclusive Evolutionary Slow Drag Grand Th…

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