The percussive rhythms of reggae and dancehall music can make anyone start moving toward the dance floor. Los Angeles has a small, yet passionate community of music lovers who cannot resist a night ...

Ever since Kool Herc brought Jamaican sound system culture to the Bronx and birthed a billion-dollar industry called hip-hop, dancehall reggae has been the ghost in the American urban music machine.

The sirens and snares that soundtrack Bobby Shmurda's "Hot Nigga" echoed from cars and iPhones across the country this summer, racking up millions of streams online and steadily rising on Billboard ...