The annual Carnival celebrations in Trinidad and Tobago are always preceded by great anticipation, a major element of which involves deciding which masquerade band you will be playing with for the two ...

There is something utterly wrong about taking Trinidad Carnival—the Caribbean’s biggest, brashest street festival, staged annually just before Lent—and plopping it down where it simply has no business ...

Hip-hop isn't the only cultural movement celebrating its golden anniversary this year; soca, the up-tempo, propulsive descendant of calypso created in Trinidad and embraced across the Caribbean ...

When I was a kid, which is some time ago now, each new year would begin magically. The magic would last for a couple of months as I made my way through Trinidad and Tobago's Kiddies Carnival ...

Nicki Minaj may rep hard for Southside Jamaica Queens, New York, but the “Super Freaky Girl” rapper’s first home was the Caribbean country of Trinidad And Tobago. The record-holding recording artist ...