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Massacre in Jamaica

Did the US Department of Homeland Security Participate?

In May 2010, the Jamaican government, at the request of the United States, set out to extradite Christopher “Dudus” Coke from a Jamaican slum called Tivoli Gardens, in West Kingston. He was wanted in the US on charges of racketeering, selling drugs, assault, and murder, but in Tivoli, he was something of a hero—a Robin Hood of the ghetto. Full story

Good News! You Can’t Be Automatically Deported for Sharing Three Joints

Well, here’s bit of good news from the Supreme Court, a group not generally considered friendly to criminal defendants or recreational drug users: you cannot, it turns out, be automatically deported for the kindhearted but nonetheless illegal act of bringing a few joints to a par… Full story

Noisey

Snoop Lion Ft. Angela Hunte - "Here Comes the King"

We shot this video in the Trident Castle in Port Antonio, Jamaica. VICE co-founder Suroosh Alvi took us there over New Year's to get the 'Reincarnated' teams of VICE and Snoop's management company, Stampede, together over the festive period. It was the best time ever. Full story

Watch Snoop Lion's New Video for 'Lighters Up' Now

It almost sparked a gang war, but Snoop held a peace conference on the beach. Everyone agreed to chill out for the video and show the world that the conflict between gangs had been resolved. Jamaican TV even turned up and interviewed everybody about it. It was a wild scene. Full story

Snoop Lion's 'Reincarnated' Documentary Has a New Trailer

We followed Snoop Dogg when he went to Jamaica last year on a spiritual journey. The full length film is coming out in February, but here's an extended theatrical trailer for now, featuring his latest release "Here Comes the King." Full story

Diplo Has a New Photo Zine

He's teamed up with photographer Shane McCauley to photograph different countries and their music scenes. The first issue, about Jamaican Dancehall, is being released on Wednesday. Full story

Fashion Week Internationale

Caribbean Fashion Week

We arrive in Kingston, Jamaica, and gain an audience with dancehall celebrity Elephant Man, aka The Energy God, to find out why dancehall girls cause local men so many problems. Then we explore the illegal and dangerous skin-bleaching trend. Full story

Noisey

Tusson - “Oh Gosh / We Run the Road”

Last week we premiered the new video for Vybz Kartel’s 'My Crew,' which is from the Mixpak / VICE release 'Kingston Story.' After we’d finished making that track, one of the guys from Gaza approached us and got us to play "Oh Gosh / We Run the Road" through the speakers of our SU… Full story

A Rose by Any Other Name: Why Ben Johnson Ruined the Olympics

Hopefully during these Olympics no one with the same name as me will inject horse testosterone directly into their scrotum to win a medal and then lose it, so no shrimpy little kids with common names like Ben Johnson have to put up with a lifetime of mocking steroid abuse accusat… Full story

VICE Special

Reincarnated (ft. Snoop Dogg): Official Documentary Trailer

"Reincarnated" follows Snoop Dogg as he journeys to Jamaica to record an album with Diplo. While there, Snoop finds himself positively impacted by Rastafarian culture and reincarnated as Snoop Lion. Full story