The dancehall fight between Mavado and Kartel in Jamaica is leading to violence on the streets of Kingstown and intereference by the Jamaican Prime Minister and the head of the Jamaican mafia to bring an end to it.
The current Village Voice cover story by Baz Dreisinger “Reggae’s Civil War” details the story and is a must read as it takes you to the gang related turf wars of Jamaica where you can get killed for listening to the wrong music.
A must read.
Almost as good is Michael D. Ayers interview with Titus Andronicus. Apparently Patrick can tear himself away from rehearsal from time to time. Ayers interview is real good, real informative, and well said.