Brooklyn / New York dancehall scene

VP Records in Queens anchored NYC's dancehall distribution and scene (VP Records history).

Super Cat's US crossover was based in the NYC dancehall scene (Wikipedia 'Super Cat').

Shinehead developed his reggae-hip-hop fusion in 1980s New York (Wikipedia 'Shinehead').

A New York-based artist rooted in the city's dancehall scene.

Beat Street was a central supply point for Brooklyn's reggae and dancehall selectors.

It was the mecca of dancehall retail in 1990s Brooklyn.

He was a key supplier to Brooklyn's dancehall sounds.

Though Bronx-based, it heavily supplied the New York and Brooklyn dancehall market.

Brad's was part of the New York Caribbean record-retail network.

It was part of Brooklyn's wider Caribbean record-retail corridor that supplied reggae selectors.

His shop was a fixture of Brooklyn's Caribbean music economy.

The corridor supplied Brooklyn's reggae and dancehall sound systems.

New York shops doubled as community and clash-supply hubs.

Straker's was part of Brooklyn's Caribbean record-retail corridor.

Flatbush/East Flatbush — 'Little Caribbean' — is the heart of Brooklyn's Jamaican dancehall community.

Brooklyn's Labor Day carnival on Eastern Parkway is the largest Caribbean parade in North America.

Skerrit Bwoy emerged from the New York / Bronx dancehall party circuit.

Hot 97’s reggae slot served New York’s wider Caribbean dancehall audience across Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens.

Grew up performing on the family's Eastman Sound system in Flatbush, Brooklyn.