This documentary podcast episode of THE HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN investigates the deep-seated, systemic entanglement between the Caribbean music industry and the power structures of the street. Spanning from the early nineteen eighties to the present day, we explore how the decline of traditional political patronage in Jamaica and Trinidad gave rise to the "Dancehall Don"—local leaders who filled the vacuum left by the state to become the primary financiers of the arts. We trace the evolution of the recording studio from a place of creative refuge to an extension of the garrison office, where the price of a hit record was often a public declaration of factional loyalty.
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