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By Bevan Springer New York Amsterdam News: Over the past few months, I have been listening to the creole rhythms of an incredible musical genre called kompa. As a young West Indian lad traveling around the Caribbean on national tennis duty, I was exposed and attracted to both Spanish and French Caribbean melodies which have contributed to my musical appreciation of the creative cultural sounds that emanate from all corners of the region. But I am not quite sure what got me hooked on this...Read Full Story

New York morning radio show jocks are known for ruffling some feathers. But, a joke gone wrong just cost Hot 97's DJ Cipha Sounds his gig. On Dec.18, the hip-hop shock jock went on 'The Cipha Sounds and Rosenberg Show' and stated that he was HIV negative because he steers clear of having sexual intercourse with Haitian women. "The reason I'm HIV negative is 'cause I don't mess with Haitian girls," the Bronx native, born Luis Diaz , was quoted on the popular weekday morning show An...Read Full Story

From his corner convenience store in Little Haiti, Ashraf Mashni sees a thriving Caribbean village. It's a short drive inland from Miami's trendy South Beach, and it lacks the glassy newness of the city's condo canyons downtown. The shabby neighborhood can be tough, populated by "your good, your bad and your don't-know-no-better," he says. But Little Haiti has something the rest of Miami is often accused of lacking: authenticity. "Come here and visit and you'll feel like you've got two...Read Full Story

From Nydailynews.com Hot 97 DJ Cipha Sounds is in the hot seat after making an on-air comment that has local leaders and members of the Haitian community fuming, and calling for him to be fired. The popular deejay, whose real name is Luis Diaz, enraged listeners when he said on Friday morning, "The reason I'm HIV negative is because I don't mess with Haitian girls." Diaz, 34, of the Bronx, immediately apologized after the station was flooded with phone calls. Twitter and Facebook users were...Read Full Story

[ Belle Ayiti - Mizik Savant Ayisyen (Beautiful Haiti – Haitian Classical Music); Tangente au Yanvalou; Sonate Vodou Jazz; Haitian Folk Songs ; Zanmi Ansanm Mizik Ayisyen (Friends Together For Haitian Music) (75:29) (2007)] The CD Belle Ayiti has been featured by AfriClassical and is discussed on the AfriClassical.com page of Haitian composer Julio Racine , whose works appear on the recording. Giscard Nazon is a musician and composer who was born in Haiti in 1980 and now lives in Florida. We...Read Full Story