He decided on a path in music by way of poetry — then the beat kicked in. Now he's a rising star and just signed by Def Jam. We caught up with Toronto's Jahkoy after his set at the 2016 SXSW in Austin, Texas.

Mauritian musician Daby Touré recently released his latest record called "Amonafi." On the album, Touré sings about displacement, especially all the people he's seen leave Africa for Europe.

Carrie Rodriguez is a Texan, but with deep roots to Mexican pop music through her great-aunt, Eva Garza. Rodriguez pays tribute to her great-aunt and adds her own contemporary twists to classic ranchera's on her new album, "Lola."

Rapper Phife Dawg, a founding member of A Tribe Called Quest, has died. He was 45.

Tonight in Austin, the first-ever SXSW Cuban showcase will take place. If you can't see these amazing musicians, just wait — the improving relations between the US and Cuba up the chances they'll be playing more often in America and elsewhere.

Roberto Mendoza has been in the trenches of Tijuana's cultural evolution over the past few decades.

Arturo O'Farrill took a few moments to talk about Cuba before his concert at New York's Birdland on Sunday night. O'Farrill is son of "Chico," the famous Cuban jazz composer and conductor. Arturo is carrying on his dad's legacy, both on the jazz scene and as a Cuban-American. And he is planning to bring his father's ashes with him on a journey to Cuba soon.

He was the master of the single-string instrument known as the berimbau

We asked for your Irish punk band recommendations, and Whiskey of the Damned was your answer.

The members of the Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha are perhaps the country's best known cultural ambassadors. They've played Coachella and Bonnaroo and have sung to thousands in their native language. Marko Galanevych is the only male member of the band and knows he could be drafted into Ukraine's army at any time.