Brooklyn as Jamaica's '15th parish': second home or dilution of dancehall?
One side
Diaspora Brooklyn as a sustaining second home
The other
Keeping dancehall's centre in Jamaica
What was argued
Documented commentary on the Jamaican diaspora scene in Flatbush/Little Caribbean, stated neutrally: many observers celebrate Brooklyn as a vital second home whose venues, record shops and studios sustained dancehall's singers and selectors through the 1980s-90s; others argue the music's centre of gravity and economy should remain rooted in Jamaica. Neutral framing; no verdict.
The records this concerns
Sources
BK Mag; Vice; Brooklyn News Service