South Florida Caribbean News). [Many thanks to Peter Jordens for additional information below.] Campbell writes:
Serving at the counter of any business, one is likely to get first-hand knowledge of that venture. Which is exactly what happened to Patricia Chin, matriarch of the successful VP Records. She tells her story in
Miss Pat My Reggae Music Journey, which is due for release on March 20 by VP Music. It is available on pre-release. Chin started writing the book four years ago, determined to share her 60 years in the music business. That started beside her husband Randy in 1958 when they launched the Randy’s record store and label in downtown Kingston, Jamaica.
Karol Suarez
Special to Louisville Courier Journal
In a one-minute TikTok video last fall, drug traffickers on a rigid inflatable boat yelled to the pilot to speed up as a Customs Surveillance Service vessel of Spain took chase. The viral video, which got more than 1 million views, looked like a scene from the Netflix “Narcos” series. But it was a real, high-speed chase in the cartel drug wars.
Cartels have long used social media to shock and intimidate their enemies, said Howard Campbell, anthropologist and drug expert at the University of Texas at El Paso. It has proven to be an effective strategy,” he said. “The use of TikTok is just the latest phase of this phenomenon.”