Eight Gigs: Honey B & the Cultivation

When you watch Honey B spit heavy Jamaican patois singsong verses over the laid-back reggae sounds of her group the Cultivation, it might leave you confused. How is she, this blond-haired California girl, so good at it? Incidentally, she spent a decade in the West Indies, and soaked up the culture like a sponge. Her music is a hybrid of her time in the Caribbean and her earlier life listening to ’90s hip-hop. Does it matter that she’s white? See her for yourself and decide.