Caribbean dance has made itself ever present in mainstream American society, and primarily in New York. Through the works of famous artists Caribbean dance has slowly made it to the eyes of the American viewers with the music making it to their ears. Elements of Caribbean dances can be seen in the works of Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, and others. These performances have “strong associations produced by certain rhythmic patterns, melodies, formal structures” with “rhetorical figures illustrat[ing] the limits, for some, of cosmopolitan, transnational, and/or diasporic appropriations” (Marshall 51). Consequently they include many elements of Caribbean dance, with one style being “CaribFunk”.

The CaribFunk technique “empowers women and encourages them to reclaim their bodies and sexual identities” (Carey). This technique helps define and build confidence alongside feminine expression. This type of dance implores the difference “between sensuality and sexuality and how they both have strong roles in the technique” but it goes to show how sexuality is still a part of the dance. This aspect becomes emphasized in recent music videos by these famous artists and gets portrayed along side the Caribbean dance, thus also giving this connotation of sexuality with Caribbean Dance.