| Name | U-Roy |
|---|---|
| Landscape | yes |
| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | Ewart Beckford |
| Alias | The Originator |
| Born | September 21, 1942 |
| Origin | Jones Town, Jamaica |
| Genre | ReggaeDancehallDub |
| Years active | 1961–present |
U-Roy (born Ewart Beckford, OD, 21 September 1942, Jones Town, Jamaica) is a Jamaican musician, also known as The Originator. He is best known as a pioneer of toasting.
The music of U-Roy was frequently played on Joe Strummer's 'London Calling' (BBC World Service) radio show.
U-Roy's legacy is one of the corner-stones in the history of rap music. He is a pioneer of a style of vocal delivery that is now found in the music of many cultures all over the world.
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| Name | Junior Murvin |
|---|---|
| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | Murvin Junior Smith |
| Born | c. 1949 |
| Origin | Port Antonio, Jamaica |
| Genre | Reggae |
| Years active | 1965–present |
Junior Murvin (born Murvin Junior Smith, circa 1949, Port Antonio, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae artist. He is best known for the classic single "Police and Thieves", produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry in 1976. Murvin's soaring voice and the infectious rhythm made "Police and Thieves" into an international hit during the summer of that year. The song was so influential that it was recorded by the punk rock pioneers The Clash on their debut album, released in 1977. Australian musician Paul Kelly makes a reference to Murvin in his Christmas song "How To Make Gravy".
Murvin's most recent recording was a single entitled "Wise Man", released on the London-based Dubwise record label in 1998.
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| Name | Hopeton Lewis |
|---|---|
| Background | solo_singer |
| Born | October 03, 1947 |
| Died | |
| Origin | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Genre | Reggae |
| Years active | 1960s-present |
Hopeton Lewis (born 3 October 1947, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican singer. Lewis' rich baritone has had a profound impact on Jamaican music, and his mixture of gospel and soul elements helped set the template for early rocksteady. He had several more Jamaican hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including the first 'herb' song ever recorded in Jamaica, "Cool Collie".
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| Name | Gregory Isaacs |
|---|---|
| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | Gregory Anthony Isaacs |
| Alias | Cool Ruler Lonely Lover |
| Born | July 15, 1951 Kingston, Jamaica |
| Died | October 25, 2010London, England, UK |
| Genre | Reggae |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1968–2010 |
Gregory Anthony Isaacs (15 July 1951 – 25 October 2010) was a Jamaican reggae musician. Milo Miles, writing in the New York Times, described Isaacs as "the most vocalist in reggae". His nicknames include Cool Ruler and Lonely Lover.
International stardom seemed assured in 1978 when Isaacs signed to the Virgin Records offshoot Front Line Records, and appeared in the film Rockers, in which he performed "Slavemaster". In 1981, he made his first appearance at the Reggae Sunsplash festival (returning annually until 1991), and he moved on to the Charisma Records offshoot Pre, who released his The Lonely Lover (another nickname that stuck) and More Gregory albums along with a string of increasingly successful singles including "Tune In", "Permanent Lover", "Wailing Rudy" and "Tribute to Waddy". He signed to Island Records and released the record that finally saw him break through to a wider audience, "Night Nurse", the title track from his first album for the label (Night Nurse (1982)). This success for Isaacs coincided with drug problems with cocaine which saw him serve a six-month prison sentence in Kingston in 1982 for possession of unlicensed firearms. Isaacs claimed that he had the weapons only for protection, but it emerged that this was his 27th arrest and that Isaacs had become involved in drug dealing and had become addicted to crack cocaine. This was followed in 2009 by the album My Kind Of Lady.
In 2010, Gregory Isaacs put out the last of his albums to be released while he was still living; Isaacs Meets Isaac, with Zimbabwean reggae singer, King Isaac. In November 2010, Isaacs Meets Isaacs was nominated for Best Reggae Album for the 2011 Grammy Awards, giving Gregory Isaacs his fourth Grammy Nomination, and Zimbabwe's King Isaac, his first.
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| Name | Alborosie |
|---|---|
| Img alt | Alborosie. |
| Landscape | Yes |
| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | Alberto D'Ascola |
| Born | Sicily, Italy |
| Instrument | Vocals, guitar, bass, drums, piano |
| Genre | Reggae, Dancehall |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Years active | 1994 - present |
| Associated acts | Reggae National Tickets |
Alborosie, born Alberto D'Ascola in 1977, is a reggae artist born in Marsala - Sicily, Italy, but now residing in Kingston, Jamaica. He is a multi-instrumentalist, being proficient in guitar, bass, drums and piano. His musical career began in the Italian reggae band Reggae National Tickets, from Bergamo city, when he was 15 years old in 1993, in which he was known as Stena.
In 2001 Alborosie decided to try a solo career. He moved to Jamaica to be close to reggae music's roots and rastafari culture. There, he started working as sound engineer and producer. He has also worked with artists like Gentleman, Ky-Mani Marley. His first solo album was called Soul Pirate. In the summer of 2009 he released his second album which was called "Escape from Babylon. In August 2008 Alborosie played at the Uppsala Reggae Festival.
The name 'Alborosie' comes from a name he was given in his early years in Jamaica. "Borosie was what they used to call me. Let me put it like this. My early experience in Jamaica was… not nice. Borosie was a name they used to call me and it have a negative meaning. So I said “I'm gonna use this name and mash up the place turn a negative into a positive thing!". Basically my name is Albert so I add “Al” – Al-borosie. But I’m not gonna tell you what borosie mean!"
Alborosie's hits include "Rastafari Anthem", "Kingston Town", and "Call Up Jah". Alborosie recently started his own record label, Forward Recordings. He has given concerts all round the world, including most of Europe and Jamaica.
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