Murda She Wrote: February 2021 Celebrating Reggae Month with dancehall pioneers, legends and rising stars — U-Roy, Shabba Ranks, Dexta Daps and Blvk H3ro. U-Roy in New York in 1995. Credit: David Corio/Redferns. “Here I come, with love and not hatred,” sang Dennis Emmanuel Brown on his 1977 classic “Here I Come,” a.k.a. “Love & Hate,” one of the songs that earned him the title the Crown Prince of Reggae. “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow I,” Dennis went on, “all the days of I life.” His musical mantra rings truer than ever in these crazy times — and especially during Reggae Month, the annual celebration that coincides with a pair of royal birthdays during the first week of February. The Crown Prince’s earthstrong begins the month — Dennis was born Feb. 1, 1957 — followed five days later by the King of Reggae himself, Robert Nesta Marley, born Feb. 6, 1945.