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For Black Music Month, we discuss the roots of reggae from The Techniques to Bob Marley and the Wailers.

THE WORD ‘legend’ is often over-used, however, the late, definitely great Ewart Beckford, aka U-Roy, measures up to such a description.

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 ...

Influenced by jazz, the Kingston-born vocalist revolutionized the art of occupying a space with his words. "Before U-Roy, no one was toasting," Grammy winner Sean Paul tells NPR.

His inspired technique made toasting into an international phenomenon, yet he was endearingly modest to the end