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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 ...

The race is not for the swift, but who can endure it. And Jamaica’s foundation deejay Daddy U-Roy is still setting the pace.

U-Roy at Open East Festival in 2013 (Photo by Véronique Skelsey) There has been an outpouring of tributes from the Jamaican music fraternity on social media, following the passing of U-Roy, the man responsible for birthing the Dancehall genre. The Dancehall pioneer, born Ewart Beckford in Kingston, and popularly known as Daddy U Roy died Wednesday night in Kingston at age 78, after ailing for some time. U-Roy who is an awardee of the Jamaican Order of Distinction for his pioneering musical exploits, is renowned for coining the iconic phrase “Wake The Town and tell The People.” Shaggy and...