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Adidja Azim Palmer (born 7 January 1976), better known as Vybz Kartel, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall recording artist, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and convicted murderer. Among his various nicknames, he...

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Chalice is a Jamaican reggae band formed in 1980 in Gibraltar Hill, St. Mary.  Chalice is probably best known for their performances at the Reggae Sunsplash music festival. The...

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JIMMY REID When Jimmy Reid received rave reviews for his vocal talent at school and church, perhaps nobody knew then that he was laying...

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Calvin George Scott (born 3 September 1959), better known as Cocoa Tea, is a Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter. Born in Rocky Point, Clarendon...

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Buju Banton was born in Kingston, Jamaica in an area known as Barbican Road, Kingston 8. Buju is a nickname given to him by his...

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Ini Kamoze (/ˈaɪni kəˈmoʊzi/ EYE-nee kə-MOH-zee, born Cecil Campbell; 9 October 1957) is a Jamaican reggae artist who began his career in the early 1980s and rose to prominence in 1994 with...

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The Mighty Diamonds were a Jamaican harmony trio, recording roots reggae with a strong Rastafarian influence. The group was formed in 1969 and remained together as of 2012. They are...

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Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques OD (born 9 January 1973) known professionally as Sean Paul, is a Jamaican dancehall rapper and singer, who is regarded as one of the genre’s...

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Stranger Cole, also known as StrangeJah Cole (born Wilburn Theodore Cole, 26 July 1942)is a Jamaican singer whose long recording career dates from the early days of ska in 1962 through...

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Lawrence Lindo (died April 1989), better known as Jack Ruby, was a Jamaican record producer and sound system operator, best known for his 1970s productions of artists such as Burning Spear....

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Levy was born in Clarendon, Jamaica. He formed a band called the Mighty Multitude, with his cousin, Everton Dacres; the pair released “My Black Girl” in 1977. Levy...

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Born in Kingston, Lloyd Lovindeer spent some of his childhood in Ewarton in St Catherine. He attended Kingston College and on leaving formed The Fabulous Flames with friends, the group releasing...

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Black Uhuru is a Jamaican reggae group formed in 1972, initially as Uhuru (Swahili for ‘freedom’). The group has undergone several line-up changes over the years, with Derrick “Duckie” Simpson...

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