A.D. Amorosi Kingston, Jamaica born-and-bred vocalist Ewart Beckford, better known as the reggae artist U-Roy, died on Wednesday, Feb.
17 at his home in Jamaica. He was 78 years old.An influential singer of gently melodic reggae, his conversational rapping was also known as “toasting.”“As we mourn the loss, we have the memories of this amazing talent,” wrote producer, studio operator and U-Roy collaborator Mad Professor on Facebook. “We have the stories.
Without him there would be no Dancehall, no Hiphop, no Rap, no Afrobeat.”The Professor wasn’t just boasting.As a traveling sound system DJ in the 1960s and ’70s, alongside the legendary likes of King Tubby (for whom he rapped, famously), and Coxsone Dodd, U-Roy lent his often lovely and.
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