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Trojan Jamaica/Bmg Share New U-Roy Groove Armada Remix

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Trojan Jamaica/BMG continues to honor and extend the groundbreaking work of ...
Rolling Stone

U-Roy, Reggae Artist and Toasting Pioneer, Dead at 78

U-Roy, the influential reggae artist who specialized in the art of toasting and whose style became a key precursor in the early development of hip-hop, has died at the age of 78. The singer and ...
KCRW

U-Roy, Jamaican Vocalist Who Defined Dancehall And Presaged Hip-Hop, Dies At 78

Respectfully referred to as The Teacher, The Originator or simply Daddy, U-Roy wasn't the best-known name in Jamaican music among an international audience, yet exerted an incalculable influence on ...
The New York Times

U-Roy, Whose ‘Toasting’ Transformed Jamaican Music, Dies at 78

He popularized the genre in which the D.J. adds a vocal and verbal layer to a recorded track, a precursor of rap. By Neil Genzlinger U-Roy, who helped transform Jamaican music by expanding the role of ...
Pitchfork

U-Roy, Reggae and Dancehall Innovator, Dies at 78

Jamaican musician U-Roy has died, Jamaican media sources report. His longtime collaborator Neil Fraser, aka Ariwa Sounds studio’s Mad Professor, confirmed the news to Pitchfork. He was 78, according ...