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Sound system selectors, this summer’s single is out! 🕺🏿🕺🏿🕺🏿🕺🏿 Buju Banton’s much awaited single Butterflies from his new album is now out. It is on the Real Rock Riddim. A little bit of history. The Real Rock Riddim was first created by the Jamaican band Sound Dimension, which was...

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This was one of the most emotional moments in the history of reggae dancehall music. The day the greatest reggae DJ of all time was crowned by another great DJ. This was Daddy U-Roy being honoured and crowned by the legendary Shabba Ranks. U-Roy did not just influence reggae DJing and dancehall music, he defined them. He was the foundation, the blueprint, the godfather of the entire dancehall culture. Every deejay who came after him walked through the door that he opened. David Rodigan introduced him to the audience on this historic day, and many greats were there, including iconic sound system selector Rory Stonelove, to honour this great man and celebrate a living pillar of Jamaican music history. It was a moment of deep respect for one of the true architects of reggae dancehall culture. Then Shabba Ranks performed his famous dancehall anthem about respecting the elders and pioneers of reggae DJ culture titled, Respect. In the song, Shabba pays tribute to foundation artists such as U-Roy, recognising the legends who built the foundation of reggae dancehall music long before the new generation arrived. Daddy U-Roy was crowned by Shabba Ranks on 29 November 2019 at the Reeewind 10th Anniversary event at Club Amazura in Queens, New York. The emotional tribute was organised by Irish and Chin Promotions. It was a powerful moment of respect, humility, and acknowledgement from one great to another. Daddy U-Roy died on 17 February 2021 in Kingston, Jamaica, at the age of 78. Rest in Peace Daddy U-Roy, may your soul continue to rest in peace. I have looped one of my favourite reggae dancehall songs by Daddy U-Roy from the early 1980s, called Jah Jah Call You, at the end of the video. A timeless classic from one of the true foundations of reggae and dancehall culture.

Hopewell Chin’ono

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I am saddened to hear of the passing of Jamaican reggae music legend and international superstar Jimmy Cliff, whose real name was James Chambers. He was 81 years old, and he died from pneumonia after suffering a stroke. I grew up on his music, with my parents playing it in the 1970s and 1980s when I was a young boy in Murewa. I remember being in grade six in 1983, wondering who wrote No Woman, No Cry between him and Bob Marley because both sang it with such gusto. I only learnt later that it was written by Marley, who gave the credit to “Tata” Ford, his childhood friend from Trench Town, so that Ford could use the royalties to run a soup kitchen for the poor in Trenchtown. Jimmy Cliff became known outside the reggae movement with Many Rivers to Cross and other classics like You Can Get It If You Really Want. But what placed him at the intersection of global music and film was his hit song The Harder They Come, which was the soundtrack to the movie of the same name. Jimmy Cliff was the star of that film. He played the lead character, Ivanhoe “Ivan” Martin, in the 1972 Jamaican crime drama. The film made him an international icon and helped introduce reggae culture to the rest of the world before Bob Marley emerged as the first Third World global superstar from reggae. However, Cliff was already touring internationally in the late 1960s, and his performance of Many Rivers to Cross is often credited with opening doors for Jamaican music globally. He was one of the few Jamaican artists to receive the Order of Merit, Jamaica’s third-highest national honour, recognising his contribution to music and culture. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010, cementing his status as one of the most influential artists of his era. His death is a moment to acknowledge that a generational icon, who opened the doors for Jamaican artists, has passed. Jimmy Cliff was part of the first wave of musicians who took reggae from the streets of Kingston to the world, creating the pathway that others, including Bob Marley, later walked through. Rest in Peace Legend. Full concert of the legend below from 2018.

Hopewell Chin’ono

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