Music – Reggae
Toots and the Maytals (1962-2020)
The legendary Jamaican ska and reggae group, Toots and the Mayhils was founded by Frederick Nathaniel “Toots” Hibbert, born on...
David Nesta “Ziggy” Marley (1968- )
Ziggy Marley is a Jamaican Grammy award-winning reggae musician, singer, and philanthropist. Marley was born in the Trench Town section...
Reggae Sunsplash (1978-1996)
Reggae Sunsplash, founded in 1978 to promote a slow summer tourist season in Jamaica, was the first Caribbean music festival...
Jimmy Cliff (1948- )
Born in St. Catherine, Jamaica on April 1, 1948 as James Chambers, the ska-reggae musician Jimmy Cliff proved to be...
Reggae
Reggae, which originated in Kingston, Jamaica in the late 1970s, is a by-product of ska and rocksteady music. While ska...
Bob Marley (1945-1981)
Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6, 1945, on his grandfather Omeriah Malcolm’s farm in the rural interior of...
Rap/Hip Hop
Rap Music, and the culture that surrounds rapping itself, hip-hop, is a genre of music and a lifestyle which originated...
DJ Kool Herc/Clive Campbell (1955- )
DJ Kool Herc was the earliest major figure to emerge from the mid-70s Bronx, New York, music scene that would...
