Tag: Reggae
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I didn’t know Bob Marley died at 36 – Wizkid
Grammy award-winning Artist Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid has revealed he never knew Reggae legend, Bob Marley died at the age of 36. While revealing this in his recent interview w
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Toots Hibbert, Jamaican reggae legend is dead
Frederick Nathaniel ‘Toots’ Hibbert, a Jamaican reggae singer, has passed on at 77. Toots & Maytals, a band he created, confirmed the sad news in a statement on its official Instagram handle. https://www.instagram.com/p/CFBtIbYjr1H/ The band said he breathed his last on Friday night at the university hospital of the West Indies in Kingston. …
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10 things you should know about Majek Fashek
After a fierce battle with an undisclosed illness, reggae maestro Majekodunmi Fasheke, popularly known as Majek Fashek, passed on. Majek Fashek was born on March 7, 1963 in Benin City to an Edo mother and a Yoruba father but identifies with his Benin root. Fashek was married to Rita Fashek who inspired the song Without…
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Jamaica pursues world heritage status for reggae
Jamaica has asked for reggae to be added this year at a meeting of the UN agency on the island of Mauritius, where 40 proposals are set to be considered from November 26 to December 1. So far, 399 examples of world heritage including dances, food-making practices, boat-building, games, festivals and even coaxing rituals for…
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‘Artistes of this generation sing about mundane things’- Ras kimono
Nigerian Reggae icon, Ras Kimono has expressed his dissatisfaction over the quality of music being churned out by artistes of this generation. Kimono said unlike in the past when music was being used as a tool for social change, music of this generation are all about boobs and butts. Speaking in an interview with Punch,…
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How ladies inspired me to start singing Reggae-Patoranking
Celebrated Reggae artiste, Patoranking has opened up on how he started singing reggae music. The Girlieo singer made this known in an interview with Punch. According to him:“One of the reasons I chose reggae even though it might sound funny is because of the girls. I remember back then in secondary school, if you did…