KINGSTON, JamaicaKINGSTON, Jamaica — Ranking Trevor, a pioneer of rap reggae during the 1970s, has died in a traffic accident in Jamaica. He was 60. The musician’s brother, Robert Grant, says he was ...

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ranking Trevor, a top reggae toaster during the 1970s, died in a traffic accident Tuesday in Jamaica. He was 60. The musician’s brother, Robert Grant, said he was crushed by a car ...

Heather Augustyn will never tell you that Hip Hop isn’t an American-born movement, but if you can’t pick up the Jamaican and Ska influences in it, you’re not listening close enough. For Augustyn, one ...

If you’re not a hip-hop head, you might not know that a Jamaican was one of the founding fathers of the genre. This year, DJ Kool Herc (real name Clive Campbell) will be inducted into the Rock and ...

Hip-hop is having a party. For the uninitiated, 2023 marks a year-long 50th birthday celebration for the genre. Celebrations and commemorations abound just about everywhere—even at unlikely places, ...

KALAMAZOO --Island Festival will feature a major reggae figure from the island of Great Britain Friday night. In the '70s, when Jamaican culture started having influence on British music, Pato Banton ...

KINGSTON, JamaicaKINGSTON, Jamaica — Ranking Trevor, a top reggae toaster during the 1970s, has died in a traffic accident in Jamaica. He was 60. The musician’s brother, Robert Grant, says he was ...

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