His early hits were filled with sexual innuendo. But he later switched to a soulful political message that resonated in 1970s Jamaica and beyond. By Clay Risen Max Romeo, a reggae singer whose ...

Jimmy Cliff celebrated his 80th birthday on July 30. The influential Jamaican singer/songwriter is considered one of the music artists who helped introduce reggae to the world. The song appeared on ...

Reggae music became popular in the late 1960s, when young people were excited about it and gravitated to the new sound. The artists were mainly grass-roots people who used their voices to articulate a ...

Max Romeo, the reggae singer known for "War Ina Babylon" and "Chase the Devil," died on Friday, April 11. He was 80. His official Facebook page announced his death on Saturday, April 12. "It is with ...

Last month, the twenty-two-year-old Jamaican singer and rapper Koffee appeared as a musical guest on the “Tonight Show.” The studio’s stage had been outfitted to look like a casual and haphazard dance ...