Jay-Z‘s Lucifer (2003), Encore (2003), and Bam (2017) featuring Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley — which collectively sampled several classic Reggae songs — were each certified Gold in the United States on Monday (December 4).
A 1979 radio interview of Bob Marley denouncing Russia and the United States for trying to muscle their way into the Caribbean, and Jacob Miller likening the two global superpowers to postwar animated cartoon characters Heckle and Jeckle, has started making the rounds on social media, since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Inner Circle’s founding members, Ian and Roger Lewis, have revealed that it was the overwhelming grief they felt following the tragic death of the band’s lead singer Jacob Miller, which led them to migrate to Florida and consequently establish their Circle House studios there.
Led by the Bad Boys of Reggae, Inner Circle, tributes have been pouring out from Reggae lovers across the world in memory of late Reggae legend Jacob “Killer” Miller, on what would have been his 69th birthday today.