U-Roy
Offset, Don Toliver Top Billboard Airplay Chart With ‘Worth It,’ Featuring A U-Roy Sample
Offset and Don Toliver’s Worth It, a song that features an intro sampling the voice of late Dancehall legend U-Roy,…
Brigadier Jerry To Receive ‘Crownin’
Veteran Dancehall artist Brigadier Jerry is slated to become the second recipient of Irish and Chin’s ‘Crownin’. The prestigious conferment…
The 21 Best Dancehall And Reggae Albums Of 2021
2021 was another great year for diversity across dancehall/reggae, from the much-hyped to the much-delayed as well as pandemic fueled…
Greenspoon’s Reggae Grammy 2022 Predictions: Who Will Get The Nod?
For Dancehall and Reggae fans following the annual Grammy Awards closely, they may be eager for some insight on which…
Marcia Smikle, Long-Time Partner Of U-Roy, Is Dead At 65
Marcia Smikle, long-time partner of the late Jamaican music icon U-Roy, passed away as a result of medical complications in…
Dancehall Godfather U-Roy, Trap Sensation Rygin King Team Up For ‘Stop That Train’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ2-orW3S0A Trojan Jamaica/BMG have released another single from U-Roy's upcoming album, Solid Gold U-Roy. The single, Stop That Train, features…
Veteran Deejay U Brown Says Dancehall Pioneer U Roy Inspired Him To Choose Music Career
Veteran deejay U Brown says the late Dancehall pioneer U-Roy inspired him to choose a music career. “During the late…
U-Roy’s Partner Thanks Minister Grange, Jamaican Public For Support
Marcia Smikle, U-Roy's partner of 40-plus years, has thanked Olivia Grange, Minister of Sports, Youth and Culture, the funeral organizers,…
U-Roy’s Posthumous Album Revealed With Shaggy, Ziggy Marley, Rygin King, Tarrus Riley & More
Trojan Jamaica/BMG has announced the upcoming release of U-Roy’s final full-length album, titled Solid Gold U-Roy. The album was originally set to come out in 2020 with plans for a…
A Toast To Daddy U-Roy: 10 Facts For The Reggae And Dancehall Icon’s Final Farewell
Ewart ‘U-Roy’ Beckford spent his glorious sixty-year career blazing a lyrical trail to global stardom. The late Jamaican deejay was a pioneer of the “toasting” style, a mashup of melodic…
U-Roy’s Burial Slated For May 19 At Dovecot Memorial
Late veteran toaster Ewart 'U-Roy' Beckford will be buried at Dovecot Memorial on Wednesday, May 19. There will also be a viewing at Perry’s Funeral Home for the Wear You…
How Tenor Saw’s ‘Ring The Alarm’ Brought Soundclash To The Masses
For a vibrant display of the Jamaican trifecta — cunning, creativity, competitiveness — look no further than the island’s rich sound system heritage. These modes of performance and entertainment started…
U-Roy’s Delayed Funeral Taking An Emotional Toll On His Family
Marcia Smikle, the partner of late veteran toaster Ewart 'U-Roy' Beckford, is worried that the COVID-19 pandemic may frustrate the hopes of the family to ensure that the artist gets…
Bunny Wailer, U-Roy: Funeral Arrangements For The Reggae Legends Facing Challenges
The family and friends of U-Roy and Bunny Wailer have to find a way to bury the iconic Reggae singers amid the new COVID protocols implemented by the Jamaican authorities.…
‘Dancehall Professor’ Says Much Of Jamaica’s Music History Documentation Lies Exclusively In Hands Of Foreigners
A leading professor in culture at the University of the West Indies (UWI), is contending that longstanding prejudices against Dancehall, Reggae and Jamaica’s other music genres, has resulted in much…
U-Roy’s Funeral To Take Place At Dovecot On March 28
The late veteran Reggae and Dancehall toaster Ewart 'U-Roy' Beckford will be buried at Dovecot on March 28. Marcia Smikle, Daddy U-Roy's partner of forty-plus years, previously told DancehallMag that there…
