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Toots Hibbert’s Family Wishes He Were Alive To Celebrate Second Grammy Win

The family of Jamaican Reggae icon the Honourable Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert, OD, OJ is happy that he, won the 2021 Grammy Award for the Best Reggae Album with Got To…

Toot Hibbert’s Grammy Win: Grange, Skip Marley, Buju Banton, Maxi Priest, The Wailers & More Hail The Reggae Legend

The late Reggae legend Toots Hibbert and his band, Toots and the Maytals have emerged as the winners of the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album. The Minister of…

Jamaican Producer Di Genius Celebrates John Legend’s Grammy Win For ‘Best R&B Album’ Which Featured Koffee

Toots and the Maytals’ copping of the 2021 Best Reggae Grammy award, for Got To Be Tough is really one of two Recording Academy album wins that Jamaicans can, and…

Burna Boy Wins ‘Best Global Music Album’ At 2021 Grammys

Nigerian Afrobeat superstar Burna Boy is going home with the 2021 Grammy for Best Global Music Album. Burna's 2020 album Twice As Tall won in the Best Global Music Album…

Toots And The Maytals Win ‘Best Reggae Album’ At 2021 Grammys

Legendary Jamaican band Toots and the Maytals have won the 2021 Grammy for Best Reggae Album at the 63rd annual Awards. The prestigious award is a fitting posthumous tribute to…

Sean Paul Calls Out Grammys For Poor Treatment Of Reggae

The Weeknd, apparently, isn't the only artist to call out the Grammys this year. Dancehall superstar Sean Paul says he doesn't believe that Reggae gets the respect it deserves at…

Reggae Star Bushman’s Verified Instagram, Facebook Hacked By “Wicked People”

Just over a year after a Turkish hacker, took control of Bounty Killer’s verified Instagram account, deleted his videos and photos and began using the page to sell shoes, his…

Island Records’ Chris Blackwell Still Resented For Wailers Breakup

Ten years after Rastafarian attorney-at-law Miguel Lorne outrightly blamed former Island Records’ boss, Chris Blackwell at a university symposium, for 'mashing up' The Wailers group by devaluing Bunny Wailer and…