HISTORY OF REGGAE

HISTORY OF REGGAE

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HISTORY OF REGGAE

Reggae is a music genre that began in Jamaica in the 1960s. Most music from Jamaica comes from the reggae style. Reggae music is often used by Rastafarian groups. They are usually songs about religion, love and social problems. Bob Marley was a famous reggae artist.

As reggae evolved from ska, an earlier form of Jamaican popular music, it began to include lyrics that expressed the pressures of ghetto life and addressed social and economic injustice. Reggae music also was connected to the Rastafarian faith, a religion that originated in Jamaica

In the 1970s reggae, spread to the United Kingdom. There, Jamaican immigrants and native-born Britons created a reggae movement that included performers such as UB40 and performance poet Linton Kwesi Johnson. The bass and drum rhythms of reggae became the basis of a new instrumental music, dub.

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BOB MARLEY

"Bob" Marley was an important Jamaican musician in the 1970s and 1980s. He made the style of reggae music very popular all over the world. His music told stories of his home and the Rastafarian religion that he followed. Some songs were about religion and some songs were about politics like Get Up Stand Up.

BOB MARLEY

UB40

UB40 is an English reggae band, formed in 1978 in England. Theethnic make-up of the band's original line-up was diverse, with musicians of English, Welsh, Irish, Jamaican, Scottish and Yemeni parentage. Their hit singles include their debut "Food for Thought" and two Billboard Hot 100 number ones with "Red Red Wine" and "Can't Help Falling in Love".

UB40

SHAGGY

Shaggy, is a Jamaican reggae fusion singer and Dj. He is best known for his hit singles "Boombastic", "It Wasn't Me", and "Angel". Shaggy was born in Kingston, Jamaica. At the age of 18, he and his family moved to New York. In 1987, he took singing courses in Brooklyn and was discovered a year later, while singing in the streets with friends.

SHAGGY

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