Max Romeo Born
Maxwell Smith born in St. D'Acre. 'Chase the Devil' sampled by The Prodigy. 'Wet Dream' banned in UK. Died April 2025.
Also on the calendar: Max Romeo passed away — April 11th
Maxwell Smith born in St. D'Acre. 'Chase the Devil' sampled by The Prodigy. 'Wet Dream' banned in UK. Died April 2025.
Also on the calendar: Max Romeo passed away — April 11th
THE Wailers bassist. The heartbeat behind Bob Marley's music. One of reggae's most important instrumentalists.
Dorothy Smith. Jamaican reggae/dancehall artist.
Earl Anthony Robinson, deejay known as 'Ranking Slackness,' one of the first to move dancehall lyrics toward slackness and a major influence on the next generation of DJs. Shot dead by police in Kingston along with two sound-system colleagues, in an incident never fully explained, at 24.
Steel Pulse was the first non-Jamaican act to win a reggae Grammy, taking the award in 1986 for Babylon the Bandit.
Hawaii Reggae Network is Hawaii's 24/7 reggae radio station, streaming live from Maui.
