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
Dorothy Smith. Jamaican reggae/dancehall artist.
THE Wailers bassist. The heartbeat behind Bob Marley's music. One of reggae's most important instrumentalists.
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.
