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November 24, 2025
The singer, actor and global ambassador of reggae inspired movements, soundtracked revolutions and opened doors for countless artists.
Marley In London
December 19, 2024
Many years after his death, Bob Marley continues to be one of the most admired musicians around the globe.
February 27, 2024
Peter Anthony Morgan, lead singer of the popular reggae band Morgan Heritage that he founded with four siblings, died Sunday…
December 28, 2022
Joseph "Jo Mersa" Marley, grandson of Bob Marley and son of Stephen Marley, has died at the age of 31…
May 9, 2022
CJ Milan and her company, Epic League Entertainment, are behind some of the largest and fastest-growing dance parties in America.
December 14, 2021
The Jamaican music legend helped pioneer "electro reggae," a fusion of reggae and electronic music in the 1980s.
Robbie Shakespeare theGRIO.com
December 9, 2021
Famed bass player Robbie Shakespeare, one half of the pioneering reggae band Sly and Robbie, has died at age 68.
November 8, 2021
UB40 toaster Astro, who helped launch the group in the late '70s in Birmingham, England, died after "a short illness."
August 30, 2021
Prime Minister Andrew Holness called Perry "one of the most important and creative figures to have come out of Jamaica."
October 7, 2020
The Nash hit, released after a particularly tumultuous period in American history, has been called "an anthem for troubled times."
Shaggy theGrio.com
January 11, 2020
Veteran reggae artist Shaggy said he passed on the opportunity to work with Rihanna because he was not interested in…
August 31, 2019
Soca artist Kevin Lyttle debuts new music and talks about an infusion of Caribbean culture in some of today's hottest…
August 6, 2019
This week the island of Antigua celebrates Carnival, also known as The Caribbean’s Greatest Summer Festival. The streets will be
May 7, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Oh Eddie. It's been four month's since we first heard Eddie Murphy's reggae tune "Oh Jah Jah."…
February 4, 2014
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — William 'Bunny Rugs' Clarke, the husky-voiced lead singer of internationally popular reggae band Third World, died…
December 3, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Reggae singer Junior Murvin, best known for the hit song "Police and Thieves," has died in…
June 27, 2013
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge in Florida has tossed a 2011 gun conviction against Jamaican reggae singer Buju…
May 28, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Reggae singer Frederick 'Toots' Hibbert has canceled the remainder of his U.S. tour and returned home…
March 8, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Snoop Lion, has shifted from the grim realities of hip hop to the positive vibrations of reggae…
February 6, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - On what would have been Bob Marley's 67th birthday, author John Shore offers some insights into the…