The iconic dancehall musician U-Roy has died at age 78. The DJ and vocalist known as "The Originator" had a massive impact on Jamaican music, and was also viewed as a crucial forebear to rap.

U-Roy, the influential reggae artist who specialized in the art of toasting and whose style became a key precursor in the early development of hip-hop, has died at the age of 78. The singer and ...

U-Roy – born Euwart Beckford – had been testing his skills as a DJ since the early Sixties. His initial inspiration was Count Macuki who, from the late Fifties, had performed with Tom Wong’s and ...

Kingston, Jamaica born-and-bred vocalist Ewart Beckford, better known as the reggae artist U-Roy, died on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at his home in Jamaica. He was 78 years old. An influential singer of ...

Legendary Jamaican artist U-Roy, know as the Godfather of dancehall, has died at 78, his label Trojan Records confirmed. The cause of death has not been reported. Born Ewart Beckford in Kingston, ...

A posthumous album from the dancehall icon U-Roy has been announced. It’s called Solid Gold U-Roy and it arrives July 16 via Trojan Jamaica/BMG. The LP features a string of guest stars, including ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Trojan Jamaica/BMG shares another U-Roy classic from the soon-to-be-released album ...

No history of the development of the sound system, of DJs or indigenous Jamaican popular music can be told without reference to stalwarts such as Count Machuki, King Stitt and Ewart 'U Roy' Beckford.

Ewart "U-Roy" Beckford, who transformed the Jamaican art of toasting, or deejaying, from a sound system phenomenon into a hit-making art form that deeply influenced generations of dancehall artists as ...

Legendary Jamaican vocalist U-Roy has died. He was 78. Born Ewart Beckford, he helped inspire the birth of rap in the U.S. His death on Wednesday in Kingston, Jamaica, was announced by the label ...

Kingston, Jamaica born-and-bred vocalist Ewart Beckford, better known as the reggae artist U-Roy, died on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at his home in Jamaica. He was 78 years old. An influential singer of ...