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Pioneer of rap reggae, King Stitt, dies at 72

King Stitt, a pioneer in rap reggae, died Tuesday in his Caribbean homeland of Jamaica. He was 72.

King Stitt, Rap Reggae Pioneer, Dies at 72

King Stitt, a pioneer in rap reggae, died Tuesday in his Caribbean homeland of Jamaica. He was 72.

King Stitt, Jamaican pioneer in rap reggae, dies at 72 after battle with prostate cancer

KINGSTON, Jamaica - King Stitt, a pioneer in rap reggae, died Tuesday in his Caribbean homeland of Jamaica. He was 72.

Goth-Trad hatches postdisaster pop

Talking with Teruaki Maruyama in a Tokyo cafe, I'm caught off guard when the dubstep artist better known as Goth-Trad suggests that his fourth and latest album is pop. When I let it sink in, though, I realize that "New Epoch" could in fact be the perfect postdisaster-pop album. Don't get him wrong: The 33-year-old isn't talking about the kind of pop-dubstep, or "brostep," that has grabbed hold ...

Winston Riley: Prolific songwriter and producer

The record producer, songwriter and singer Winston Riley was a mainstay of the Jamaican music scene and one of its most successful figures for close to five decades. In the 1960s he formed The Techniques and sang bass with the vocal group popular throughout the ska and rock steady eras for their joyous adaptations of US R&B hits by The Impressions – "You Don't Care" and "Minstrel and Queen ...