Hepcat Vocalist Greg Lee Dead at 53
Greg Lee, the vocalist for the ska and reggae band Hepcat, died on Tuesday at the age of 53 following “a massive brain aneurysm followed by cardiac arrest.”
Greg Lee, the vocalist for the ska and reggae band Hepcat, died on Tuesday at the age of 53 following “a massive brain aneurysm followed by cardiac arrest.”
The grandson of reggae legend Bob Marley was found dead Tuesday. The cause of death for Joseph “Jo Mersa” Marley has not been officially confirmed. He was 31.
Reggae musicians performing in Switzerland had their performance cancelled after fans accused white musicians of cultural appropriation.
TEL AVIV – Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions activists in Spain will be tried in court for the harassing Jewish American singer Matisyahu and for calling for his performance at an international reggae festival to be cancelled in August 2015, a Spanish court ruled.
Grammy-winning reggae star Beenie Man says he was forced to drop out of a scheduled performance Saturday night at Toronto’s annual OVO Fest when the Canadian government denied his visa request after he contracted the Zika virus.
The Jamaican Ministry of Health is using dancehall reggae to warn its citizens to exercise extra caution to avoid creating potential breeding grounds for mosquitoes as the Zika virus pandemic sweeping South America threatens to travel north to the Caribbean.
A Spanish music festival canceled a scheduled concert on August 22 by American reggae star Matisyahu after he refused to write or videotape a message supporting a Palestinian state.
Reggae artist Shaggy has proposed a solution to the growing problems with the Islamic State in the Middle East: make the terrorists listen to his music and smoke weed. In an interview with the Miami New Times, the genius behind works like “Boombastic” and “It Wasn’t Me” expressed his thoughts on ISIS.