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• n  popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar

• The murder of global reggae icon Lucky Dube is another reminder of the violence fueled by ongoing social inequality.
• Loaded with angry lyrics, a reggae revival is spicing up the mainstream and heating up the charts.
• Ziggy, Stephen, Sharon and Cedella are keeping reggae's (and their father Bob's) positivity and purpose alive.

News & Articles

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• Reggae star stabbing death inquest opens in UK
  LONDON (AP) — A British coroner on Wednesday opened an inquest into the 2011 death of reggae star Smiley Culture, who was stabbed in the heart during a police raid on his home.
  June 12, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Reggae star stabbing death inquest opens in UK - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports
  LONDON (AP) - A British coroner has opened an inquest into the 2011 death of reggae star Smiley Culture, who was fatally stabbed in the heart during a police raid on his home.
  June 12, 2013 - Quincy Herald-Whig
• Reggae pulse brings hills of Frogtown alive
  The Calaveras County Fairgrounds was ablaze with Reggae in the Hills 2013 this weekend.
  June 11, 2013 - Calaveras Enterprise

Quotes

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• Peter Tatchell in PinkNews.co.uk
  The Reggae Compassionate Act is a big breakthrough,said human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who is coordinator of the worldwide Stop Murder Music campaign.
• Nas in HipHopDX
  Reggae and Hip Hop are cousins,explained Nas. "Go back before the '90s and think about the music that was playing on the ghetto blasters and you'll hear it."
• Alton Ellis in International Herald Tribune
  In a tribute to Ellis posted on its Web site, Trojan Records on Saturday mourned "the passing of a reggae legend" and said Ellis had been suffering lymphatic cancer.