Reggae Artiste Black Uhuru Biography

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Reggae Artiste Black Uhuru Biography by InfosysTV The most successful of the second-generation reggae bands, Black Uhuru maintained their high quality despite numerous personnel changes in their 40-plus-year history. The first reggae band to win a Grammy award, for their 1983 album Anthem, Black Uhuru was called "The most dynamic and progressive reggae act of the 1970s and early '80s." The band, whose name comes from the Swahili word meaning "freedom," was formed in the Waterhouse district of Kingston by Don Carlos, Rudolph "Garth" Dennis, and Derrick "Duckie" Simpson. When the group experienced difficulties securing a record contract, Spencer left to pursue a solo career and Dennis joined the Wailing Souls. Simpson, who remained the thread throughout Black Uhuru's evolution, reorganized the band with Errol "Jay" Wilson and quivery-voiced lead vocalist Michael Rose. Accompanied by the rhythm section of Sly Dunbar on

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Four killed in two shootings in Spanish Town



















Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer Scene of Crime personnel process a multiple shooting on Sligoville main road in the Thompson Pen community, where four patrons were shot at a bar by gunmen. The incident occured at approximately 12:30 p.m.


Three men were killed in Thompson Pen, St Catherine, on Sunday, following an attack on a bar by armed thugs.

The victims have been identified as Alex McKenzie, 18; Shamar Atkinson, 17, otherwise called 'Smokey'; and 24-year-old Rohan Smith, otherwise called 'Higgler' of Thompson Pen. A fourth man was shot and injured. It is said that the attack may have been a reprisal for the murder of a GraceKennedy employee Kevin Monroe, who was killed in Jones Avenue earlier. The police confirmed that at about 2 a.m. on Sunday, explosions were heard at Monroe's home. The police were called and upon the arrival, his body was found with numerous gunshot wounds.

The triple murder occurred at a sports bar along the Thompson Pen main road, sometime after noon, when a group of gunmen reportedly invaded the establishment. They fired a number of shots, hitting the occupants. The men then escaped in the area. The injured men were taken to hospital where Atkinson, Smith, and McKenzie were pronounced dead and the fourth man admitted in serious condition.

"Mi nuh go over da bar deh due to the feud what a gwaan in the area. Wi know seh it is tense so pure wickedness a gwaan roun here," a bystander said. Residents say the Thomp

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