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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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What mother 'told her daughter, 4, before sedating her with heroin, methadone and ketamine

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Michala Pyke, 37, and John Rytting, 40, denied two charges of child cruelty Pyke's young daughter Poppy died in June 2013 at home in Grimsby, Lincs Prosecution say couple fed her sedative drugs as she was 'inconvenience' Neighbour told jurors that Pyke had a 'short fuse' and was 'very, very angry' The mother of a four-year-old girl who died following alleged child cruelty had told the youngster: 'I hate you, you little b*****d', a court heard. Michala Pyke, 37, was said to have 'shouted from the day she moved in' by a neighbour and regularly yelled at daughter Poppy Widdison, jurors were told. Pyke and ex-boyfriend John Rytting, 40, allegedly fed Poppy drugs so they could have sex, joking that the substances were like 'smarties'. Hull Crown Court, East Yorks., heard that a neighbour of the former couple told jurors Pyke had a 'short fuse' and was 'very, very angry'. Poppy died in 2013 but the cause of her death was in

Mother of three, 27, 'bleeds to death after paramedics fail to find bullet wound from random gunfire that struck her in the buttocks'

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Salaya Figueroa, 27, was killed early Wednesday when bullets rang out near her home in East New York, Brooklyn Salaya Figueroa, 27, was killed near her home in Brooklyn early Wednesday Figueroa ran for cover when shots were fired at the Louis Pink Houses housing project but she was struck in the buttocks, relatives said She was rushed in serious condition to Brookdale University Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries Her family says paramedics couldn't find the bullet while treating her A mother of three in New York bled to death after being shot in her buttocks after paramedics couldn't find the bullet, her family has said. Shots were fired early Wednesday at the Louis Pink Houses housing project in East New York, Brooklyn. Salaya Figueroa, 27, ran for cover with her boyfriend — but she was struck. Police said she suffered a gunshot wound to the back. Figueroa was rushed in serious condition to Brookdale University Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries. Sp