2020s

Grammy era and next generation

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1838–2026 · Reading moment 390 of 397

  1. Culture
    October 19, 2024

    Roy "Kenneth Culture" Dayes dies at Kingston Public Hospital at age 74. An original member of Culture alongside Joseph Hill and Albert Walker, he co-wrote and sang on roots classics including "Two Sevens Clash" before a solo career under the Kenneth Culture name.

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  2. Music
    February 2, 2025

    The soundtrack to "Bob Marley: One Love" wins the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at the 67th Grammy Awards — a family-affair victory involving Cedella, Stephen, and Ziggy Marley as producers, tying the film's cultural moment to reggae's highest honour.

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  3. Artist
    February 22, 2025

    Studio One veteran Ken Parker dies in Florida at age 76, one day before his 77th birthday. The Westmoreland-born singer recorded enduring rocksteady and reggae sides from "Choking Kind" through his 1970s roots discomixes with Roy Cousins.

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  4. Culture

    Reggae Sumfest celebrates its milestone staging with a lineup bridging dancehall's old guard and new stars, reaffirming Montego Bay as the spiritual home of the world's greatest reggae and dancehall festival after nearly four decades.

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  5. Music
    October 16, 2025

    Guitarist Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan dies in Lauderhill, Florida, at age 78. A longtime Toots and the Maytals band member, his riffs on classics from "Pressure Drop" to Gregory Isaacs' "Soon Forward" helped shape reggae's studio golden age.

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  6. Artist
    November 24, 2025

    Reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff dies in Kingston at age 81. From "The Harder They Come" and "Many Rivers to Cross" through two Grammy wins and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, the St James-born singer helped carry Jamaican music to cinemas and charts worldwide.

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  7. Music

    Keznamdi wins the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album for "BLXXD & FYAH" at the 68th Grammy Awards — the latest chapter in Jamaica's unbroken run of reggae Grammy winners and a signal of the genre's continued evolution on the world stage.

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  8. JamaicansMusic.com relaunches as a modern archive of Jamaican music history — preserving 1,150+ news articles, hundreds of artist profiles, the Island Chronicle timeline, and the Sonic Timeline for a new generation of fans and researchers worldwide.

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