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  1. Music
    July 7, 2017

    Chronixx releases his debut album "Chronology" to global acclaim, earning a Grammy nomination for Best Reggae Album and selling out the Chronology Tour — one of the largest reggae concerts in Jamaica that year with Sevana, Protoje, and special guests.

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  2. Music
    July 14, 2017

    Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley releases "Stony Hill," a roots-drenched album that goes on to win the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 2018 — reaffirming the Marley legacy while pushing contemporary reggae into sharper social and spiritual focus.

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  3. Artist
    September 18, 2018

    Wesley Tinglin, founder and chief songwriter of The Viceroys, dies at the University Hospital of the West Indies at age 75. The Montego Bay-born harmony singer penned enduring roots sides from "Ya Ho" through "Heart Made of Stone" across five decades of rocksteady and reggae.

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  4. Music
    October 12, 2018

    Beres Hammond releases "Never Ending" on VP Records — a 14-track album of romantic reggae from the genre's most beloved crooner, produced with longtime collaborators including Willie Lindo, Dean Fraser, and Mafia & Fluxy.

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  5. Artist
    November 29, 2018

    UNESCO inscribes reggae music on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, recognizing Jamaica's most influential musical export as a global cultural treasure born from the creativity and resilience of the Jamaican people.

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  6. Music
    February 23, 2019

    Buju Banton is released from U.S. federal custody after serving nearly seven years, returning to Jamaica to a hero's welcome. His homecoming concert at Kingston's National Stadium and headline slot at Reggae Sumfest mark one of the most emotional comebacks in dancehall history.

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  7. Culture
    July 18, 2019

    Reggae Sumfest 2019 stages the largest lineup in the festival's history with Buju Banton, Beres Hammond, and Chronixx headlining — a landmark year that also sees dancehall legends Beenie Man and Bounty Killer perform together on the same bill for the first time in years.

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  8. Culture
    October 4, 2019

    Singer-producer Glenmore "Glen" Brown dies in New York City at age 75. Nicknamed the Rhythm Master for his horn-laced Pantomine productions, he backs Big Youth and Gregory Isaacs while shaping dub plates that fed sound-system culture.

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  9. Music
    October 25, 2019

    VP Records marks 40 years with "Down In Jamaica," a limited-edition box set chronicling the label that brought Beenie Man, Sean Paul, Wayne Wonder, and countless reggae and dancehall artists to the global mainstream.

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  10. Music
    January 26, 2020

    At the 62nd Grammy Awards, 19-year-old Koffee wins Best Reggae Album for her debut EP "Rapture" — the first woman and youngest artist to win the category — opening the door for a new generation of female reggae voices on the world stage.

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  11. Music
    March 27, 2020

    Keith Anderson, known as Bob Andy, dies in Kingston at age 75. The rocksteady pioneer and Bob and Marcia star behind "Young, Gifted and Black" leaves a songbook that shaped Studio One, Treasure Isle, and generations of Jamaican vocalists.

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  12. Artist
    May 17, 2020

    Former Heptones lead singer Naggo Morris dies at Cornwall Regional Hospital in St James at age 72. The St Mary-born vocalist replaced Leroy Sibbles in 1975 and brought his deep roots tone to classics including "Su Su Pon Rasta" and "Flour Power."

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  13. May 23, 2020

    Beenie Man and Bounty Killer face off in a Verzuz battle streamed to millions worldwide, reigniting the legendary dancehall rivalry for a new digital generation and drawing one of the largest audiences in the Verzuz series history.

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  14. Culture

    Reggae Sumfest pivots to a global virtual broadcast during the COVID-19 pandemic, streaming performances from Tarrus Riley, Koffee, Gyptian, Shenseea, Sizzla, Agent Sasco, and others to fans locked down around the world — keeping Jamaica's flagship festival alive when stages went silent.

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  15. September 11, 2020

    Frederick "Toots" Hibbert dies in Kingston at age 77. Leader of Toots and the Maytals, his soulful shout on "Do the Reggay" popularises the genre's name while ska and reggae classics carry Jamaican joy to stages worldwide.

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  16. Artist
    March 2, 2021

    Bunny Wailer, the last surviving founding member of The Wailers and a three-time Grammy winner, passes away in Kingston at age 73. A pioneer of roots reggae and nyabinghi drumming, his death closes a chapter on the original trio that took Jamaican music to the world.

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  17. Skillibeng's "Crocodile Teeth" becomes a global dancehall phenomenon, earning a remix with Nicki Minaj and pushing the East Kingston deejay into international charts — a defining moment for the new wave of raw, minimalist dancehall production.

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  18. August 29, 2021

    Rainford Hugh "Lee Scratch" Perry dies in Lucea, Hanover, at age 85. The Upsetter producer and Black Ark visionary reshapes reggae through dub experiments, mentoring Bob Marley and cutting avant-garde sides that echo through hip-hop and electronic music.

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  19. Culture
    December 19, 2021

    Leo Graham dies in Falmouth, Trelawny, at age 80. The Bleachers and Black Ark vocalist behind the 1975 hit "A Win Them" and Lee "Scratch" Perry sides such as "Black Candle" embodies west Kingston's rocksteady-to-roots session tradition.

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  20. December 28, 2021

    Mikey "Mao" Chung dies in Kingston at age 71. The Now Generation guitarist and keyboardist who backed Dennis Brown, Peter Tosh's Word Sound and Power, and Black Uhuru leaves decades of session work across reggae's rockers era.

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