When the restaurant Dulcies Jamaican and Everything opens — sometime this year somewhere in central Broward County — the one thing we do know is that the eatery will be a tribute to Tifa’s late ...

Kingston, Jamaica born-and-bred vocalist Ewart Beckford, better known as the reggae artist U-Roy, died on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at his home in Jamaica. He was 78 years old. An influential singer of ...

The iconic dancehall musician U-Roy has died at age 78. The DJ and vocalist known as "The Originator" had a massive impact on Jamaican music, and was also viewed as a crucial forebear to rap.

Ewart "U-Roy" Beckford, who transformed the Jamaican art of toasting, or deejaying, from a sound system phenomenon into a hit-making art form that deeply influenced generations of dancehall artists as ...

It’s an Olympic year, the latest installment of the event that gave him a global platform, but Usain Bolt is not participating. Back home in Jamaica where it all began, the world’s fastest man is at ...

Legendary Jamaican artist U-Roy, know as the Godfather of dancehall, has died at 78, his label Trojan Records confirmed. The cause of death has not been reported. Born Ewart Beckford in Kingston, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Native Staten Islander Matt U Johnson, the reggae and pop international recording artist, has released his newest single, ‘Pon Fire,’ with the iconic rapper Snoop Dogg and ...

Ewart "U-Roy" Beckford was a Jamaican deejay who elevated the art of toasting — talking over a record to the rhythm of the song — to an international phenomenon. He helped start the career of early ...

You can’t keep a good festival down. The Caribbean Food and Rum Festival will finally get its long-awaited reboot on Sunday, Dec. 12, after COVID-19 caused a delay from the original Labor Day weekend ...

Ewart "U-Roy" Beckford, who transformed the Jamaican art of toasting, or deejaying, from a sound system phenomenon into a hit-making art form that deeply influenced generations of dancehall artists as ...