
U-Roy
U-Roy Biography: The Originator. Ewart Beckford, better known as U-Roy, was born on September 21, 1942, in Kingston, Jamaica. His mother, who played the organ at a local seventh-day Adventist church, raised him in a religious household. He listened to artists like Louis Prima, James Brown, Ruth Brown, Fats Domino, and Smiley Lewis as a young boy, and the sounds of Louis Jordan, known as the King of the Jukebox, heavily influenced him. The golden age of reggae U-Roy rose to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s, during the golden age of reggae. His innovative DJ style, characterised