1977Winner
Best Performance
Roots Rock Reggae: Inside The Jamaican Music Scene
U-Roy
Actor
Jones Town, Kingston, Jamaica
September 21, 1941
Biography
Ewart Beckford OD, known by the stage name U-Roy, was a Jamaican vocalist and pioneer of toasting. U-Roy was known for a melodic style of toasting applied with a highly developed sense of timing.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2013Nominee
Best Performance
I Am the Gorgon: Bunny 'Striker' Lee and the Roots of Reggae
1980Winner
Best Performance
Heartland Reggae
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I Am the Gorgon: Bunny 'Striker' Lee and the Roots of Reggae