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O my! While visiting over the summer, went to his store getting some okd hits on to USB. A life well-lived! Condolences to his family and the Jamaican 🇯🇲 music fraternity.
RIP Derrick Harriott (6 Feb 1939 - 24 Oct 2026). Legendary #Jamaican singer, songwriter, and record producer, a key figure in the evolution of ska, rocksteady, and reggae.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, the youngest of five children, Harriott attended Excelsior High School, where he developed an early interest in music. In the mid-1950s he competed on the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour talent contest, first as a solo act and then as a duo with Claude Sang Jr., achieving notable success. In 1958 he co-founded the vocal group the Jiving Juniors with Eugene Dwyer, Herman Sang, and Maurice Wynter. The group recorded hits including “Lollipop Girl” (for Duke Reid) and “Over the River” before disbanding in 1962.
Harriott then launched a solo career and established his Crystal label. Early solo successes included “I Care,” “What Can I Do” (1964), “The Jerk” (1965), and “I’m Only Human” (1965), later compiled on The Best of Derrick Harriott. He opened a record shop in Kingston and became a respected producer, working with artists such as Dennis Brown, Keith & Tex, the Ethiopians, the Kingstonians, Big Youth, Scotty, and others. In 1971 Swing magazine named him Top Producer of 1970; he was also among the first producers to utilize the mixing talents of King Tubby, contributing to early dub recordings such as those credited to the Crystallites (including Scrub a Dub).
His own albums from the period include Sings Jamaican Reggae (1969), Psychedelic Train (1970), and Songs for Midnight Lovers. Known for blending American soul and R&B influences with Jamaican rhythms, Harriott continued releasing music and performing in later decades. He received the Order of Distinction (OD) from the Jamaican government in 2009 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association in 2019. #Jamaica #Caribbean #Ska #Reggae #Rocksteady
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🚨Jamaica, we cannot read this story and simply scroll past.
Delroy Britton is a father of three sons, all autistic. He walks them for about an hour to school in Mandeville because he is determined to give them an education and a chance at a better life.
But at home, his family is living without basic necessities. No electricity. No reliable potable water. A damaged roof. No fridge or proper cooking facilities. His sons sometimes have to depend on others just to charge their tablets.
He is currently out of work and still refuses to give up on his boys.
He wants to build a better life through livestock farming, but right now, this family needs help.
If you can assist with repairs, water, electricity, appliances, food, transportation, employment, livestock-farming support or financial assistance, please step forward.
And if you cannot give, share this post. Someone in your network may be able to change this family's circumstances.
Let us turn compassion into action.
Three boys deserve a safe home.
A father deserves a chance to provide.
And sometimes, all it takes is one person deciding to help.
🇯🇲 Please share widely.
Source: The Gleaner, September 27, 2026.
Anyone wishing to assist Delroy Britton and his three sons can contact Gleaner reporter Sashana Small at [email protected] for guidance on how to reach the family and coordinate assistance.
Without him, there would be no dancehall, no hip-hop, no rap, no Afrobeat.
U-Roy (21 Sep 1942 - 17 Feb 2021). Legend of #Jamaican Music, born Ewart Beckford 84 years ago today, in Jones Town, #Kingston. He wasn’t the first, but he was the best and most influential of the pioneering #reggae deejays. #Dancehall #Jamaica
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A 29-year-old Jamaican who grew up in abject poverty, lost her father as a little girl, watched her mother battle mental illness, placed in a girls home at 14 and had every reason to believe the odds were against her…
just became a published author on Amazon.
That woman is me.
Jamaican International Khadija Shaw has won the Professional Women’s Player of the Year for the 2025/26 season in England.
Shaw produced another stellar season for Manchester City with 21 goals in 22 appearances as the club clinched it’s second WLS title.
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The Catcher for Canada’s Team 🇨🇦
Mexico Born and Raised 🇲🇽
Alejandro Kirk’s gear tonight features the Toronto skyline, the Maple Leaf, and his hometown of Tijuana! #PlayersWeekend
Happy 40th birthday to the fastest man in history, Usain Bolt!! 🥇🐐
19 Olympic and World Championship gold medals.
He still holds the world records for the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m.
Despite retiring in 2017, Bolt’s legacy and influence within the sport remain just as strong.
📸 Fernando Frazão
Usain Bolt, Greatest Of All Time, born 40 years ago today on 21 Aug 1986, in Sherwood Content, Trelawny #Jamaica#Jamaican#Caribbean#UsainBolt
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