Greetings todays story is a sad story . The god father of reggae dancehall u roy aka daddy u roy has passed away . Ewat beckford aka stage name u roy passed away wenesday February 17 ,2021 at age 78 in kingston jamaica from a sickness.
U roy was a reggae artist from the 70s reggae dancehall genre of music .he was well known for being a toaster of music which means a mixture of talking and singing .he worked with various sound systems in the 60s such as coxsone dodds, king tubbys .he also worked with singer john holt and producer duke reid and recorded his first 2 songs wake the nation and rule the nation . Daddy u roy style of music inspired the creater of hiphop dj kool herc that lived in new york city .he created his own soundsystem called stir gav .he released various albums over the years that sent him to fame .
U roy was crowned november 2019 at irish and chin reewind party at amazura night club queens new york .shabba ranks crowned him the godfather of dancehall reggae . No details is available at this time as the cause of death and the entire jamaican musical fraturnity is saddened by his lost .
rest in peace daddy u roy we thank you for paving the way for reggae dancehall music .
IN MEMORY OF DADDY U ROY PLEASE ENJOY MY YOUTUBE VIDEO COVERAGE OF THE CROWNING OF DADDY U ROY BY SHABBA RANKS AT IRISH N CHIN REWIND PARTY NOVEMBER 2019 AMAZURA NIGHT CLUB QUEENS NEW YORK - EPIC NIGHT IN MUSICAL HISTORY . DADDY U ROY REST IN PEACE SIR WE THANK YOU .I AM HAPPY IRISH N CHIN HONORED HIM WHILE HE WAS STILL WITH US .
MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO DADDY U ROY SOME OF HIS HIT SONGS .REST IN PEACE DADDY U ROY .
ME MEETING DADDY U ROY BACKSTAGE VIP AREA OF SUMMER STAGE SHOW ROY WILKINS PARK QUEENS NEW YORK .
me and my friend at irish n chin reewind crowning of daddy u roy november 2019
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