Little Known Black History Facts

  Forty years ago this month in Jamaica, the first Reggae Sunsplash took place in Jarrett Park, Montego Bay. The festival was once billed as the largest to take place on the island, and introduced the culture of reggae music to a wider audience. The festival was the result of a collaboration between Jamaicans Tony […]

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The children of late reggae star Peter Tosh are feuding over more than $2 million in royalties from his estate, according to a new Manhattan lawsuit reported by the New York Post’s Page Six. The singer’s daughter, Aldrina McIntosh, claims in the suit that younger sister Niambe McIntosh – who runs her father’s estate – […]

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Twenty-five years after his murder, Jamaica's government on Monday honored the contributions of firebrand reggae musician and songwriter Peter Tosh, one of the Caribbean island's musical giants. Tosh's daughter Niambe, an educator from Boston, Massachusetts, received the posthumous "order of merit" – the country's third highest honor – on behalf of […]