Born with albinism in 1956, dancehall music legend King Yellowman was rejected from birth. As a baby, he was found in a supermarket’s trash heap in Kingston, Jamaica. Miraculously surviving and raised ...
Music legend Bob Marley offered some telling advice to his friend Winston Foster: "Just do the message." "That's what I do," said reggae artist Foster, best known in the music industry as King ...
The hottest thing in reggae these days is dance-hall style rapping — something Yellowman has been doing for 35 albums now. “It’s coming on,” Yellowman, dubbed the king of all reggae DJs, says over the ...
Yellowman was king of the island in the early to mid-’80s, and made his way into the music in the U.S. On Run-DMC’s 1985 album, “King of Rock,” they teamed with Yellowman in his song “Roots, Rap, ...
NEW HAVEN -- Yellowman, the striking, albino, constantly-touring king of reggae dancehall music, returns to Toad's Place with his Sagittarius Band Tuesday to bring ...
A son of late reggae legend Bob Marley will head the lineup of the 8th annual Reggae in the Desert this summer. Ky-Mani Marley, the second youngest of Marley’s 11 children, will be on the bill with ...
With great weather, ubiquitous plumes of fragrant smoke and a laid-back vibe built around guiding themes of peace, love and unity, Austin Reggae Festival has been one of our city’s favorite spring ...
The old Haunt on West Green Street brought in dozens of great reggae bands during the 1980s and 1990s. One of the more memorable shows featured King Yellowman, the albino dancehall favorite known for ...
I think one of the greatest choruses in dancehall overall—it stands out because it kind of suggests a story that might be going on—is “Nobody move, nobody get hurt.” Every time I write a song, I ...