The artist reggae Jamaican Max Romeo dies 80 | Reggae
Max Romeo, the influential artist reggae Jamaican known for songs such as Chase The Devil and War Ina Babylon, died at the age of 80.
The singer, known to his family and friends like Maxie Smith, died after cardiac complications in the parish of Saint Andrew, in Jamaica, Friday.
Romeo became famous in the late 1960s with his provocative Hit Wet Dream. Although it was banned by the BBC, the song has become a Top 10 of the United Kingdom and spent 25 weeks in the rankings, cementing its legacy as one of the most recognizable reggae voices in the world.
“Feeling in his disappearance is quite shocking,” said Max Romeo’s lawyer, Erol Michael Henry. “He was a perfect gentleman and a delicate soul. He had a great love for his family and was a legend in his own right. You couldn’t meet a more beautiful person – who makes loss more difficult.”
Romeo began his career in 1965 as the main singer for emotions, before his music became synonymous with the Jamaican movement social democracy of the 70s. His song dropped power I became a ballad for the National Popular Party of Jamaica during his 1972 successful election campaign.
His 1976 album War Ina Babylon, published in Island Records and supported by the Giamaican band The Uncurter, is widely considered as a classic of the reggae roots era. He characterized Chase The Devil, a song that has since been championship by artists of genres, including Prodigy and Kanye West.
Romeo later moved to New York in 1978, where he co-scored and recited in the musical ReggaeWhile continuing to perform support items on the song of The Rolling Stones on their emotional rescue album.
