Reggae music is a genre in which artists are generally not afraid to
speak truth to power.
The music has a storied tradition of rebellious singers, from Bob
Marley to Burning Spear to Lucky Dube, who railed against society’s
ills and often suffered persecution for speaking out on behalf of
principles they believed in. It was like that for decades, and that
constant preaching of love and spirituality has attracted countless
fans around the world.
This piece originally appeared in the New Times Broward-Palm Beach.
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This article appears in Apr 16-22, 2009.