Johnny Nash has died at age 80. He wasn’t Jamaican– he was from Houston– but he loved reggae music and was responsible in part for making it popular in the US. In 1972, after a few years of trying to ...

Reggae singer Max Romeo, who is known for his hit Chase the Devil, has passed away at the age of 80. A statement made on the musician's official Facebook page on Saturday, April 12, 2025, confirmed ...

Reggae icon Max Romeo has died. The musician — who's known for hits like "Chase The Devil" and "War Ina Babylon" — passed away after heart complications in Jamaica's Saint Andrew Parish. He was 80.

Max Romeo, an icon of Jamaican reggae music, has died at the age of 80. The news was shared on the artist’s social media channels, confirming that he passed away from heart complications in Saint ...

Max Romeo, known for the controversial song Wet Dream, breathed his last at the age of 80. The Jamaican reggae legend died due to a heart problem in his home country, as announced in an Instagram post ...

The prolific musician released dozens of albums and even more singles throughout his lifetime Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has ...

Max Romeo, the celebrated roots reggae vocalist whose political anthems soundtracked a period of upheaval in his native Jamaica, died on Friday, April 11, of complications relating to a heart ...

A video archive is keeping alive memories of the reggae music boom from the 1980s and 1990s. Large gatherings known as sound systems would take place at carnivals in Reading and Oxford, where rival ...

Musician best known for tracks such as Chase the Devil and War Ina Babylon rose to fame in the 1960s Max Romeo, the influential Jamaican reggae artist best known for tracks such as Chase the Devil and ...