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Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Reggae Legend Who Recorded With the Beastie Boys, Dies at 85
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thewrap.comJamaican Observer first reported Perry’s death. A cause of death was not disclosed. Perry was born in Kendal, Hanover, Jamaica as Rainford Hugh Perry but later changed his name and moved to the country’s capital of Kingston, where he got his musical start apprenticing at Studio One, a prominent recording studio in the area.
Perry was both a vocalist, producer and overall wizard of musical engineering during his musical career, which really kicked off in the late 1960s when he formed his record label Upsetter Records, named after his studio band The Upsetters.
This record label produced several works for Bob Marley and the Wailers, including their hit song “Small Axe,” “Duppy Conqueror” and “Mr.
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