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U-Roy (1942–2021), Jamaican musician who pioneered toasting

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U-Roy was a Jamaican musician who pioneered toasting, a precursor to rap music in which a DJ talked over the records he was playing.Born Ewart Beckford, U-Roy began his DJ career in the early 1960s, playing records at parties.

A style began to develop in Jamaica: DJs would extend their between-records patter, talking over instrumental breaks during songs.

Boasting and joking in a rhythmic chant, the DJs added to the songs they played. While U-Roy wasn’t the first DJ to toast, he was the first to record it, after catching the ear of a record producer.

He invited U-Roy to make records of his toasting, and his songs including “Wake the Town” became hits in Jamaica. Toasting was an early influence on the development of rap music, and U-Roy was.

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