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Big Youth

Manley Augustus Buchanan, known professionally as Big Youth, was born in 1949 in Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica, and emerged as a pioneering reggae DJ. After working as a mechanic in the 1960s, he joined Kingston sound systems and, influenced by U Roy, began toasting by the early 1970s, recording his first single “Movie Man” for Gregory Isaacs’ African Museum. His breakthrough came in 1972 with “S-90 Skank”, and he released Screaming Target in 1973, with recordings such as “Hotter Fire” helping to establish him in roots reggae. He released a series of albums, including Reggae Phen...