Jah Itagaki's REGGAE LIFE
   This Day in Reggae
and Nubian, Rasta, herb and related history

 November 27
1979: Natty King (Kevin Christopher Roberts) is born.
1981: Aswad's album "New Chapter" is released.
1990: Bob Marley & The Wailers' video "The Bob Marley Story" [Island Video] is certified Gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America).
1998: Funeral for Roland Alphonso, passed away November 20th, is held in Brooklyn, New York.
1999: Veteran DJ I-Roy (b. Roy Samuel Reid) passes away at the Spanish Town Hospital, at age 55.
He had been diagnosed with a heart condition three years earlier.
1999: American reggae singer Tynsi Lyons-Tarig passes away (dies of cancer).
She was buried in her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio on December 5th.
2001: Singer Junior Kelly has a traffic accident and is hospitalized.
Kelly was driving his Honda Accord car on the Spanish Town Road at around 9:30pm when his vehicle was hit by another car reportedly coming from an adjacent road. The car smashed into the driver's side, leaving Kelly temporarily unconscious.

 November 28
1958: Derek [809; bass] is born in Jamaica.
1960: Mauritania gains independence from France (National Day).

 November 29
1965: DJ Blacka T is born.
2006: Japanese DJ B-Ninjah is arrested for possession of marijuana.

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