Minott performing at the 2008 Winnipeg Ska and Reggae Festival with JFK & The Conspirators
Background information
Birth name
Lincoln Barrington Minott
Born
(1956-05-25)25 May 1956
Died
10 July 2010(2010-07-10) (aged 54) Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
Genres
Reggae, dancehall
Occupation(s)
Singer, record producer, sound-system operator
Years active
1969–2010
Website
sugarminott.com
Musical artist
Lincoln Barrington "Sugar" Minott (25 May 1956 – 10 July 2010)[1][2] was a Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer, record producer and sound-system operator.[3][4]
^Campbell, Howard (2010) "Reggae singer Sugar Minott dies at 54", Associated Press, 11 July 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010
^Peru, Yasmine (2010) "Godfather of Dancehall, Sugar Minott, dead at 54 Archived 14 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine", Jamaica Observer, 12 July 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010
^Barrow, Steve and Dalton, Peter: "Reggae: The Rough Guide", Rough Guides, 1997, ISBN 1-85828-247-0
^Thompson, Dave (2002) "Reggae & Caribbean Music", Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-655-6
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name. By the early '80s, commissioned by the great SugarMinott to record a number of tunes on Minott's Youth Promotion label, enjoying considerable popularity...
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and General Echo helped popularize the style along with producers like SugarMinott. The 1980s saw a rise in reggae music from outside of Jamaica. During...
such as U-Roy, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, SugarMinott, Augustus Pablo, Yellowman, and Black Uhuru. His production work also...
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