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Dennis Bovell
Dennis Bovell
Barbadian-British reggae musician
1
Mikey Smith
Mikey Smith
Jamaican poet
2
Mutabaruka
Mutabaruka
Jamaican dub poet
3
Shake Keane
Shake Keane
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines musician (1927-1997)
4
Oku Onuora
Oku Onuora
Jamaican dub poet
5
Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah
English poet and author
6
Half Pint
Half Pint
Jamaican dancehall, ragga, and reggae singer
7
Mikey Dread
Mikey Dread
Jamaican musician, record producer, and broadcaster
8
I-Roy
I-Roy
musician
9
Rico Rodriguez
Rico Rodriguez
Jamaican musician
10
Don Letts
Don Letts
British film director
11
Bunny Wailer
Bunny Wailer
Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter and percussionist
12
Horace Andy
Horace Andy
musician
13
Dillinger
Dillinger
Jamaican musician
14
John Holt
John Holt
Jamaican reggae singer
15
Big Youth
Big Youth
Jamaican deejay
16
Winston McAnuff
Winston McAnuff
Jamaican musician
17
Yabby You
Yabby You
Jamaican musician
18
Cornell Campbell
Cornell Campbell
Jamaican musician
19
Don Carlos
Don Carlos
Jamaican musician
20
Linval Thompson
Linval Thompson
Jamaican reggae and dub musician and record producer
21
Earl "Chinna" Smith
Earl "Chinna" Smith
Jamaican musician
22
Gregory Isaacs
Gregory Isaacs
Jamaican singer
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King Jammy
King Jammy
Jamaican dub mixer and record producer.
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Joe Gibbs
Joe Gibbs
Jamaican record producer
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Prince Buster
Prince Buster
Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Jamaican dub poet

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Intro
Jamaican dub poet
Record Labels
Awards Received
Golden PEN Award
Silver Musgrave Medal
Order of Distinction
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
PEN Pinter Prize
Music
Member of, past and present
Royal Society of Literature

Royal Society of Literature

Linton Kwesi Johnson (born 24 August 1952), also known as LKJ, is a Jamaican dub poet and activist who has been based in the United Kingdom since 1963. In 2002 he became the second living poet, and the only black poet, to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series. His performance poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican patois over dub-reggae, usually written in collaboration with renowned British reggae producer/artist Dennis Bovell.