Prince Buster (24 May 1938 – 8 September 2016) was a Jamaican musician, sometimes referred to as the ‘King of Ska’.

Jerry Dammers on Prince Buster: 'The first king of Jamaican music'

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the Guardian

It seems that we have very sadly lost yet another from a time when musical giants walked the earth. Possibly because he was part of a postwar, post-colonial social revolution, Prince Buster seems like some sort of ghetto supe- pioneer: a boxer, soundsystem operator, DJ, producer, live performer, humourist , social and political commentator, owner of a record shop-label-and-jukebox empire, sharp dresser and all round coolest guy in Kingston, and therefore Jamaica, (and therefore quite possibly the world at the time).

In the words of

Jerry Dammers

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Genius

Jerry Dammers (b. 1955), is a British musician who is a founder, keyboard player and primary songwriter of the Coventry, England based ska revival band The Specials, The Special A.

he was a boxer, soundsystem operator, DJ, producer, live performer, humourist , social and political commentator, owner of a record shop-label-and-jukebox empire, sharp dresser and all round coolest guy in Kingston, and therefore Jamaica, (and therefore quite possibly the world at the time).