By Shereita Grizzle— Can you remember the period when dancehall music first became popular? Do you remember jammin’ to hits from the likes of Tony Tuff, Barry Brown, Junior Reid, Tenor Saw, Jah Stitch, and Captain Sinbad? No doubt, those listed above were some great entertainers and dancehall pioneers, but before them was the late Lincoln ‘Sugar’ Minott, the ‘Godfather of dancehall music’. The 1980s is documented as the era in which dancehall music was birthed, and Sugar Minott may have paved the way for its emergence. During the mid-1970s, while Minott was with Studio One, he developed his writing skills and produced tracks that could be considered the first set of dancehall songs. At a time when radio and TV had sign-off periods, Minott climbed to the top of Jamaica’s entertainment industry. Vanity (Ole King Cole), Hang on Natty, and Mr DC were some of his earliest … Read entire article »