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I-Roy was one of the most popular toasters in Jamaica in the mid-1970s, alongside his role models U-Roy and Dennis Alcapone, and Big Youth. During this period, I-Roy released a handful of classics amid a rather anarchic output. Presenting I-Roy (1973), Hell and Sorrow (1973), Truth & Rights (1975), Crisis Time (1976), Musical Shark Attack (1976), Ten Commandments (1978), testify to his vitality at the time. His success reached England and international stages, but did not prevent I-Roy's aura from declining rapidly. Between the arrival of dancehall and absurd quarrels with Prince Jazzbo, I-Roy struggled through the eighties. Health and financial problems marred the end of his life, and the DJ died a largely forgotten death on November 27, 1999, aged just fifty-five.
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