Sugar Minott (born Lincoln Barrington Minott, May 25, 1956 in Kingston, died Saturday July 10, 2010 in Kingston) was a
Jamaican reggae singer, producer and sound-system operator known for his sweet roots dancehall style. Sugar Minott spent his youth hanging around the legendary "Studio 1" listening to the artists that recorded there, such as
Alton Ellis,
Ken Boothe,
The Heptones,
Dennis Brown and others. Sugar began his career with the formation of the
African Brothers, along with
Tony Tuff and Derek Howard (and later
Triston Palmer) in the early 1970s. The African Brother…
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