: popular music of Jamaican origin that combines native styles with elements of rock and soul music and is performed at moderate tempos with the accent on the offbeat
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The band, which rose to fame in the early '90s due to their unique fusion of rock, punk, rap, ska, and reggae, is releasing Friday its first original studio track since frontman Bradley Nowell’s death from a heroin overdose 28 years ago, according to Rolling Stone.
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Lauren Huff, EW.com, 24 May 2024
And Stephen Marley — true reggae royalty — will have plenty of folks grooving along at Prudential.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
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Lauren Huff, EW.com, 24 May 2024
And Stephen Marley — true reggae royalty — will have plenty of folks grooving along at Prudential.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
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“Reggae.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reggae. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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reggae
noun
reg·gae
ˈreg-(ˌ)ā 
ˈrāg-
: popular music of Jamaican origin that combines native styles with elements of U.S. Black popular music and is performed at moderate tempos with the accent on the offbeat
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