This Day In Dancehall / Reggae – December 26
From Dancehall.Mobi – on this day, December 26, in the dancehall / reggae world:
Year unknown – musicians/producers Grub Cooper and Computer Paul are born.
1952 – dub poet and journalist, Allan Hope (more popularly known as Mutabaruka), is born in Rae Town, Kingston.
2008 – popular dancehall dancer David Alexander Smith (aka Ice), is shot and killed by gunmen at a bar on Newark Avenue (off Waltham Park Road). The incident occured at approximately 8 a.m., when he had stopped to get cigarettes … more here.
ICE with his two awards that were presented at last year’s Stone Love Anniversary dance – Dec. 2008
Say Someting!