Toots Hibbert
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Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert (born on December 10, 1945) is a legendary ska and roots reggae singer and leader of the reggae band Toots and the Maytals. He was born in May Pen in the Parish of Clarendon, Jamaica, as the youngest of seven children. He grew up singing gospel music in a church choir, but went to Kingston when he was a teenager in the early 60s. In Kingston he met Raleigh Gordon and Jerry Matthias, and they formed the original Maytals.
He is credited with creating the word reggae itself. He also appeared in the groundbreaking Jamaican film The Harder They Come. Toots still tours the world today, and his band won the Grammy for best reggae album in 2004.
In 2006, Toots and the Maytals covered Radiohead's "Let Down" for the Easy Star All-Stars album Radiodread, a reggae version of the English rock band's OK Computer.
Although Hibbert has been known to invoke the name of Rastafari, much of his recorded output reflects his mainstream evangelical Christianity.
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