DERRICK “Duckie” Simpson, founder of Grammy-winning group Black Uhuru, is the recipient of the Marcus Garvey Lifetime Achievement Award from the Caribbean American Heritage Awards (CARAH).

The district is the home of founder & leader Derrick “Duckie” Simpson along with all the rest of the singers from the group. The original Uhuru’s were Duckie, Euvin “Don Carlos” Spencer ...

Anthem, released by Island Records in 1984, was a landmark album for Black Uhuru, which at the time comprised Duckie Simpson, Mykal Rose, and Puma Jones. It contained the hit songs What is Life ...

Mykal Rose’s breakthrough came in 1984 when he and his fellow Black Uhuru members—Duckie Simpson, Puma Jones, Sly Dunbar, and Robbie Shakespeare—made history by winning the first-ever Grammy ...