Sugar Minott, a popular Jamaican singer whose joyful, lilting voice bridged four decades of transformation in reggae music, died Saturday in Kingston, the nation’s capital. He was 54.

Sugar Minott, a smooth-voiced singer and producer who helped to popularize reggae music, has died. He was 54.

Nicknamed "Sugar" for the sweetness of his vocal tone, Minott was also a pioneer of the Jamaican "dancehall" style that superseded the more popular Rastafarian-orientated "roots reggae" of the ...

Sugar Minott, a Jamaican singer, songwriter, producer and DJ who played a key role in the spread of dancehall reggae in the 1980s, died July 10 in a Kingston hospital. He was 54, and was ...

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, July 12, 2010...Reggae singer Sugar Minott has died.Looks like all us guys can cross Carrie Underwood off our lists... she got hitched.Usher ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Sugar Minott, a smooth-voiced singer and producer who helped to popularize reggae music, has died. He was 54.

Minott's first album, Live Loving, had a massive influence on Jamaican reggae, ragga and dub music -- and, by extension, American hip-hop. The singer and producer died in Kingston Saturday. He was 54.

Sugar Minott Dies at 54 BY David Dacks Published Jul 11, 2010 The word "legend" is overused in reggae music, but in the case of Sugar Minott, it's an understatement.

Tre-Vaughn Minott is closing in on the 40-dunk record for Portland State's men's basketball team for an individual player.

This was a dominant theme for Minott at the time as he tirelessly worked to set up and grow his Black Roots production concern to help ghetto youth get started in the music business.

Sugar Minott, a Jamaican singer, songwriter, producer and DJ who played a key role in the spread of dancehall reggae in the 1980s, died July 10 in a Kingston hospital. He was 54, and was ...