Latest Release
- 7 JULY 2023
- 9 Songs
- Don't Check Me With No Lightweight Stuff (1972-75) · 1992
- Riding the Roots Chariot · 2012
- EP Vol 2 - EP · 1995
- Vol. 1 - EP · 2006
- Gussie Presenting I-Roy · 1973
- Pure Gold: I-Roy · 1978
- I-Roy · 1974
- 100 Reggae & Ska Hits · 2001
- I-Roy V Prince Jazzbo · 2015
- Don't Check Me With No Lightweight Stuff (1972-75) · 1992
- 2023
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017
Artist Playlists
- A Jamaican DJ/toaster with a pop-savvy, conversational style.
- 2014
- 2012
- 2012
- 2012
Appears On
- Sid Bucknor
- SCORLYANE
About I-Roy
Roy Reid, better known to reggae fans as I Roy, was one of the most influential DJ's/toasters to come out of Jamaica in the 1970s. He was influenced in turn by U Roy, but ultimately became just as popular. Throughout the '70s, he worked with Lee Perry, Bunny Lee, Gussie Clarke, all the major Jamaican producers of the day. I Roy signed to Virgin Records in the mid-'70s and gained greater visibility overseas, his influence spreading to the UK and elsewhere. He died of a heart attack in 1999, with a body of seminal work behind him.
- HOMETOWN
- St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica
- BORN
- 28 June 1944
- GENRE
- Reggae