Gregory Isaacs, the Jamaican reggae singer whose smooth style earned him the nickname "Cool Ruler," has died. He was 59. Isaacs' manager, Copeland Forbes, said the singer died Monday at his London ...

Gregory Isaacs, the Jamaican singer who pioneered the style of reggae music known as lovers rock and became one of the genre’s major stars in the 1970s, has died. He was 59. Isaacs died Monday at his ...

Officials have confirmed that Reggae singer Gregory Isaacs has died of cancer. The Jamaican born vocalist lost his battle with lung cancer early Monday surrounded by family at his London home. Known ...

Gregory Isaacs was the star who, more than even Bob Marley, showed the world the full range of reggae music. Much the way that LL Cool J opened up the hip-hop world in the 1980s by showing it could ...

The Cool Ruler has died. Gregory Isaacs, the popular 1970s reggae star nick-named for his silky smooth singing voice, died on Monday at the age of 59, BBC.co.uk reports. He passed away at his London ...

Intro from KCRW DJ Tom Schnabel: Gregory Isaacs was one of reggae’s great love rockers. His song “Night Nurse” was a worldwide hit. When I was music director, KCRW had a weekly 4-hour reggae show that ...

Unless you’re a reggae devotee, you might have assumed that the heyday of Jamaica’s most famous music ended with the death of the legendary Bob Marley in 1981. After that, Marley’s elegance seemed to ...

nepalnepal — Gregory Isaacs, the Jamaican reggae singer whose smooth style earned him the nickname “Cool Ruler,” has died. He was 59. Isaacs’ manager, Copeland Forbes, said the singer died Monday at ...

Gregory Isaacs, the Jamaican reggae star known as “the Cool Ruler” for his laid-back, seductive vocal style, died Oct. 25 in London of lung cancer. He was 59. The Kingston-born singer was one of the ...