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[[Reggae]] was born amidst poor blacks in [[Trenchtown]], the main ghetto of [[Kingston, Jamaica]], who listened to radio stations from the [[United States]]. Jamaican musicians, many of them being Rastas, soon blended traditional Jamaican folk music, American R&B, and jazz into [[ska]], that later developed into reggae under the influence of soul.

Reggae began to enter international consciousness in the early [[1970s]], and Rastafari mushroomed in popularity internationally, largely due to the fame of [[Bob Marley]], who incorporated nyabinghi and Rastafarian chanting into his music. Songs like "Rastaman Chant" led to the movement and reggae music being seen as closely intertwined in the consciousness of audiences across the world (especially among oppressed and poor groups of [[African American]]s and [[Native AmericanAmericans]]s, [[First Nation]]s [[Canada|Canadians]], [[Australian Aborigine]]s and [[New Zealand]] [[Maori]], and throughout most of [[Africa]]). Other reggae musicians with strong Rastafarian elements in their music include [[Burning Spear]], [[Black Uhuru]], [[Ras Michael]], [[Prince Lincoln Thompson]], [[Bunny Wailer]] [[Prince Far I]], [[Israel Vibration]] and literally hundreds more.

Some orthodox Rastas disdain reggae as a form of commercial music and "sell-out to Babylon." To others, it is "JAH Throne Music".