The immigration act that allowed y'all to come in en masse wasn't until the 60s.
We already had toasting in THE FORTIES.
Jamaicans picked that up from the radio, picked up some records, and "created" reggae.
1965-197 1 is too short a time period for a few hundred thousand jamaicans sprinkled throughout NYC to influence the millions of black people already living in NYC.
@IllmaticDelta and I have refuted all caribbean claims to AA music multiple times. We influenced THEM and ONE JAMAICAN was an early participant.
Even the Ricans weren't an INTEGRAL PART of the DEVELOPMENT, they were just the VERY FIRST non aas to come around...they're US CITIZENS...but they did not put any ingredients into the stew. It is an AA culture that has multiple participants.
We can make way more of a claim on jamaican music...we literally FATHERED it, unlike Herc.
Where did King Tubby and Coxsone Dodd buy records and hear AFRAM JIVE TALK TOASTING?
HMMM....HMMM..
"Do the reggay" is a SKA song.
Ska is a Jamaican spin on Afram Rock N Roll.
Now show me the rap version of those facts involving random islanders, so I can laugh at the lies.