Raggamuffin is a kind of
reggae that focuses on spoken words very much like
rap does. The ragga rapper is called toaster or dee jay, early dee jays were [I Roy]
?, [U Roy]
? and Dillinger
?; Yellowman
? laid foundations to modern
raggamuffin and people like [Buju Banton]
?, Supercat
?, Ninjaman
? and [Shabba Ranks]
? were top dee jays in the 1990s. Musically,
raggamuffin is characterized by often very basic beats, which dub
? poet [Linton Kwesi Johnson]
? links to its
African roots.