1.   He just won a Grammy award for best reggae artist, and he blew into Boston Monday like a man on a mission.

2.   He was the first reggae artist to perform in Africa, the first in South America, the first in Japan.

3.   Shaggy is not like other dancehall reggae artists.

4.   Concerts will feature Trinidadian calypso singers The Mighty Sparrow and Lord Kitchener, and Jamaican reggae artists Culture, Marcia Griffiths and Beres Hammond will also perform.

5.   Reggae artist Maxi Priest arrived in Kenya on Friday to gear up for what promoters hoped would be the largest pop music concert ever.

6.   The first in a series of original recordings by reggae artist Bob Marley has been released in the United States to introduce young people to his early music.

7.   Two people were shot and wounded seriously Tuesday when police dispersed a group of students protesting the death of a popular reggae artist in police detention.