Pioneering reggae and dub vocalist and producer Lee “Scratch” Perry died on August 29, 2021 in Jamaica. Rainford Hugh Perry, better known as Lee “Scratch” Perry, was born March 20, 1936 in Kendal, Jamaica. Lee “Scratch” Perry was one of Jamaica’s most famous producers, who collaborated extensively with his friend Bob Marley. Perry produced many of Marley’s songs during the essential period in the early 1970s when reggae emerged as a new genre, resulting in classics such as “Soul Rebel,” “Duppy Conqueror, “Sun In Shining” and the later “Smile Jamaica” and “Punky Reggae Party.”