Toots Hibbert

Frederick "Toots" Hibbert (born 1946) is a legendary Ska and roots reggae singer and leader of the reggae band Toots and the Maytals. He was born in May Pen in the Parish of Clarendon, Jamaica, as the youngest of seven children.

Frederick "Toots" Hibbert (born 1946) is a legendary Ska and roots reggae singer and leader of the reggae band Toots and the Maytals. He was born in May Pen in the Parish of Clarendon, Jamaica, as the youngest of seven children. He grew up singing gospel music in a church choir, but went to Kingston when he was a teenager in the early 60s. In Kingston he met Raleigh Gordon and Jerry Matthias, and they formed the original Maytals.

He is credited with creating the word reggae itself. He also appeared in the groundbreaking Jamaican film The Harder They Come. Toots still tours the world today and his band recently won the Grammy for best Reggae album in 2004.