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Jamaican music has a mixture of African and European traditions. Arawak music was destroyed along with the Arawak, but after that reaggae music came along, and has become very popular in not just Jamaica, but the whole world.

Reggae music is inspired by the Rastafarian movement, and evolved in the 1960s. It is characterized by slow rhythms and socio-critical lyrics, and Bob Marley was an important person around this style of music. He and many other reggae artists have made great success in Europe, and has since the 1970s been an important part of modern Western popular music.

Here you can hear a reggae inspired song, which is very popular:

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