Morgan Heritage is a Grammy-winning

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band formed in 1994 by five children of reggae artist

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, namely Peter "Peetah" Morgan, Una Morgan, Roy "Gramps" Morgan, Nakhamyah "Lukes" Morgan, and Memmalatel "Mr. Mojo" Morgan.Morgan Heritage (2015
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Career

Morgan Heritage, formed in 1994, made their FIRST appearance at

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. They were subsequently signed by

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and released their debut album ''Miracles'' the same year. This album was more

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-influenced than their later work. After the release of ''Miracles'', the family moved to Denroy's homeland of Jamaica. In this period, three family members left the group. Once in Jamaica, Morgan Heritage began working with reggae producers

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and Lloyd James, resulting in the release of their second album ''Protect Us Jah'' (1997), followed by ''One Calling'' (1998), and the spiritually-inclined '' Don't Haffi Dread'' (1999). They released three compilation albums by "The Morgan Heritage Family and Friends", and a live album, ''Live in

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!'', recorded on their 2000 tour. Following the release of their 2001 album ''More Teachings...'' Morgan Heritage toured

again, and they later returned several times. Also in 2001 they took part in the

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. Their sixth studio album, ''Three in One'', came out in 2003. They released two DVDs, "Live In

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" and "Live Over

2003", and their seventh studio album ''Full Circle'' was released in 2005. Their latest album, ''Mission In Progress'', was released on 15 April 2008. It includes the singles "Faithful" and "Raid Rootz Dance". After several years during which the members worked on solo projects, the band came together to release the single "The Return" in 2012, and indicated that a new album would be recorded after their 2012 European tour.Campbell-Livingston, Cecelia (2012)
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'', 25 April 2012, retrieved 2012-04-29 The album, ''Here Come the Kings'' was released by

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in June 2013, followed by a tour of Europe.Campbell, Howard (2013)
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'', 17 May 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013 Morgan Heritage have worked with many reggae bands and

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, including

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and

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. The group's 2015 album ''Strictly Roots'' won the

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in the Best Reggae Album category in 2016. The band later released the album ''Avrakedabra'', which was nominated for another Grammy in 2018. for the album "Avrakedabra", and in 2019 received a second Grammy.

Band members

* Peter "Peetah" Morgan * Roy "Gramps" Morgan * Memmalatel "Mr. Mojo" Morgan

Past members

* Una Morgan * Nakhamyah "Lukes" Morgan

Videos

*"Let's Make Up" *"Don't Haffi Dread" *"I'll Do Anything For You (Rebirth)" (with Denroy Morgan) *"Saddle Up" (LMS + Morgan Heritage) *"U've Got Me" *"Tell Me How Come" *"Faithful" *"Liberation Riddim" (Morgan Heritage Family & Friends) *"Raid Rootz Dance" *"Nothing to Smile About" *"Perfect Love Song" *"Put It On Me" *"Perform and Done"

Albums

*''Miracles'' (1994) *''Protect Us Jah'' (1997) *''One Calling'' (1998) *'' Don't Haffi Dread'' (1999) *''Live In Europe!'' (2000) *''More Teachings'' (2001) *''Three In One'' (2003) *''Live In Amsterdam!'' (2003) *''Morgan Heritage Family and Friends, Vol. 1'' (2004) *''Morgan Heritage Family and Friends, Vol. 2'' (2005) *''Morgan Heritage Family and Friends, Vol. 3'' (2005) *'' Full Circle'' (2005) *''Live - Another Rockaz Moment'' (2006) *''Mission In Progress'' (2008) *''Journey Thus Far - Best of'' (2009) *''Here Come the Kings'' (2013), VP *''

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'' (2015) Music Album *''Avrakedabra'' (2017), Cool To Be Conscious Music Group *''Loyalty'' (2019), CTBC Music Group/Membran 7 Empire

Related acts

Members of the band have been involved in other projects. Peetah Morgan has released new music featuring his solo sound, including the songs "Stay Getting High",and "Let's Do This" (featuring Alaine), and recorded an album, "T.U.T. (The Undeniable Truth)". Roy "Gramps" Morgan, CEO of Dada Son Entertainment, released his debut album as a solo artist, entitled ''Two Sides of My Heart''. In 2009, he was featured in the

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". His second solo album, ''Reggae Music Lives'', was released in 2012. In 2012, Mojo Morgan signed to Krian Music Group. He released his debut solo album in 2013.Campbell-Livingston, Cecelia (2012)
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'', 7 December 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2012 Jemere Morgan, son of Roy "Gramps" Morgan, has also made a career in music,Henry, Davina (2012)
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'', 2 July 2012, retrieved 2012-07-03 releasing his debut single "First Kiss" in August 2011 through Dada Son Entertainment. He recently toured in Europe with Peetah and Gramps Morgan as their opening act. He also toured with Morgan Heritage on their 'Here Come The Kings' tour in 2013.

, father of the Morgan Heritage band members, has released four albums of reggae music. Other Morgan siblings have developed a more hip-hop influenced band called LMS, which often tours with Morgan Heritage. In January 2019, after performing at the Wasafi Festival in Nairobi on New Year's Eve alongside, Kenyan singer

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, they announced on their instagram page that they would be working on a project together with the artiste."Expect a Naiboi and Morgan Heritage collabo in 2019"
''capitalfm.co.ke'', By MURUGI GICHOVI 5 January 2019

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20090121033727/http://www.morganheritagemusic.com/ - Official Website *http://iampeetah.com/- Peter "Peetah Samba" Morgan Official Site *http://www.vprecords.com - Record Label

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