Pato Banton

Pato Banton is an English reggae singer and toaster from Birmingham who began performing in the late 1970s and built a career across roots reggae, dancehall and dub. His style blends rhythmic toasting and singjay melodies with pop-inflected arrangements, evolving through the 1980s and 1990s into reggae–pop crossover recordings and collaborations that connected the British reggae scene with wider international audiences.