{"id":2318,"count":1,"description":"Lee Perry, commonly known by his nickname Lee 'Scratch' Perry (born 20 or 28 March 1936, Kendal, Jamaica - died 29 August 2021, Lucea, Jamaica), was a Jamaican record producer and singer noted for his innovative studio techniques and production style. Originally called \"Little\" Perry, in reference to his height of 5'6\" (1.68m), he was a major founder of the reggae and dub genres. Perhaps most famous for fronting [a30116], he started out working with ska and cut his first record in 1959. He went on to work with a variety of musicians and producers, not always on the best of terms. His first record on his own [l679963] label was entitled \"People Funny Boy,\" and was a direct attack on [a26434] of [l129728].\nHe is the father of Omar Perry.\n\nHis labels:\n[l679963]\n[l78402]\n[l9609] Jamaica\n[l616240] UK\n[l686967]\n[l76359]\n[l65609]\n[l19679]\n[l480661]\n[l9535]\n[l166123]\n[l256304]\n[l494610]\n[l478687]","link":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/artista\/lee-perry\/","name":"Lee Perry","slug":"lee-perry","taxonomy":"artista","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista\/2318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/artista"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?artista=2318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}