Grammy award-winning Reggae band Morgan Heritage is in mourning following the sudden demise of their lead singer Peter Anthony Morgan.
According to a family statement, Peter passed away on February 25, 2024.
“It is out of sincere love that we share that our beloved husband, father, son, and brother and lead singer of Morgan Heritage Peter Anthony Morgan has ascended today.”
“Jah comes and saves us from ourselves because love is the only way,” read part of the statement.
The family went on to ask the world for prayers and privacy during this difficult time.
Peter Anthony Morgan was one of more than two dozen children of Denroy Morgan, a reggae star who was born in Jamaica and died in 2022.
Peter Morgan and some of his siblings were educated in Springfield, Mass., where their grandmother lived. Their father was living in New York at the time.
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Mr. Morgan, known as “Peetah,” started Morgan Heritage with seven of his siblings in the 1994. The band later became a quintet.
For some early albums, including “Protect Us Jah” (1997) and “Don’t Haffi Dread” (1999), Morgan Heritage worked with Bobby Digital, one of Jamaica’s most influential producers.
At the 2015 Grammys, the band’s album “Strictly Roots” won for Best Reggae Album of the year. Its album “Avrakedabra” was up for the same award two years later, but lost out to “Stony Hill” by Damian Marley, a son of Bob Marley.
On April 21, 2023, Grammy award-winning Reggae band Morgan Heritage dropped a new album ‘The Homeland”.
The ‘Homeland’ album has features from East Africa and across the world. From the East, ‘The Homeland’ features Rnb King Otile Brown, and Uganda’s Eddy Kenzo.
Other stars featured in the star-studded 21-track collection are Shaggy, Beenie Man, Popcaan, Shatta Wale, Ice Queen Cleo, Youssou N’Dour, Mádé Kuti, Alpha Blondy, Busy Signal, Capleton among others.
This was the group’s first album since Denroy Morgan’s passing in 2022.
This also marked a new era for Morgan Heritage, as they expanded their global reach from the Caribbean to the African Continent and beyond.
This album was a project of rebirth for the Morgan brothers, built upon a lineage that has lasted decades and one that will continue to forge forward.
