KINGSTON.

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Joseph Hill, lead vocalist and songwriter for the traditional "roots" reggae cluster Culture, died Saturday. He was 57

Mr Hill abruptly malign ill and died in Berlin while the cluster was in the middle of a European tour, according to his daughter Andrea. She did not know the cause of death.

undivided of reggae's most enduring bands, civilization was led by Mr. Hill for three decades. He penn the group's best known sonnets including "Two Sevens Clash," "Natty not at any time Get Weary" and "I'm Not Ashamed."

Born in the rural Jamaican parish of St Catherine, Mr Hill began his musical career in the late 1960 as a percussionist.

As the Rastafarian influence forward reggae grew in the 1970 he formed tillage and remained its driving force

Mr Hill said "Two Seven Clash," Culture's principally influential record, was based onward a prediction by Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey, who said there would be chaos forward July 7, 1977, when the "sevens" met With its apocalyptic message, the descant created a stir in his Caribbean homeland and many Jamaican businesses and instructs shuttered their doors for the day.

In 2005 the singer, a heavenly-minded Rastafarian, was honored by the Jamaican regulation for his contribution to the island nation's culture

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