Alborosie

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Italian reggae singer and producer born Alberto D'Ascola in Marsala, Sicily in 1977, who fronted the pioneering Italian reggae band Reggae National Tickets from 1992 before relocating to Kingston in the early 2000s; his 2008 solo debut Soul Pirate launched a career built on writing, playing and producing nearly all of his own material as a self-styled "Italian Reggae Ambassador".