Toots Hibbert of Toots and the Maytals performs on stage during day one of Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay Street Circuit on September 20, 2019 in Singapore. (Photo by Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images) NEW YORK - Toots Hibbert, one of reggae's founders and most beloved stars who gave the music its name and later helped make it an international movement through such classics as “Pressure Drop,” “Monkey Man” and "Funky Kingston," has died.
He was 77.Hibbert, frontman of Toots & the Maytals, had been in a medically-induced coma at a hospital in Kingston since earlier this month.