Words by Erin MacLeod, photo by Martei Korley (shot at Sugar Minott’s Black Roots/Youthman Promotions Studio)—

Ranking Trevor, one of the most influential Jamaican deejays from the 70s, died in a road accident Tuesday, August 7 in the Olympic Gardens area of Kingston. Reports say Ranking Trevor, born Maxwell Grant, was riding his motorcycle when he was hit by a car and knocked off the motorcycle when a second vehicle immediately drove over him while he was lying injured in the street. Ranking Trevor was 53 years old.