Sound system (Jamaican)

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In Jamaican popular culture, a sound system is a group of disc jockeys, sound engineers and MCs playing music such as ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub reggae, dancehall and ragga. Sound systems are an important part of Jamaican culture and history, especially with the Windrush generation in Britain.^[1] Sound clashes involve crew members from opposing sound systems pitting their DJing and MCing skills against each other in venues or at festivals.^[2]