Hopeton Lewis (3 October 1947 – 4 September 2014) was a Jamaican born singer of rocksteady and reggae, an arranger, and radio music presenter.
He sang in church from an early age, and started performing as a youth, forming a singing group called the Regals.
[3] He worked for Duke Reid as an arranger and backing vocalist, and won the Festival Song Contest in 1970 with "Boom Shaka Lacka".
The Disciples also wrote a highly influential roots reggae fanzine called Boom Shaka Laka, also named after the Hopeton Lewis record.
The author, Lol Bell-Brown ( who works for Dub Vendor ) named the magazine after the Hopeton Lewis classic song, Boom-Shacka-Lacka.