Roy Anthony Cousins (born 1949 in Kingston, Jamaica)[1] is a Jamaican reggae singer, producer, and record label owner, known for being lead singer and co creator of The Royals, his productions of artists such as Charlie Chaplin, Prince Far I, Scientist, Winston Francis, Earl Sixteen, Devon Russell, Junior Reid, Don Carlos, Pablove Black, Ken Parker, Knowledge, The Gaylads, The Meditations, Prince Hammer and Cornell Campbell, and his record labels, Uhuru, Tamoki, Wambesi, Dove & Tamoki-Wambesi/Tamoki Wambesi Dove.
Cousins worked for the Jamaican Post Office for many years after he left school, and had formed his first vocal group in 1962, to attend the Junior Festival Competition.
After recovering, Cousins began to concentrate on production, introducing the dancehall deejay Charlie Chaplin, as well as releasing a series of LPs and roots reggae vocal and dub Discomixes, producing artists such as Cornell Campbell's 45, Jah Give us Love in the Morning, Earl Sixteen, Naggo "Dolphin" Morris (also of The Heptones), and The Meditations with tracks such as "Stranger in Love" and "Unity".
[3] Cousins produced Prince Far I's final album in 1983, Umkhonto We Sizwe, the chanter being fatally shot before it was finished.
[2][4] Another Cousins-produced track from this era is "Skanky Producer" which featured Charlie Chaplin and Black Uhuru singers Don Carlos and Junior Reid.