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Ranking Joe

Ranking Joe (born 1959) is a Jamaican record producer, disc jockey and musician.

Also recorded as Joseph Jackson

Evidence statusShort verified entry
Named witnesses
2
Institutions
2
Last revised
20 August 2026

Every statement in this record stands on a named institutional witness. Where witnesses disagree or an identity is unresolved, the material is held in the verification layer rather than asserted here, and corrections are recorded rather than overwritten.

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Biography

Born at Kingston in 1959.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are reggae.

Verification

Sources and evidence

Each witness is named with the institution holding it and the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 20 August 2026.

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