Ska (pronounce /ska/ or in Jamaican Patois /skja/) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was a precursor to rocksteady and reggae.

Trivia about ska

  • Reggae developed from this 3-letter Jamaican musical form that later inspired such bands as No Doubt
  • The name of this pop music style may have originated with Jamaican bassist Cluett Johnson's greeting