Peter “Peetah” Morgan, the lead singer in the contemporary reggae outfit Morgan Heritage, died yesterday (February 25), The Associated Press reports, confirming a statement on the band’s social media. No cause of death was given. Morgan was 46 years old.

Peter Anthony Morgan was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Massachusetts with several other children of the Jamaican singer Denroy Morgan, whom they would visit in Brooklyn to play music on weekends. Known as Peetah, the singer formed the group with seven of those siblings in 1994, eventually winnowing down to a five-piece. Their fusion of roots reggae with an increasingly pop-leaning blend of soul, R&B, dub, calypso, and other dance styles proved a hit both on U.S. radio and in their Jamaican homeland, where the band moved after releasing debut LP Miracles.

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