India, March 11 -- Reggae legend Cocoa Tea has died aged 65 after being diagnosed with cancer in 2019. Born Colvin Scott, the Jamaican singer-songwriter passed away early Tuesday morning at a hospital in Florida. In the days leading up to his tragic death, the Rikers Island hitmaker had been suffering from pneumonia, his wife, Malvia Scott, revealed to Jamaica Gleane.

"I got a call early this morning to say that he [Colvin] had been transferred from the facility to the hospital . which is like five minutes away . because he was vomiting," Malvia told the outlet. She revealed that Cocoa was "initially diagnosed with lymphoma in 2019" but had been "struggling with pneumonia" for the last six months.

Cocoa's wife further shared that the Yo...