Reggae music has several subgenres

1.Skinhead reggae: Originated in the late 1960s when several reggae artists started targeting their lyrics and music to skinheads,some skinhead reggae artists would include Toots & the Maytals, John Holt, and The Pioneers and Symarip.

2.Roots reggae: Roots reggae is a spiritual subgenre of reggae, with lyrics that are mainly about praising Jah or the God of Rastafarianism.Most of the songs of Bob Marley and Peter Tosh are under this subgenre.

3.Dub: This subgenre of reggae involves an extensive remixing of recorded material. It is also distinguished by the emphasis on the drum and the bass line. Two of the early proponents of dub music would be Mikey Dread and Augustus Pablo.

4.Lovers Rock: With lyrics that are often about love, lovers rock is a subgenre of reggae that originated back in the mid-1970s in South London. In many ways, it is similar to rhythm and blues.

5.Dancehall:This genre was developed back 1980 and has a style which is characterized by a DJ singing and rapping over raw and fast rhythms.

6.Reggaeton: Reggaeton is a combination of reggae and dancehall music, which gained popularity among young Latinos during the early 1990s.Today, reggae music continues to be one of the more popular musical genres appreciated by a wide range of listeners throughout the world.