Interesting observation, I think you could be right.

My fav music "back in the day" included Linton Kwesi Johnson, and Smiley Culture, I still love them, all time classics. It is an awful shame what happened to Smiley Culture, I always thought that was something that should have received a lot more attention, but it didn't, it was almost a non-event, yet to anyone who knew anything about smiley, it was obvious blatant taking of a very talented life, by spiteful police with a sense of humor failure.

None of it is forgotten, we will always remember.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/sep/02/smiley-culture-reggae-star