WATCH THIS: Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley “Autumn Leaves” Official Music Video
Gongzilla In Sinatra Mode As the days get shorter, the weather becomes cooler, the leaves on trees begin to turn orange and red, it is clear that fall is announcing it’s imminent arrival. Coinciding with the changing season Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley dropped an appropriately titled video for the Stony Hill cut “Autumn Leaves.” Directed […]
WATCH THIS: Jah9 “Prosper” Official Music Video
“Be Confident In All We Do And Say” Jah9 has just released the video for “Prosper,” the fourth video from her latest album “9.” The video directed by Samo Kush-I, was shot in black and white complete with a vintage 35mm camera feel, as Jah9 sings encouraging lyrics of spirituality and empowerment in a relaxed […]
WATCH THIS: Samory I “Rasta Nuh Gangsta” Official Music Video
A Man With Locks Don’t Need No Glocks Not every music artist can “buss” right out the gate, sometimes it takes cultivation before they are rewarded with the fruits of their labor. After four years of slowly building a following, Samory I is primed to be a major voice in reggae music in 2017 with […]
WATCH THIS: Kabaka Pyramid “Kabaka vs. Pyramid” Official Music Video
Accurate Lyricist Drops Battle-Rap-Themed Video Kabaka Pyramid continues the trend of Rastafarian artists rapping over boom bap hip-hop beats. In this video, aptly titled “Kabaka vs. Pyramid,” the artist pays homage to battle rap and stages a rap battle with himself. Hip hop has a long history of alter-egos, from Tupac/Makavelli to Eminem/Slim Shady, and […]
“Nothing Can Harm Me” Remembering Countryman
A Man Who Represented Rastafari In Real Life After battling cancer for years, the death of Edwin “Countryman” Lothan hit his friends and fans very hard. Though he passed away September 18th, obituaries are just starting to appear in the international press for this simple Rasta fisherman who appeared in a feature story in Rolling […]
WATCH THIS: Raging Fyah “Raggamuffin” Official Lyric Video
How To Prepare Your Steam Chalice High tech vaporizers may be all the rage in Babylon, but in Raging Fyah’s new video, they focus on the proper preparation of the ital steam chalice. Celebrated in big tunes like Jah 9’s “Steamers a Bubble,” the Rastafarians’ natural vaporizer utilizes bamboo shoots and coconut shells to achieve a […]
HEAR THIS: Third World “Yim Mas Gan”
Reggae Ambassadors Revisit an Amharic Classic In the ancient Amharic language of Ethiopia “Igziabeher Yim Mas Gan” roughly translates to “Let H.I.M. Be Praised” (with the letters h-i-m denoting His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I, JAH Rastafari). The Abyssinians cut the original version of this mystical tune back in the 1972. Fast forward to 2015 […]
WATCH THIS: H.I.M. Haile Selassie’s Official State Visit To Jamaica
Happy Birthday To The King of Kings Exactly 120 years ago today, Tafari Makonnen was born in the Harar province of Ethiopia. He would go on to become His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, still revered by the Rastafarian movement and countless reggae songs as the King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Conquering […]
Politricks
Behold the Gong at his Tuffest… “Never make a politician grant you a favor / They will always want to control you forever.” REAL TALK
Soul of The Rebel
During his 36 years on planet earth, Robert Nesta Marley became one of the most photographed human beings in history. And judging by the brisk sales of Bob T-shirts, CDs, and rolling papers, nobody’s has yet grown “Tired fi see me face,” as he put it in his prophetic tune “Bad Card.” Now, just in time […]