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Valentine’s Day Riddymz
Posted in Afrobeat, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Ary, Love, Music, Reggae, sat'day riddymz, Tarrus Riley, Valentine's Day on February 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Legacy of the Rastaman Vibration
Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Bob Marley, Colourism, Culture, Jamaica, Life, Rastafarian, Reggae, YouTube on February 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been vibing to Bob Marley all day, as sort of a tribute to the man and an acknowledgment of the influence of his music on my life. As I listen to song after song, it takes me back… waaay back to my yout’… growing up in Jamaica, coming to Canada, struggling through adolescence and young manhood… into adulthood… until [...]
sat’day riddymz
Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Black History, Bob Marley, Reggae, sat'day riddymz, YouTube on February 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Happy Birthday Robert Nesta Marley! Born: Feb. 6th 1945 Rest In Peace!
Buju Banton’s “Boom Bye Bye-isms”
Posted in Activism, African Diaspora, AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Buju Banton, Culture, Daggering, Dancehall Reggae, Gay Rights, Homosexuality, Jamaica, Life, Music, News, Reggae, Shabba Ranks, YouTube on September 29, 2009 | 12 Comments »
“Boom bye bye inna batty bwoy head” Translation: “Shoot and kill a gay man in the head” Back when I was living in Toronto in the late 90′s, I went to a Black club for a comedy night event. A local and very popular Black comedian was in the middle of his set when he made a rather [...]
sat’day riddymz
Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Culture, Damian Marley, Dancehall Reggae, Music, Reggae, sat'day riddymz, Stephen Marley, YouTube on September 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
sat’day riddymz #10
Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Bob Marley, Music, Reggae, War on June 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
sat’day riddymz #5
Posted in AfroSpear, AfroSphere, Jimmy Cliff, Music, Reggae, sat'day riddymz on May 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Bob Marley: A Musical Prophet
Posted in Activism, Africa, AfroSpear, Black History, Bob Marley, Culture, Entertainment, Life, Music, Reggae on February 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today as Baby Asa and I were travelling to a play center, a local radio station which features a weekly 3 hour reggae segment, started playing a set of Bob Marley music in honour of his birthday, February 6th 1945. I was watching my little man boppin’ to the vibes and I started singing along. There we were, me and mini-me [...]


