Matisyahu: Hasidic Reggae
From the “now I’ve seen it all” department I present to you: Matisyahu, Hasidic Reggae star. While I have no idea how much of a “star” he is, his name’s gotten around and I caught him on Jimmy Kimmel last night.
From his interview on the show after he performed it seems he was just a “normal” guy growing up, liked reggae as a teen and stuck with it. He became religious a few years ago and I can’t think of anything that would advance his career more then that. His performance on the show was pretty good too. Which then brings up the question - is it weird that he’s Hasidic and performing reggae or is it weirder that he actually didn’t sound bad on the show? I’ll admit, I’m not into reggae all that much, so what the hell do I know, but a lot of musical acts sound like crap on late night shows and his didn’t. In the end, I think he’ll get at least part of his 15 minutes from this, good or bad.
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