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Lion in Zion: When Hasidic rapper met Marley
Tweet Chance meeting on New York City streets leads to spiritual connection, musical cooperation between Hasidic rapper DeScribe and Rohan Marley, son of legendary Jamaican musician Liron Nagler-Cohen Published: 01.17.11 They say that in New York, anything can happen and for DeScribe – it did: The Hasidic rapper and hip-hop singer was walking along Broadway in New York City when he suddenly More..saw an interesting-looking guy ahead of him - dancing and singing as he walked.   DeScribe, who usually answers to Shneur HaSofer, used typical Jewish chutzpah, walked up to the stranger, tapped him on his shoulder and asked: "Who are you?" Since this is New York we’re talking about and not some Hasidic shteitel, the stranger turned in panic and asked: "Who are you? What do you want? Why are you asking?" It was at this point that a very unconventional love story began between the Marley family and the Rastafarians and DeScribe and his tzitziot. Rohan Marley, son of the late and great singer Bob Marley and DeScribe wandered around New York's streets for over an hour, at the end of which DeScribe was appointed as Marley Coffee's (coffee with a green ideology) official Ambassador. Spiritual connection "We discussed Judaism and Rastafarianism, and connected on a spiritual level," DeScribe recalls. "There is a connection between Rastafarians and Jews. They grow their dreadlocks for the same reason we grow side locks, because the Torah says that side locks must be kept," he said as he explained the essence of the connection. "In fact, most of their religion is based on the Torah and there are many among the Rastafarians who believe in the Old Testament and even wear the Star of David. "They don't believe in constructing borders between people, they believe all people are equal and they believe in nature, spirituality, peace, love and harmony. And that is what my music is based on when you open your eyes; you see there are...
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Date Found: January 17, 2011
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