tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89983188726194081842011-11-27T15:55:08.986-08:00Dedicated to the furtherance of roots and consciousness in life and in music, especially in light of the present seriousness of our times. We chronicle feature offerings from artists in a variety of genres primarily focusing on creative works that reflect a strong commitment to social change and advocacy for the empowerment of disenfranchised people of color from around the globe.Ashantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00849233514714213931noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998318872619408184.post-53562269077672933522010-02-02T11:42:00.000-08:002010-02-02T11:48:49.288-08:00

Beenie Man was officially pulled off the line-up for Big Day Out, which will be held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in January. Beenie Man was billed to perform in Auckland, New Zealand.Gay activists in New Zealand have been protesting on the Internet, in local newspapers and on air against the performance of Beenie Man in New Zealand due to anti-gay lyrics he had recorded in the

Ashantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00849233514714213931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998318872619408184.post-78259623899021333192010-01-30T17:04:00.000-08:002010-01-30T17:05:51.607-08:00

Reggae Music as we have known, loved and embraced it is no more - The almighty forces behind international capital have won out yet again. What pains me most is that the battle was not even lost it was given over as the troops put down their arms silently in the face of what they assumed to be a superior power, without even really trying, really. The few voices of resistance were so small, feeble

Ashantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00849233514714213931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998318872619408184.post-20518596095070532432009-10-15T09:53:00.000-07:002009-10-15T09:55:20.127-07:00

Buju breaks under pressure?reposted from Jamaica Observer: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/Entertainment/html/20091013T230000-0500_161734_OBS_BUJU_BREAKS_UNDER_PRESSURE_.asp Deejay holds meeting with gays Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Deejay Buju Banton yesterday met with four members of San Francisco's gay community in what is being seen as a move to discuss the continued cancellations

Ashantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00849233514714213931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998318872619408184.post-75876361897698133892008-07-15T14:02:00.000-07:002008-12-09T07:10:20.645-08:00

STRAIGHT PRIDE--It’s about damn time! Thank you NY!!!There are reasons NYC is home to one of the most sophisticated, cosmopolitan, and enlightened populations on planet earth today. Below is only one of them. And while I won't rehash all I've said in these blogs over time again, I will say that I am changing ALL my plans to head to New York for Labor Day this year. You should too. Here's why: (

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The Reggae Compassionate Act, Sizzla cancelling European Tours, Sponsors defecting leftnright, decades running shows disappearing overnight...things that make you go hmmmmm right??? If not, it should. I hate to be a one to say I told you so..., BUT, the truth just is. It seems what started in the West done str8 saddled to the East.Let me honestly just say... I saw this coming from at least 2003,

Ashantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00849233514714213931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998318872619408184.post-57246476502913633642008-07-10T12:43:00.000-07:002008-07-10T12:45:23.795-07:00

Repost from Rastainoz.comhttp://rastainoz.com/blog//index.php/reggae/2008/04/05/gay_civil_rights_call_for_boycott_of_anyByRichard Burnettrburnett@hour.ca"I hate it when people call me a hero," Gareth Henry, leader of the Kingston-based gay civil rights group Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG), told me over breakfast last October while in Montreal to lecture at Concordia. "I

Ashantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00849233514714213931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998318872619408184.post-27349307658181200462008-07-10T11:51:00.001-07:002008-07-10T12:08:50.044-07:00

I don't know when the reggae fraternity is going to finally get behind this issue en masse, but it seems that the will is just not there. Meanwhile the gay community is steamrolling all over reggae music to shape and form it into an image they want to own, and it is having an impact on artists. I saw Capelton in Long Beach recently, as one example, the Fyah man, and I'm telling you the man was

Ashantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00849233514714213931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998318872619408184.post-82971551575933635212008-02-09T08:45:00.001-08:002008-12-09T07:10:20.851-08:00

What is Honorable about this guy? Can someone please enlighten me? I musta been high or something because I can't for the life of me figure out why this guy is the new hot *isth*. It's possible I missed it, but when I listen to this guy I'm hearing all manner of gunman bizness a gwan, an Capleton a touchin stage wit him? "Bad from mi born?" Is that not a social PROBLEM, And NOT something to

Ashantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00849233514714213931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998318872619408184.post-60074508334629003762008-02-09T08:33:00.001-08:002008-12-09T07:10:21.136-08:00

Reposted From http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog&pop=1Tuesday, October 23, 2007 This for some may be like those most dreaded words in journalism: old news. If not, please do yourself a favor and check for Taurus

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Thursday, June 14, 2007 Reggae Music as we have known, loved and embraced it is no more - The almighty forces behind international capital have won out yet again. What pains me most is that the battle was not even lost it was given over as the troops put down their arms silently in the face of what they assumed to be a superior power, without even really trying, really. The few voices of

Ashantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00849233514714213931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998318872619408184.post-86243191067013080012007-04-10T08:45:00.000-07:002007-04-10T08:47:41.738-07:00

Greetings in the name of the Oakland BAY AREA REGGAE MASSIVE (Community). Please know that the Buju Banton show went on as scheduled last night without a hitch. It was jammed packed to the rafters and our beloved Buju Banton's performance was PHENOMENAL. This community is not broke which worked well for the little venue that agreed to host Buju after it was cancelled in both San Francisco and

Ashantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00849233514714213931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998318872619408184.post-63036224990195596782007-03-10T13:58:00.000-08:002007-03-10T14:37:11.141-08:00

Well folks, I gotta hand it to Angel Magik. Johnny Mack and crew has done it again. Not only did they manage to pull off Buju after the gay community got him cancelled and moved and cancelled and moved again, but they went and outdid themselves and got Capleton to hit us up right in the capital of the gay world!

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Standing Firm On Lava Ground By Ashanti © 2005 It appears a culture revolution is underway in Reggae Dancehall and that I-Wayne is quickly becoming one of its most illuminating new points of light. Making his West Coast debut as a solo artist on August 4, 2005, I-Wayne appeared for the first time at Jamaica Live inside Hollywood’s Dragonfly club on Santa Monica

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Edi Fitzroy - Back in the Bay From: http://www.reggaereview.com/archives/1105reviews.htm By Ashanti It was a distinct honor and pleasure to be blessed with an opportunity to be in the presence of a living legend on September 29, 2005 when Edi Fitzroy niced up the Bay Area playing for one night only at San Francisco’s Club Dread. Organized by our very own

Ashantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00849233514714213931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998318872619408184.post-44904569635992977962007-01-01T09:06:00.000-08:002007-01-01T11:50:52.475-08:00

This is an old article I published some time ago in response to the Gay community single handedly crushing the heart of a Bay Area Reggae scene that used to thrive in Oakland, CA. prior to the protests and bans instituted around 2004...under the tutelage of Europe's "Outrage".Whatever happened to the Bay Area Reggae scene? It is so broke, busted, and disgusted as to be unrecognizable now from

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