thanks to andre the giant...

for giving me the heads up on this guy:



who, believe it or not, is a reggae super star. if high life weren't so busy litigating in tallahasse he surely would have informed us of this guy's stylings a long time ago. anyway i downloaded some and it's hot. i recomend you all do the same (particularly reggie and mac fu, who would both love this shit, but probably for differenct reasons).

NEW YORK - In the insular, Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Crown Heights in Brooklyn, members of the Hasidic religious group rarely mingle with outsiders.

So it's understandable that a young Hasidic woman grows alarmed when she happens by an unusual scene — a solemn Hasidic man being photographed by a secular group of people. But the woman breaks out into a smile when she learns the name of the man before the camera.

"Oh, Matisyahu," she says. "Everybody knows who he is."

Well, not yet. But the Hasidic reggae star — yes, reggae star — is gaining fans, respect and attention for his unusual hybrid of music and religion.