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bartleby
12-13-2011, 10:01 AM
http://a.yfrog.com/img808/4710/j7ezh.jpg




This morning I posted a photo of myself on Twitter.

No more Chassidic reggae superstar.

Sorry folks, all you get is me…no alias. When I started becoming religious 10 years ago it was a very natural and organic process. It was my choice. My journey to discover my roots and explore Jewish spirituality—not through books but through real life. At a certain point I felt the need to submit to a higher level of religiosity…to move away from my intuition and to accept an ultimate truth. I felt that in order to become a good person I needed rules—lots of them—or else I would somehow fall apart. I am reclaiming myself. Trusting my goodness and my divine mission.

Get ready for an amazing year filled with music of rebirth. And for those concerned with my naked face, don’t worry…you haven’t seen the last of my facial hair.

- Matisyahu



http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2011/12/13/3090715/matisyahu-shaves-beard

SteveFlack
12-13-2011, 10:10 AM
Well, there goes his gimmick.

Kedd
12-13-2011, 10:48 AM
I think 2006 is going to be a good year.

that bastard
12-13-2011, 10:54 AM
Well, there goes his gimmick.

HA! That's exactly what I was going to say.

Guy has good flow, though.

DAVE
12-13-2011, 11:05 AM
He always kind of did the Chassidic thing his own way anyway, so this doesn't surprise me. He was very much a part of secular society in a way that bal shuvas (basically the Jewish version of born agains) aren't. Seems sort of inevitable. It'll be interesting (and disheartening) to see what kind of backlash this causes.

MAK15
12-13-2011, 11:07 AM
Well, there goes his gimmick.

and his beard!

Gregory
12-13-2011, 11:08 AM
[Sees photo]

I loved him in Alien3.

Masculine Todd
12-13-2011, 05:39 PM
yeh but he is not good

Scotty
12-13-2011, 06:40 PM
I think Live at STubbs is one of the best Live albums. His recorded stuff is shit, but live he is fantastic. I saw him in Penscola a few years back I'd see him again I love the guy.

WillieLee
12-13-2011, 07:23 PM
Did he promise to keep sucking?

Adrian B AWESOME
12-13-2011, 07:25 PM
Who? This seems like something really unimportant.

King of Mars
12-21-2011, 03:59 PM
Don't care much about Matisyahu, but I will give him props for this...human beatboxing with the Jewish version of Oscar the Grouch. :)

http://shalomsesame.org/videos/matisyahu.html

Benel Germosen
12-21-2011, 04:16 PM
I like Matisyahu.

Ryan_ZOOM_Turner
12-21-2011, 04:35 PM
:lol: