I must admit that I was taken aback when I first heard this, and saw the picture of Matisyahu. This is something that does prove that music is the language of the world and now we have a Jew banging ...

Let's be brutally honest here, on the surface Matisyahu is a novelty act, pure and simple. How else can you describe a Hasidic Jew who performs traditional Reggae music? Just as a white man performing ...

Matisyahu first became a household name with 2006’s “Youth” album. A follow-up to his acclaimed “Live At Stubb’s” live release, “Youth” featured the single “King Without A Crown” and was certified ...

MatisyahuFriday, November 3 I was 18 years old when I bought Youth, the debut LP from then-Hassidic Jewish rapper Matisyahu. While I was listening to a lot of different types of music in the early ...

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(JTA) — Top Jewish musicians with large Orthodox followings will hold a benefit concert to support JQY, or Jewish Queer Youth. JQY provides crisis and support resources for at-risk LGBTQ Jewish youth ...

Has Orthodox reggae star Matishayu severed his ties with Chabad-Lubavitch? Is he a bad influence on religious youth? And is he still frum? Blogs have been buzzing over these questions since Matisyahu ...

During the opening ceremony of the JCC Maccabi Games in Birmingham, famed Jewish singer Matisyahu pushed the daughter of an Alabama rabbi off the stage. Devorah Leff, 16, was grabbed by the shirt and ...

No one noticed Matisyahu when he climbed onstage at a downtown Manhattan concert venue in early January, drinking a cup of tea under dark red lights. It wasn’t until the onetime Hasidic reggae ...

One of the best things about music is that, despite some genres being farcically allocated to different races, once in a while an artist will come along and prove that they can transcend racial ...