Many of you must have already heard of Matisyahu Miller (aka Matthew Miller), the hasidic reggae sensation (yup, you read right) that everyone's been talking about here in Paris since his mind-blowing show in December. Now, for those who've never heard of him, here's the story of a regular kid from brooklyn who loved music, loved getting stoned, then decided to be a Phish groupie, followed their tours and discovered God when camping in Colorado. He began delving in Judaic studies, turned to his passion, reggae and beat-boxing, melded reggae beats with yeshiva-inspired lyrics and produced this :
(or download the mp3 here )
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