Jewish reggae artist turns heads with new CD

A Hasidic Jewish reggae artist releases a live album and nine months later it cracks the Top 40 albums chart. Next thing we’ll be told is that he isn’t a joke. He is … isn’t he?

It would be an exaggeration to say that the release of Matisyahu’s “Live at Stubb’s,” a live album recorded at a popular venue in Austin, Texas, was welcomed with a lot of press and high album sales. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The album was ignored by just about everyone and the 26-year-old Matisyahu seemed destined to stay in the shadows of dancehall artists such as Elephant Man, with whom he has shared a stage.

So what happened?

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