... that sings, chants or raps over the rhythm tracks. The musical style is strictly Jamaican and includes offbeat syncopations, up-stroke guitar strums, chanted vocal patterns, and lyrics associated with poverty, politics, and the beliefs of a Jamaican based religious cult called Rastafari. Rastafarianism began in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica in the early 1930's. Rasta as it is more commonly called ... was crowned king of Ethiopia and many thought that the prophecy had been fulfilled. Selassie claimed that he was a direct descendant of King David, the 225th ruler in an unbroken line of...

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