Keznamdi | Ladies Love Rasta, Jamaica Doesn't | chapter 014

no long talk.

For those unfamiliar with the name, Keznamdi is a member of the neo-roots generation with Protoje, Chronixx, Kabaka Pyramid and them. His sister Kelissa is too. Sister Kamilla McDonald is a fitness guru, many will know for her marriage to Jah Cure. He's a bit different to the others; he puts out more songs about the ladies and relationships than bun babylon. But as I found out in our convo, he has a lot of fire burning. He has a different backstory too. Unlike the others, he grew up between Jamaica, Tanzania and USA, and was born a Rasta. He tells me he doesn't identify as a Rastafarian though. Our in-depth convo covers: Learning charity from his UN worker mother, loving women from musician father, feminism from sister Kelissa, books from Kabaka Pyramid and meeting Chronixx Jamaica's fight against reggae, ganja and Rasta Being overlooked Overcoming struggles with confidence and being a conscious roots artist School not allowing him to go with locks, friends not allowed to stay over cos he's Rasta Ladies man of reggae And Jamaica's recent treatment of soca over reggae "worst karma is when you oppress a woman." Twitter : @ itsnolongtalk @ Keznamdi