Rebel - Someone who exhibits great
independence in thought and action
Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Bob Marley Majek
Fashek - these are a few names that have shown remarkable
independence in thought and action, through their songs and music. Chocolate
City‘s Jesse Jagz seems to also be towing that line.
The talented rapper-singer-producer’s last big
project was his debut album ‘Jagz of All Trades‘ in
2009 and even though he’s be buzzing behind the studio console producing some
big tunes (like Ice Prince’s ‘Oleku‘), Jagz seemed to have fallen off
the grid.
But now he’s back – but with a new
‘revolutionary’ state of mind and genre, dropping his Hip-Hop and Pop style for
the Reggae-Ragga feel, seemingly inspired by the late Bob Marley.
Jesse is also quite a talker on Twitter ‘Listening
to marley.. .. Music is for our emotional satisfaction. It has to have
essence or an ideal or it won’t stand the test of time‘, he says.
‘The labour of our heroes past’.. What
labour? What heroes? Lol.. We still dont have a history. Christianity
and islam aren’t african culture and tradition. Did we ever have our own
prophecies? We’ll never know. Fela.. A lot of pop artistes have fela to
thank for their lingo n style now. He was way ahead of his time..’, he
goes on and on…
Here’s his new video to the socially conscious
single titled ‘Murder Dem‘ directed by MEX. Watch below
