{"id":12031,"date":"2026-01-30T10:30:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=12031"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:31:20","slug":"chezidek-stands-up-for-the-ganja-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=12031","title":{"rendered":"Chezidek Stands up for the Ganja Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>\u2018Caan Believe\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, the latest song by Chezidek, looks at the challenges users of marijuana face in Jamaica. Produced by Tad Dawkins Jr., it is scheduled for release on February 13, 2026, by Tad\u2019s International Record.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12026 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chezidek-Pic-1-290x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"171\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chezidek-Pic-1-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chezidek-Pic-1-991x1024.jpg 991w, https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chezidek-Pic-1-768x793.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chezidek-Pic-1-1487x1536.jpg 1487w, https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chezidek-Pic-1-1983x2048.jpg 1983w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 165px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 165\/171;\" \/>In <strong><em>\u2018Caan Believe\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, the victim is an average Joe from St. Elizabeth, a rural parish in southern Jamaica which is considered one of the country\u2019s biggest producers of marijuana, or ganja as it is commonly known there.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u2018Caan Believe\u2019<\/em><\/strong> will be one of the songs from \u2018<strong><em>Marijuana Prayer\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, Chezidek&#8217;s upcoming album which is slated for release in late May by Tad\u2019s International Record.<\/p>\n<p>On the defiant song, Chezidek is backed by the Tad\u2019s All Stars, which comprises several of reggae\u2019s elite musicians. They are Donald \u201cDanny Bassie\u201d Dennis on bass, Kirk Bennett on drums, guitarist Mitchum Khan, pianist\/organists Franklyn \u201cBubbla\u201d Waul and Carol \u201cBowie\u201d McLaughlin, keyboardist Wade Johnson, percussionist Stephen \u201cShaq\u201d Forbes, and horn players Dean Fraser, Okeil McIntyre, Everton Pessoa and Randy Fletcher.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming song and album continue Chezidek\u2019s association with Tad\u2019s International Record. The company distributed <strong><em>\u2018Hello Africa\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, the roots artist\u2019s 2020 album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Caan Believe\u2019, the latest song by Chezidek, looks at the challenges users of marijuana face in Jamaica. Produced by Tad Dawkins Jr., it is scheduled for release on February 13, 2026, by Tad\u2019s International Record. In \u2018Caan Believe\u2019, the victim is an average Joe from St. Elizabeth, a rural parish in southern Jamaica which is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12032,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12031\/revisions\/12032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}