{"id":4202,"date":"2022-08-19T12:02:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T12:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=4202"},"modified":"2022-08-19T12:05:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T12:05:37","slug":"ras-kidus-shows-fashion-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=4202","title":{"rendered":"Ras Kidus Shows Fashion Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For over 40 years, Ras Kidus has recorded songs strong on spirituality, which have earned him a strong following in Northern California. Recently, he showed another side to his creativity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Jamaican drummer\/singer launched a clothing line under his Bionic Roots company which is based in San Francisco, where he has lived since the early 1980s. It comprises 15 pieces promoting his latest songs and espousing Rastafari.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI have always been a creative artist. My films and music videos reflect my love for Jamaica and traditional Rastafari culture; internal, external, spiritual, intellectual, international. My first design was when I painted Eastern Ice on my dad\u2019s ice delivery truck,\u201d said Ras Kidus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u2018Strong Like a Zion\u2019<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b><i>\u2018Where is Jah Love\u2019<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are his current songs. The latter was recorded in Jamaica and co-produced by his wife Stephanie Slade and Ras Makonnen Hannah. Slade oversees a crew of \u201creggae creatives\u201d who produce Bionic Roots\u2019 Afro-centric designs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe designs from my new store have been created by designers and artists that are in my reggae creatives circle, including Marisa McFarlane, my daughter, who designed the <\/span><b>One Love Tree<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Messenjah Selah<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who designed the <\/span><b>One Love Cat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Stephanie who designed the <\/span><b>Strong Like a Lion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Realistic Lion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Electric Lion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and Bobito from Africa who designed the Strong Like a Lion logo with the cartoon lion,\u201d Ras Kidus disclosed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For many years, he led the Roots Connection Band which performed in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout the United States. Ras Kidus has also tried his hand at acting; he has roles in the movies, <\/span><b>\u2018Cop and A Badman\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>\u2018Rude Boy\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>\u2018The Jamaican Don\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For over 40 years, Ras Kidus has recorded songs strong on spirituality, which have earned him a strong following in Northern California. Recently, he showed another side to his creativity. 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