{"id":6889,"date":"2023-09-29T10:52:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T10:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=6889"},"modified":"2023-09-29T10:55:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T10:55:59","slug":"last-disciple-likes-smoking-kush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/?p=6889","title":{"rendered":"Last Disciple Likes Smoking Kush"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6882\" style=\"width: 174px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6882\" class=\"wp-image-6882 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Last-Disiples-Pic-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"218\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Last-Disiples-Pic-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Last-Disiples-Pic-2.jpg 694w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 164px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 164\/218;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Last Disciple, Meeka Nyota and Linval Thompson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Reggae and marijuana are two of the things that drew Last Disciple to Jamaican culture. He pays homage to both on <strong><em>\u2018Smoking Kush\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, a song he did with roots veteran Linval Thompson and dub poet Meeka Nyota.<\/p>\n<p>The song, he insists, is a rallying cry for things he holds dear including racial and world peace.\u00a0 <strong><em>\u2018Smoking Kush\u2019<\/em><\/strong> is about the positive effects of herb on the world and people throughout from ancient times until this day. It\u2019s inspiring for artistes and knocks over the divides between the nations, even racism and spiritual wickedness in high and low places,\u201d said Last Disciple, a native of Greenville, South Carolina who has been visiting Jamaica since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>On those trips, he soaked up the country\u2019s culture which includes an open embrace of marijuana, or ganja as it is commonly known there. Last Disciple supports decriminalization of the weed, which is used as a religious sacrament by many Jamaican Rastafarians.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, one of his favorite ganja songs is <strong><em>\u2018Marijuana\u2019<\/em><\/strong> by Thompson, a leading figure in 1970s\/80s dancehall as a singer and producer. His hit songs include <strong><em>\u2018Train to Zion\u2019<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>\u2018Look How me Sexy\u2019 <\/em><\/strong>while he produced numerous songs for Henry \u201cJunjo\u201d Lawes\u2019 Volcano label.<\/p>\n<p>Last Disciple has recorded two albums to date &#8212; <strong><em>\u2018Babylon Fall\u2019<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>\u2018Rise Up\u2019<\/em><\/strong>. The latter was largely recorded in Jamaica with seasoned musicians such as guitarist Winston \u201cBo Pee\u201d Bowen and keyboardist Franklyn \u201cBubbler\u201d Waul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reggae and marijuana are two of the things that drew Last Disciple to Jamaican culture. He pays homage to both on \u2018Smoking Kush\u2019, a song he did with roots veteran Linval Thompson and dub poet Meeka Nyota. The song, he insists, is a rallying cry for things he holds dear including racial and world peace.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6889","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\/6889","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=6889"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6892,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6889\/revisions\/6892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandbox.reggaenorthca.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}