Rolling Stone Toots and the Maytals’ ‘Got to Be Tough’ Gets Remix, With Proceeds Going to BLM
“The blatant disregard toward the black, and I would say minority of society, is something that needs urgent attention,” late reggae pioneer said
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Trojan Jamaica/BMG has partnered with Until the Ribbon Breaks for a remix of Toots and the Maytals’ “Got to Be Tough,” donating all proceeds to Black Lives Matter.
The title track to Toots Hibberts’ final studio album, the video features footage of protests and police brutality, including figures Rosa Parks, Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young, C.T. Vivian, and Paul Robeson. Senator Corey Booker can be heard stating, “Everything about us is interwoven, it is interconnected, we are in relationship with each other” throughout the track, repeated through the beats and Hibbert’s own singing.
Entertainer Duane Stephenson pays tribute to late singer and songwriter Bob Andy during the JARIA-organised tribute to recently departed members of the reggae industry.
The Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JARIA) paid tribute to members of the entertainment industry who died in the past year with a four-hour virtual show Wednesday night broadcasted from the studios of the Creative Production and Training Centre in Kingston.
The event, among the activities organised by JARIA in celebration of Reggae Month, saw the Dean Fraser-led All Star band backing a number of singers as they belted out some of the favourite melodies of their late counterparts.
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Virtual celebrations for Marley 76 (February 6)
In Jamaica, plans are in high gear for the 76th birthday celebrations of reggae superstar Bob Marley on February 6. Activities include a global virtual birthday celebration hosted by the Bob Marley Museum, a Bob Marley Tribute live stream by Stephen Marley, a limited-edition release of
Songs of Freedom: The Island Years, and a day of specialty programming on SiriusXM’s new Bob Marley’s Tuff Gong Radio channel. In addition, Ziggy Marley will join author Malcolm Gladwell in conversation about his book,
Bob Marley: Portrait of a Legend.
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According to the Marley family, Bob Marley remains one of the most followed artists nearly four decades after his death, and, therefore, this year’s activities serve to bring his music and message to the digital foreground, reaching new audiences and perspectives with innovative content and groundbreaking technology.
"Cultural Warrior Jaidyn and the King of the Brooklyn Carnival: The Carlos Lezama Children's Story" has a dazzling, new animated video teasing touting the children's book which vividly tells the history of long-history of the New York Caribbean Carnival and its pioneering co-founder Carlos Lezama.
The Marley Family And UME Continue Bob Marley Celebrations and Commemorative Events Leading Into Bob Marley s 76th Birthday On February 6
BOB MARLEY: SONGS OF FREEDOM: THE ISLAND YEARS - 3CD SET, AND 6LP SETS IN BOTH BLACK AND COLOR VINYL - OUT FEBRUARY 5
SPECIAL BIRTHDAY PROGRAMMING ON SIRIUSXM S BOB MARLEY S TUFF GONG RADIO BEGINS FEBRUARY 6
PELOTON AND TUFF GONG CELEBRATE BOB MARLEY WITH PELOTON BOB MARLEY ARTIST SERIES - FEBRUARY 3
ZIGGY MARLEY JOINS MALCOLM GLADWELL IN CONVERSATION DISCUSSING HIS BOOK, BOB MARLEY: PORTRAIT OF THE LEGEND FOR LA LIVE TALK - FEBRUARY 6
STEPHEN MARLEY PAYS SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO HIS FATHER WITH INTIMATE BOB MARLEY LIVESTREAM