May 29, 2025 • 71 mins
Embark on an inspiring journey with Tasha T, a powerhouse in reggae music known for her vibrant personality and impactful work as the Musical Ambassador. In this exclusive episode of the Reggae Hour Podcast, Tasha T shares her journey as a celebrated artist, educator, and cultural advocate, offering listeners a glimpse into her remarkable career and humanitarian endeavors.Episode Highlights:
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- Hear about Tasha T's beginnings from Toronto to international acclaim, reflecting on her illustrious career with accolades such as Juno Award nominations and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
- Discover her work with the Read Across Jamaica Foundation, as she underscores the importance of literacy: "It's very important because literacy brings you far, and it's a tool that we need to propel us."
- Experience her memorable cultural exchanges, especially in Ethiopia: "When I returned from Ethiopia, my spirit was so calm... that's our spiritual motherland."
- Celebrate the essence of her latest single, as Tasha T enthuses, "No matter what you hear them saying about Jamaica, Jamaica will always forever be that paradise."
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Stop doing whatever you're doing and listen up. It's time
to meet the incredible Tasha Tea. From Toronto to the
world stage. Tasha Tea has been spreading love and unity
through reggae for over two decades. Known as the Musical Ambassador,
She's not just a singer, She's an award winning artist, songwriter, producer,
and philanthropist. Tasha T's music is all about truth, rights
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and unity. She's performed at the Indigenous Music Awards toward Ethiopia,
spreading love and even promotes childhood literacy with the Read
Across Jamaica Foundation. Her latest single, Jamaica at Nice, is
an anthem of resilience and joy, reminding us all of
the beauty in Jamaican culture. Whether she's winning Juno nominations
or receiving the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, Tasha
(00:43):
t continues to inspire and uplift. Want to hear more
about her journey, Well we have it on Reggae Hour podcast.
So tune in, tune up, zone out, and get ready
to feel the vibes. Catch the spirit of reggae with
Tasha Tea, because with her, it's not just music, it's
a movement me.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Welcome Tasha Tea to reggae aur. How are you doing,
beautiful women, I'm.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Doing great, man, Thank you for having me. I mean,
it's our blessings. We have to give God thanks and
give him the glory to know that we're here today
doing this interview. Because you know, a lot of people
that we have known and not known has hasn't even
reached to see twenty twenty five. So we give God
thanks for life. So thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
Yes, oh anytime. And you are so right.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
We got to give blessings up to the most high because,
like you said, we were given, we were shown favor
when we woke up this morning. And I'm going to
always give him the props on that. Yes, So it's
just a blessing.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
To have you on.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
I am so grateful to ir Grade. Shout out the
ir grade.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Yourself every time. You know, he's always looking up f fashity.
That's my brother man, So no respecting love to him.
You know.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Yes, he had nothing but great things to say about you,
and I'm just I can't wait to get to know you.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
First. How did you come across a grade?
Speaker 3 (02:05):
How did y'all meet you know, I agreed. We go
like way back from back in the days in Toronto,
and we reconnected back last year during one of the
shows that I attended and he was there and he's
like Dasha, and then from that we reconnected and then
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I had a few shows, well shows that I did
last year in Toronto here, and I had him there
with me getting some video footages for me. So you know,
I give thanks for that. He's pretty much a part
of my team now.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
He's a worker that much. I give him.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Very hard work.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Yeah. I was introduced to him when he dropped his
lady sing the bag and I was like, yes, yes
I did. So if you're listening to this interview right now,
go check out I Gray's interview right after to so
make sure you put that in your bookmark.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
I heard me.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Definitely for sure. And he does a lot of media promotions,
so anyone that needs any media stuff definitely check him
out as well.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Yes, yes, definitely, I look forward to working with him
and you as well.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
So well, let's get to know who.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
Tasha he is.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Now, you've been called the musical ambassador. Now what does
that title mean to you personally and professionally?
Speaker 3 (03:26):
That title means a lot because that title was given
to me when I started to do some work for
Rita Cross to make a foundation. It was twenty eleven
when they asked me to be the musical ambassador for
the foundation. And what that means is that every year
they would go to Jamaica to visit schools in Jamaica
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and donate school supplies and books to the library. So
I was that musical ambassador where I created and produced.
Me and Fashion Firefashion from out of Florida created the
song educate Yourself, so Reader, Question Maker. That was their
theme song that I put together and my role was
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basically given words of encouragement, having the student to learn
the songs and sing along. And you know, it was
a lovely dventure, I would say, because I was with
them for like over ten years and that's how I
got the musical Ambassador title. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
See now that's beautiful right now.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
See a lot of artists they don't do anything to
perform about, or to write about, or to rhyme about
or reason about.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
They don't do anything.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
They come up with stories and then they come and
they tell the stories. You have actual experiences that show
the work behind the words. And just to be able
to get into that what motivates you.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Yeah, and I mean, I mean I would say when
it comes to the chill and the youths, I'm always
an advocate for them, even before Reader Cross Jamaica approached me,
and that start with my music. I make sure that
I write clean, positive, uplifting songs that children are able
to listen to as well. So I always stay in
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that lane and keep it on a positive note. And
I mean when they approached me, it was like what, Yeah,
I was like, this is something I always wanted to do.
So it was a you know, as a lovely experience
to experience that for over ten years and then eventually,
I mean I ended up having my own foundation from
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twenty twenty two. I started it Soda Cross Jamaica. They
motivated me for me to even have my own foundation
and also to become an educator. I'm also an educator
as well where I work with special needs kids and
with my foundation, I do tutoring, so I tutor reading, math,
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English and so forth. And what I also do like
any time I'm performing anywhere in the world, I always
try to see if there's at least one to two
five schools that I can visit and donate school supplies.
You know, I have bookmarks for reading, encouraged reading, so
you know, it's it's a lot of things that I'm doing,
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you know when it comes to the children, because I mean,
they're dear to my heart and I for me, I
want to set that example for them, you.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Know, Yes, that's I applaud you on that. One of
my favorite artist is Tubaca Mushi Corp. And one of
my favorite quotes by him is why am I wasting
my time with all these grown ups out here when
all of these children needs this knowledge and they drink
it up.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
That's I too, because we know music is so powerful,
and you know they gravitate to music. So that's the
tool that we need to use to continue to roll
them and to guide them and to educate them and
to motivate them. Because a lot of children, if they
don't have no guidance, they they tend to lose hope,
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you know what I mean, and they tend to stray.
So for us to be there to guide them to
say listen, man, school education is very important, you know
what I mean. I mean, me growing up, my mom
always used to say school, school, school, and I was
more like music, music.
Speaker 5 (07:26):
Music.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Y'all used to do school school, school, and I was
music music. And then one day I realized for myself,
you know, as an adult that what my mom said
to me was so true, because I end up going
back to college and to pursue my you know, education.
So it's very important. And I try to do the
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same for my two boys too as well. You know,
my second son, he does music, he does rapping and everything.
And I said, listen, I know you love music and whatever,
but you gotta have a backa tip. You know, you
do have to have a backeting because as you can see,
when COVID came around, music kind of stopped, and for me,
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being educated kind of helped me in that situation. So
I always encourage everyone, like, if you do music, always
have some vacative where you can you know, rely on. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Yeah, that's true. And a lot of people they don't
understand that backup plan. I wish I would have adult So, yeah,
I was thirty years old, I guess I better come
up with a plan B.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
To COVID, a plan because we never know right exactly.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
That's beautiful. You work with the children, you're traveling all
over the world.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
And then I heard you say earlier that whenever you
do a tour, you do a show somewhere that you
like to invest in five schools that in the place
that you go to. So it sounds more like if
somebody was the book you do a show in the neighborhood,
they're actually just investing in their neighborhood.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Would you say that, yeah, they are, because it's not
just performing. For me. If I have any opportunity just
to visit a school, or visit a community center, whatever
it is, wherever the children are tacity would love to
always be there at all times, right, travel with I
always travel with my promo book, book, bookmarks, and so forth.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
So you know, tell me about a story that touched
your heart when you went to a city and you
know you was out there giving back, tell us a story.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
The story. Actually what really broke my heart was the
orphane in Ethiopia, and I wasn't. I was in Ethiopia
for my promotional tour Spread Some Love, and it was
five schools that I visited, and one of them was
the orphanages, and it was very heartbroken to know the children,
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you know, where they were found. Somewhere found in the
garbage can some were found, you know. It was so
heartbroken for me. And and the thing that really touched
my heart is when I held one of the child
and I gave it back to the caregiver that was there,
and the child started to cry and I'm like, oh,
(10:18):
you know, and it really touched my head. I went
back to hold him and he stopped crying. I'm like, wow,
you know, this is such a blessing to know that
he felt my presence, my spirit, the calmness, you know
what I mean, where he ended up calming down and
was feeling that love, you know, and that really broke
(10:38):
my heart. You know, Yeah, that was beautiful.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
And I'm just so happy that that child was able
to get the experience your love, get this spirit, because
that that that that testifies to a lot when it
comes to your spirit, when it comes to your heart.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
Give me.
Speaker 6 (10:57):
And now you said you was to Ethiopia, and I
know from Toronto to Ethiopia, your journey has crossed many cultures,
many How is traveling actually.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
Influenced your music and your message?
Speaker 3 (11:12):
It has influenced a lot. I mean, especially when I
went to Ethiopia. That's my first time. And I mean
I always tell myself that, you know, when I when
I'm ready to go to be on a continent, at
the first place I want to visit is Ethiopia. And
I made that happen and I was out there for
over a month. And to see the love for reggae
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music and for the Rastafarian culture and the world vibration.
They just love it, you know. I mean when m Sirasta,
they just your man right away is Jamaica, And no
matter where you're coming from. Once I'm ci Rasta, they say, yes, Jamaica,
you know. And it was a lovely experience. I mean,
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I traveled from I started off in Addis Ababa and
then we drove to Shashamanei and then we drove from
Addis to Baharda, which is fourteen hours drive. That was
our experience. We're going through hills and valleys and I'm like, wow,
this is really like in the Bible, you know what
(12:18):
I mean. So it was a great experience. I mean,
the food, the I mean, you name it, the historical
places that I've been to, you know, highly Celas Season University.
Oh wow, there's like so much what else? Oh wow?
(12:41):
It was just a lovely experience. But one thing I
know that when I returned from Ethiopia, I was so calm.
My spirit was so calm. I wasn't even like like
any little noises, Like I don't even want to hear it,
because you realize that this place that we're in is
a fast place, is you know, environment where everything is.
(13:03):
You just keep going and going going. It took me
like about almost two to three months before I got
back into the routine here. And even when people saw me,
they're like, how is it the open, Like, you don't
look excited. I'm like, everything is good. I was just calm,
I explained to them. And then one day I sat
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down here, looked up my window and tears actually literally
came up my eyes, and I'm like, what am I
doing here? God, I don't belong here, because I just
felt like I just came from you know, a higher
heights back down to this system. You know. So that's
how I know that, you know, that is our spiritual motherland,
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that's our home, that's you know, that's where we belong,
you know what I mean. So it was a lovely experience.
Oh another thing, another thing that I created history Actually
I don't know if you know of there's a line
of Judah monument in Addis Ababa where you see a
(14:10):
lot of people go there and take pictures of it. Okay,
it's a line of Judah monument, and I wanted to
actually I plan to just go there and take pictures
of me, just you know, because I was doing my
spread someone of tours, so I wanted to get footages of,
you know, videos to kind of put the video music
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video together. When I got there, now I said, okay,
maybe I can climb up there. You know, it's just high.
I'm so high. And then I said to the Burgens
that were there, I said, could I go there? They said,
access security. So I went to the security I said,
can I climb up there? The security does put the
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chair down down beside at the back of the monument
and he walked away. So everyone helped me to get
up there. So you see what I out of pair.
And I walked in front of the lion and started
to pause. I saw everyone looking and pointing and calling
to wise men. I'm like, oh, what did I do?
Speaker 5 (15:13):
I'm like, what did I do?
Speaker 3 (15:15):
I didn't even get to do what I had to.
What I wanted to do because I was so nervous
because everyone is looking at pointing and taking a picture.
And then everyone is behind the monument waiting for me
to come down. And as soon as I got down,
they started to clap. And I've heard that I was
the first person that ever did that. No one ever
climbed wow that Lion monument before. Yeah, I created history.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
You make you make a mark anywhere you go out here.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
Yeah, Like I didn even have no fear. I just said, okay,
let me climb. Well, there there were certain places that
I visited, and even the Bresids that lived here was
kind of amazed to see how they allowed me. Because
even I went to the National Library and only certain
people they allowed to even look at the books and
(16:11):
the scholars that the scholar that was there, he allowed
me to come in and he presented he showed me
the songs of David King. David were hairless. Lassie always
had with him. He had a lock on it. He
opened it and I was able to feel it and
go through it. And so there's a lot of things
that you know, I got away.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
With praise job. We're gonna say you got away with it.
We're gonna say that you was blessed.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
Yeah, they're saying, let me know how I get through
it that. But other blessings are the lot you know,
the most God.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Yeah, that's what happens when you have a heart full
of love and a clean spirit. You know, you say
only clean spirits could come in his mist and He's
invited you in his miss plenty of times. Yes, Well,
tell me a little bit about winning to compete for
peace not and not War Award? How did that collaboration
with the Bob Marty Foundation come about?
Speaker 3 (17:11):
How did you get that that now too? Actually, so,
as sister of mine told me about this competition, and
at the time, I the song that I produced, spread
Some Love, was a song that fit the theme. So
I decided to okay, let me go ahead and submit
and see what can happen. And at the same time,
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I was in Ethiopia. And when they called me and
gave me the news, and when I was in Ethiopia,
they said to me that they chose me as the
winner for the award. I'm like what, So I was
all excited and everything. I said, wow. And to know
that the Bob Molly Foundation too, you know, that was
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a plus for me, I'm like, wow, you know, my
music is starting to to be recognized and so forth,
and I felt blessed. I felt honored, and they arranged everything.
I flew down to Jamaica and February and I also
got invited to perform on the Bob Molly's I think
it was a seventh seventy third seventy three, one of
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them seventy two sementy three on his birthday celebration, and
that's something that I always wanted to be honest. So
everything just worked out perfectly, you know, And it's just
a blessing because, as I said, I was in Ethiopia
when they gave me the news and everything, so.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
You know, man, that was favor upon favor, blessing upon
blessing and being Ethiopia.
Speaker 4 (18:42):
And find out at the same time that you wanted
something that had to be too overwhelming for you.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
How did you it was?
Speaker 4 (18:53):
How did you cope with it? I mean, all of
this great news getting thrown at you like it had
to take your feet off the ground with just the second.
Speaker 5 (19:02):
It did.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
It did. But you know, with me, I'm always humble
with him and always giving God thanks and knowing that
everything that's happened, and it's by his grace, you know
what I mean. And he's things sometimes, you know, he
always plan everything out without even realizing and noticing. So
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when you see that, you gotta give him thanks because
you don't say yes, it's just the most God is
putting everything in place.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
Right about that you show right about that, We're going
to take a small break so we can let the
audience listen to Jamaica It Nice, Yes, go to introduce
that introduced.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
That for us Jamaica Nice and don't Know, produced by myself,
rast by Records, Ink and Him and Entertainment, and it's
a song letting people know that no matter what you
hear them saying about Jamaica, Jamaica will always forever be
that paradise, that place where you will always enjoy, a
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matter how rough it is, a matter where you're here.
And that song is encouraged ones and wants to to
continue going to the island because the people, the energy,
the vibration is beautiful. And that's what I'm really highlighting
that the people in Jamaica is so vibrant. And you know,
we can be in Jamaica and now go on, but
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you can't find a corner or somewhere to go where
you just can still laugh and have fun. A matter
hole the downtime. So Jamaica, Oh is nice? A jumping
ban dam?
Speaker 4 (20:45):
Yes, all right, this is Jamaica in nice Vacasia tea.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
Welcome to the.
Speaker 4 (20:58):
Norman Manla Airport.
Speaker 3 (21:02):
Not anybody all that will be confiscated.
Speaker 7 (21:11):
Who are up?
Speaker 5 (21:14):
Who to parbat?
Speaker 8 (21:17):
Show me a show me a cud No regardless, what
here about? Tell me a got jam costin nice? Like
the negative vibes car Jammy Castilla rise, can't live up
brown free, free from.
Speaker 5 (21:34):
My yard and nice love, says.
Speaker 8 (21:44):
Tommy caring no more one spots as a friend, touchdown
everybody's time class.
Speaker 5 (21:49):
Can we prefer the beach to lone? This with some
can live some seeds up? Can we forgot about.
Speaker 9 (21:57):
Your kids?
Speaker 5 (21:58):
Some city brandy in some can I think as the
swooping we'll come to some rock if you one time?
Speaker 8 (22:06):
Regardless, what's here about?
Speaker 5 (22:08):
JOm me a ctam custin nice?
Speaker 8 (22:12):
Let go the negative? By god, Jammy Castilla rise here,
don't live up, bro feel free from my yard.
Speaker 5 (22:20):
And then say it nice lot say gave me.
Speaker 8 (22:27):
By comical reason and seasoning by JOm me your can'tring.
Speaker 5 (22:35):
There is no other win about as a twin. Anything
we touch, you know where you're feeling.
Speaker 8 (22:42):
And if time a flea the little very nice than
my learn and you'll do.
Speaker 5 (22:48):
Something everybody want. Regardless, what's here about tom.
Speaker 8 (22:54):
Me Cjamy Castin Nice Let's got the negatives got Jamaic
Castilla rise, So live brown free, freak of my yacht
and les nice.
Speaker 5 (23:09):
Lass fine.
Speaker 8 (23:15):
Come to Jamaica in the part in the supand the vibes,
the japand the music, the fund, the beach with your peaks.
I relaxed on the sweets when like a time your
keep coming back. This is Jamaica with a good food.
No Russia, the Giant, the passion.
Speaker 5 (23:31):
Were Wolf and the black Well. That's the foundation. Welcome
to me Ireland, regardless. What's here about Jammy.
Speaker 8 (23:40):
And got jamstin Nice Lego the negative God, Jamaic Castilla rise,
So live brow free free, come my yacht and left
it nice lassa mega.
Speaker 10 (23:59):
Bye.
Speaker 8 (24:01):
What abes Jamaica eat nice water fes Nice Jamaica eat
fes Jamaica eat nice.
Speaker 5 (24:18):
Cottage by.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
Nice race here.
Speaker 9 (24:39):
Nice Why you s.
Speaker 4 (25:13):
All right?
Speaker 2 (25:22):
We are back on reggae album Wa Tasha Tea and
you just got to listening to Jamaica Nice Nice.
Speaker 3 (25:29):
There's a video. There's a video too for it.
Speaker 4 (25:31):
Too, y'all. Make sure y'all go check that out. Matter
of fact, take this time right now. Let us know
where you're at on YouTube. How we can find you.
Speaker 3 (25:38):
Yeah, so Tasha to music Official. That's my YouTube channel
and you'll find Jamaica Nice there. Yes, Jamaica a nice,
beautiful video you know, done by Reggae Tropics. Definitely big
up Tea in my every time. So Jamaica Nice. Yes,
check out the video.
Speaker 4 (25:56):
Definitely definitely all right now.
Speaker 2 (25:59):
Before we went on't Break, we did have some conversation
about you being an educator and education. Now, you have
been a huge advocate for education through your work with
gread across Jamaica.
Speaker 4 (26:10):
Why is literacy so important to you?
Speaker 3 (26:14):
It's very important because this is I mean with literacy,
it brings you far and it's a tool that we
need to propel us and for us to be successful
in life. You know, I tell my son every day
you got to finish school because that will help you
to be successful too, you know, to bring you and
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have you do what you need to do. I mean example, music,
now it's off and on, you know what I mean.
Sometimes you make money, sometimes you don't. But when you
have your education, you know into and that will help
you bring you know, to whatever field that you want
to get in. You know you can be successful. You know,
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whether it's a plumber, a chef, a lawyer, doctor, whatever
it is, you need those tools, basic tools. Reading, writing
is a must.
Speaker 2 (27:09):
I mean, especially if you're trying to be an artist.
You got to have those basic skills in order to
even perform your craft. And better way than to be
more educated about these.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
Yeah, you gotta know when contract is signing or whatever
agreement you sided. You know, you got to make sure
that's in place, and know how to communicate with people
as well. It helps and it balances everything, you know,
to take away the arrogancy and you know what I mean.
I mean, education is a thing that can humble you
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in a certain way, you know what I mean. So
it's very and it helps you with your lyrics too,
It helps you to write.
Speaker 4 (27:54):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
Now, you actually beat me to my next question because
when you said that education humbles you, it has been
a sign like a I'm sorry let me start that over.
That has been a some research done that shows that
when people have a low education level that they actually
do not they don't get along with other people, they
(28:16):
have angst about them. But when highly when you're highly educated,
those people have I guess what we would call emotional intelligence.
Speaker 4 (28:23):
How important is that for getting in not just the
music industry but life.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
It's very important because a lot of times when things
don't go our way, we get so emotional built up
and we end up acting out, you know, unnecessary acting out.
You know that at the end of the day we
end up regret. So it's also it's always good. It
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helps to self self, really get yourself, you know, in
terms of being able to handle certain situations. You know,
I mean a lot of times I find myself like
people will be getting my nerves, but because I have
the knowledge of you know what, I'm not gonna let
that get to me. Let me just keep calm and
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stay cool and try to work it out. Communication is
a key factor, and to an active listener is something
that we need where we listen to other people's opinion
and their views, and then we give our views after
we try to balance it out where you know, it
works out on both ends, you know, But when you
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have that way of that arrogance and all that, then
it doesn't work out, you know. So definitely you gotta
self regulate.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
And that brings a great point like ego and airgain nature.
You have actually been nominated the first reggae artist at
the Indigenous Music Awards.
Speaker 4 (30:06):
You have a reason to have arrogance, You have a
reason to have an ego, but you don't. How does
that make you feel?
Speaker 3 (30:14):
Like?
Speaker 4 (30:15):
How did that moment make you feel?
Speaker 2 (30:16):
Like?
Speaker 4 (30:16):
What kind of energy did it give you?
Speaker 3 (30:21):
When the Indigenous Awards when I first, it made me
feel great and it made me feel honored to know that,
oh my gosh, I'm breaking barriers here for reggae within
the Indigenous community here in Canada. And it made me
feel special to know that they chose me twice for
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my retalk album and my song fired me. And what
was good was that I was they invited me to
perform on the awards show, so I performed. Also that
I brought my band over, the High Court Band and
so forth and treated us very well, and I was
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able to see the culture and learn what they went
through because there was a time when they had a
moment of silence for the mothers and the children that
were gone missing. And that's something that was new to me.
I'm like, wow, I didn't even know all these things.
So it was a good point in my career of
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me breaking ties and bringing you know, exposing reggae to
that culture, you know. So it was good.
Speaker 2 (31:36):
That had to be a humbling experience, I mean, and
that's the beautiful part about it. And not only that,
but you also you show love to your band. Who
we are we haven't even discussed yet, so let's talk
about them. They tell me about your band.
Speaker 3 (31:56):
Well, well, at that time, you know, I have different
bands in Toronto, so it's not per se my personal band,
but it's a band that I've worked with for many,
many many years. And I said, you know what, because
they said I could bring my aband and so forth.
So I draw for hardcore band. I went draw for
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my sister in New York as a background singer and
Jennifer Price from here and just put everything together, you know.
But now starting last year, I started last year, I
came up with a nayabinga drumming group called the Tazaian Drummers.
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So I started to incorporate that in my shows now,
so I have like a nice nail Bingie set, you
know before I performed, not even perform during my performance. Sorry,
so and I'm also learning how to play the drums.
I mean it's hard singing at the same time. So
I said, you know, you guys, you guys, continue, I
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will get to that part.
Speaker 2 (33:01):
So yeah, yeah, that's beautiful right there. And a lot
of people don't know what naie is. A lot of
people they list but they listen. They love the music,
but don't know the culture. So for those people, break
it down. What is the Naibingie drums circle?
Speaker 3 (33:20):
So now you BRINGI drummers are the drumming the Ketta
drum So it's something where you know from Africa, where
you you beat the drums, you know, and it's mostly
done you know, on a spiritual movement, you know what
I mean. So you beat the drums, you chant, you pray,
all kind of stuff, you sing and you include percussions
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as well, the tambourine, the shaker, all that stuff. So
that's what the Naia Bingie drummers are about. And it's
just about praising the most hi and just chanting and singing. Yeah,
and you do that in some incense, frankincense and.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
But yeah, I don't know about that. Frank is sense.
You need to read your Bibles for real. Frank your
sense and mery. You need to read your Bibles for real.
And it's very good spiritual awakening. I've been to concerts
where they had Now you've been in drum circles in
the beginning of the concert, and the people that they
had never seen this before. That feels so liberated. You
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will in the midst of now you're being in drums.
Speaker 3 (34:30):
My spirit is way up, hi, like I'm in a
different zone and I feel the spirit of the most ciant,
the love amongst everyone around, you know what I mean.
And it's also about you know, giving back and spreading
the love because with me, like when it comes to prayers,
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I'm always praying before during after my shouls. And the
good thing about it when we have our grew you know,
and it even motivates and uplift them as well. We're
always with you know, have in a circle and we
say our prayers, which are some psalms before we go
on to stage. So it's always a great feeling. And
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I find that even when I'm doing that, I'm finding
people coming to me and asking for me to pray
for them and so forth, you know. So that's all.
We always have blessings, and I feel blessed that I'm
getting that where people is asking me to pray, and
it's just it's making me stronger each time, you know
what I mean amongst people like I feel like there's
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something I have to do, you know, and it's a
spirit that just comes over me and I just end
up praying, you know. So I see where God is,
you know, using me as his vessel to just you know,
just continue spreading the positive messages and to uplift the
people and for them to be spiritually connected, you know.
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And I also I forgot to tell you too that
I ended up getting baptized in Ethiopia. Nothing planned, it
just happened as well.
Speaker 4 (36:11):
So congratulations.
Speaker 3 (36:13):
Yes, So my baptism name is Sabannah Mescale, so you
always see me walking with the mescale which is across
you know that that is my signature.
Speaker 4 (36:25):
So yeah, all right, That's what I'm talking about right there.
Speaker 2 (36:29):
Yeah, and you got baptized in the blessed borders of
Ethiopia probably the same Haley Selassie got baptized here.
Speaker 4 (36:38):
That is epic.
Speaker 2 (36:43):
Beauty.
Speaker 3 (36:43):
Shut out as I say, I never planned it. I
just asked if I couldn't. Then they brought me to
the priest and first he said no, and then they
came back and then he said yes. I'm like, huh okay.
Then he's like, he told me. You told the person
that he had to do it. So I just went
with it, not knowing, you know. So it's all the blessings.
Speaker 4 (37:06):
Yeah, the power of prayer.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
You asked for it and he would deliver it to you,
And that's a beautiful right there.
Speaker 4 (37:14):
See, that's what I love to see.
Speaker 2 (37:15):
I love to see the scriptures come to life in
people lives because when we live it, you see it,
and then when you see it, you have to believe it.
Speaker 3 (37:23):
You have to.
Speaker 4 (37:24):
If you don't, you just denying nature.
Speaker 3 (37:27):
You know.
Speaker 2 (37:28):
Yeah, you have another wonderful song that I just love
that I want to talk to you about. That's Mother
of Creation. Yeah, what is Tell me about that song
because I want to know where your mindset was.
Speaker 3 (37:40):
I know what mine was.
Speaker 4 (37:41):
Where was your when you wrote that?
Speaker 3 (37:44):
That song was produced by Silver Diamond Productions and at
first he sent the rhythm to me and I was like, okay.
It kind of took me a while to really come
up with something because I was like, the time wasn't right,
nothing wasn't wasn't flowing. And then it happened that my niece,
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she was actually eight nine months pregnant, and the nine
months so before she had a baby, which is last
year around June. Something was coming to me, you know,
the spirit is talking to me, and I was just
keep saying Mother of Creation, but not knowing where I'm
going with it yet, you know. And then I was
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actually there when she delivered the baby. I was there
when her baby's coming off Franks and come, come, let's go. Come.
When I started to train and bless it all kind
of something and that just just everything just manifests right away.
The song came everything. Nine months in a womb, I
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ain't a baby, live up in a night, got jamming.
We're ready, Yanda said. So it was like all over
again because my my son is eighteen now, so you know,
it was like eighteen years you know, right, So that
kind of inspired me to even you know, write and
put that song together. My niece, yeah, and my grandniece, Jianna.
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So that's how that song came about. And then I
went back to the scriptures, you know, blessed as the
Fruit of the womb. It all started from the garden
of Eden, so I connect everything together and just giving
that experience. So there's so much messages in that song.
You know, it's about you know, going through carrying a
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baby for nine months, all that pain and the deliverance
and the miracle of the most because only he has
that poet, no one else that can't do that with him,
so you know, after giving him the glory, and at
the same time, we're saying protect the children, protect the hubes.
And that's where you know, it comes again of me
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advocating for the you know what I mean, protect them
because they were born to be a king and queens
and stars and all these type of things. So yeah, man,
there's so much messages in that song.
Speaker 2 (40:11):
Yes, yes, me and my wife is listening to it
and the way that she likes to put it in
like there's so many Easter eggs in this song.
Speaker 4 (40:18):
You're finding so many different gems in it.
Speaker 2 (40:21):
It's like you listen, and she listened to it four
or five times after I listened to it, so she
was picked up.
Speaker 4 (40:26):
She's like, did you hear this party?
Speaker 2 (40:28):
I'm like, nah, see, that's why we're gonna play this
song for the audience right now because we need you
all to go find the Easter eggs.
Speaker 3 (40:34):
You know, yeah.
Speaker 4 (40:38):
Already.
Speaker 2 (40:39):
So this is Mother of Creation by Tasha t listening
to a ray here on reggae album. Y'all tune up,
turn up his zone, o yer.
Speaker 5 (40:51):
Teach them grew, damn them shut.
Speaker 7 (41:04):
Hey.
Speaker 5 (41:05):
Nine months in our womb.
Speaker 8 (41:08):
I ain't a billy leave up in a nice but
chop liquored.
Speaker 5 (41:14):
Blessed is the fruit the wom a reward from God,
just like the sun and the moon.
Speaker 8 (41:21):
He has done His family got in ub moah it
conceiving painted, suffering and not a Chinese fawn again doing nice.
The mitapos, the priest and kings and queensy said, because the.
Speaker 5 (41:41):
Job he has, the piles.
Speaker 10 (41:49):
Job, he shoots signs and walmers.
Speaker 9 (41:58):
Job.
Speaker 5 (42:00):
He has the pal.
Speaker 1 (42:04):
Oh Jo.
Speaker 8 (42:08):
Mother recreation, springboardedation from the east to the west, to
the no to the south. Keep them safe on every
road and turn on the word around hollow over town, hell,
the world? What is all about? Because it's the boers
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on the most night. Sapy, you turn away from the
youths with them black. I helped them to strive to
reach as high air as the sky. Name Mama fucle
prom my feet great to turn off his chainely job.
Speaker 5 (42:50):
He has the palm.
Speaker 10 (42:57):
Jo he shows signs and walls Joe, he has the
pal children.
Speaker 8 (43:13):
Jo pather of creation, springboard, donation.
Speaker 5 (43:19):
And not the child is pun ify you. I am
at deliver. Save them from there Wiki and their wife
verdita us.
Speaker 8 (43:28):
Protect the woman with all your san fight for namtil
the year keeping you saw we are.
Speaker 5 (43:34):
From pown child monster.
Speaker 8 (43:36):
Protect them with your hardcast them at the new floor.
Speaker 5 (43:40):
Waited two blessom my.
Speaker 8 (43:42):
Blues that yell over Poma her child is pawn again
doing nice to me the broms, the princes and kings
and queens Exa.
Speaker 5 (43:55):
Jo he has the power Sho he shot signs and walers.
Speaker 1 (44:10):
Ho Hi.
Speaker 5 (44:14):
He has the power.
Speaker 8 (44:20):
Jo Father recreation spring quarter denations. Teach them grow THEMN
nurtures them grow THEMN nurture, mother apreation, nurse.
Speaker 9 (44:39):
NEAs them grow THEMN nurture. Oh, teach them grow them.
Speaker 7 (44:55):
Nurture mother a creation Hey.
Speaker 5 (45:00):
A Creation Sunday job appreen letter Appree Sunday not up, Crea.
Speaker 11 (45:16):
Ter off crea Sunday, Mother of kre Mother apreation mother Aprea.
Speaker 12 (45:34):
Fu Cho Welcome he had the pad s funya joy
he so signs.
Speaker 3 (45:48):
Man.
Speaker 2 (45:54):
All right, everybody, welcome back to Reggae Howl, where we got.
Speaker 4 (45:57):
Tasha tea on you with mister listening to Mother of Creation.
Speaker 3 (46:05):
Platforms.
Speaker 2 (46:06):
Yes, yes, did y'all get your Easter baskets and poked
up the Easter eggs? Because I'm telling y'all if you didn't,
you're gonna have to rewind it or find her YouTube,
subscribe to her YouTube and play it over and over
till you find all those these things.
Speaker 4 (46:21):
Yes, Now, how old is your grade?
Speaker 3 (46:24):
Niece? Now? She's gonna be one one June the twenty nineteen.
Speaker 2 (46:31):
Oh beautiful, beautiful, see right now? So how do you
think she's gonna react when you tell her that this
story she inspired this song here?
Speaker 3 (46:40):
Oh, she's gonna be She's gonna feel so special and
she should and she will do it so special, like
even though like when she sees me, like she's just
hooked on to me because I haven't seen her for
a couple of months because I've been busy and so forth.
And when I saw her and she just looked at
me like it's like she connected right away, Like I
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remember you come was pushing out. I was right there
and just praying and you know, had my cross everything,
just praying and blessing her before she even come out,
you know.
Speaker 4 (47:13):
Right, Oh that's beautiful right there. Yes, so she should
feel special.
Speaker 2 (47:18):
And I want you to do me a favor, thank
her for the rest of us, but helping you bring
that gym, them gyms all of us here for sure.
Now you have achieved so much already. What's still on
your bucket list as an artist and as a philanthropist?
Speaker 3 (47:36):
What's all my list? What's all my list? Right now?
Is my album? My third album coming out soon. That's
what I'm currently working on right now.
Speaker 4 (47:50):
Okay, what's the name of this?
Speaker 3 (47:53):
I can't give you that.
Speaker 4 (47:54):
Yeah, I'm trying to get.
Speaker 3 (47:59):
Is gonna blow everyone away because it's something different, very dynamic,
different styles of Tasha tea topics, very serious topics, n rhythms,
and trust me, I'm yeah, you're gonna love this one.
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This one, You're gonna love this one. Is this one
is like I kind of even explain it, but it's
produced by myself, ras Fire Records and Ireland Yard Productions
Patchy Paul PATCHI right, so we're both producing and writing
for the album. I do have a few producers on
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it like Slide Down Bar, Sydney Mills, Sangy Kiad and
World Trema. So it's a fifteen track album. Plus you
might have bonuses and stuff. But yeah, the album will
be completed in July. I don't have a release date yet,
but once it's completed, then we're gonna to see where
we go from there.
Speaker 4 (49:02):
All Right, you better hit a reggae our first.
Speaker 3 (49:06):
Of course, definitely. Of course you get all the jingles
before too.
Speaker 2 (49:13):
Now I've heard you say you gona have some serious
topics in it, which is perfect because reggae has always
been the music for change and been used as a
tool for such. Now, how do you see his role
evolving today, especially among the younger artists.
Speaker 3 (49:29):
How do I see my role now? The role of.
Speaker 2 (49:32):
Reggae reggae music? How do you see that evolving with
the younger artists.
Speaker 3 (49:38):
Yes, it's it's evolving very strongly. I think it's just
we need more more of the music that the young
artists are coming up with. We just need to hear
more of them, you know, the ones that are are
you know, singing conscious reggae music, you know what I mean,
Because I mean my album is definitely going back to
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the serious topics of Bob Mally them dais understand. So
we got to take it back to that. And it's
just a matter of guidance for the youths. I mean,
they're doing what they're doing, and I just always encourage
them to keep it clean, keep it positive. We want
to create long lasting music that lives forever. Because as
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you can see, my Real Talk album has done ten
years ago and it's still fresh up to this day.
You know, you still have better fire Like people listening
to it think it's a new song and that was
done ten years ago and relevant. Exactly all the songs
on the album is still relevant. So we want to
keep it that way, and I encourage every common artists
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to keep it that way and to you know, find
real authentic beats, you know what I mean, Real authentic
beats where you're you're bringing a bass player, bringing a guitar,
you do live drums and cut down of the computer
made rhythms, you know. Yeah, and that's where I see
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where most of them we need to continue doing. And
and that's what tash. I keep it real, very real,
and stay in my land same way and continue to
do what Bob Marley, the greats and burning sphere culture
that is from. You know, I try to stay on
that angle.
Speaker 2 (51:26):
Yes you have, and you have been doing a great job.
And I don't even think you've been trying. I think
you've just been doing it.
Speaker 3 (51:33):
All right naturally.
Speaker 2 (51:37):
And you also have been putting on for the women
in reggae like you. You have been making a staple
letting it be known that this is not a one
one gender music genre.
Speaker 4 (51:48):
You know, is MODI is so open, it's wholesome.
Speaker 2 (51:53):
Like, what kind of art advice would you have for
the young female artists that are coming up in the game, Well.
Speaker 3 (52:00):
The same thing I would say, And you know, conduct
ourselves in a professional manner and to set that example
because we have, you know, most of the females, I mean,
we're mothers, sisters, aunties, whatever it is. Set that example
and be that role model for them, you know what
I'm saying. That's the why I look at it still
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and you know, be strong and believe in yourself because
there's many times where the music is ups and down,
so you can easily be discouraged because of not feeling welcomed,
you know what I mean. Knowing it's a male dominant industry,
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you know what I mean, So you got to stay
stronger and stand your crown and don't let anyone take
advantage and make sure you have a good team around
you that can you know, help you in certain ways.
The most important TOOA is to learn the business side
of it, because if we don't know the business side,
then that's where you become vulnerable of not knowing the
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directions where you want to go. You got to know
what your purpose is. Like me, I know my purpose,
what my purpose is, and you got to know this
is where I want to go, you know what I mean.
It's not about the money, fame, or It's about the
message in the music, and that's what it is all about.
So I encourage everyone to just try to go on that,
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you know, stay on that lane of being positive at
all times and think if you're thinking of writing or
creating music, think about the youths first, you know, because
they are the future.
Speaker 2 (53:39):
You know, that's that's true. That is beautiful right there.
And with that being said, there's a lot of artists
that are trying to find their way, and in the
midst of them trying to find their way, they're actually
getting lost in the sauce when somebody when the artists
realize that they are not going the path that they
want to be going, what advice can you give film
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to be able to retract and get back on that path.
Speaker 3 (54:04):
I would say pray and talk to God first, because
he's always our guide. So when things are not going
the right way, you sit and talk to God and
pray and say, God, show me the way, and he
will show you the way. Believe you me. And He
always sends people you know to help you, to guide
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you and to show you which path you need to go,
because you could be here, down and out and you're like,
oh God, I'm so confused, and all of a sudden,
the next day he meets someone that comes and gives
you ideas and exactly what you're looking for. That person
is there to motivate you, not knowing that God is
the one that's said in that person. So it's a
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matter of having patience. Patience is a muss and be
humble in yourself, and you know, in no rational fuss,
because the music is a thing. We don't rush it,
we pierce it. Right, is not going nowhere? Just pace yourself.
I remember back in the days, I used to always
want to make sure I have stuff out. But then
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you realize, like what am I? You know? What am
I writing down? The music is something where you paste
on your own. Not all the time you're gonna want
to release, release, you try to paste and market yourself
in a different way. Right, Yes, that's why I see
it this be humble.
Speaker 2 (55:22):
Have you ever worked on a song and by the
time you got to the end of it, you was like,
this is not going to see the light of day.
This is why this song here is not going to
see the light of day. I'm not releasing this one.
Speaker 3 (55:40):
Maybe if I recorded for another producer. If I record
for another producer, I'm like, oh boy, this and then
they would say, oh no, it's all right, and you're like, no, yeah,
I have those days. But then, because I also have
the ears for producers, so when they want to shun
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you down because you're a woman, they think you don't know,
I let them know this is how I want it
to be. That's not gonna work. Let's do it this way,
or even let's try it this way, right, you know.
So there's times, yes, when that happens. But for me
recording and producing, no, I never really wrote a song
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where I said no, because from I started and in
the middle of it, I should know the direction of
how I wanted it to song.
Speaker 2 (56:33):
Okay, And that's that's admirable right there, because like there's
a lot of music you could tell they just got
in the studio, drink whiskey and just recorded.
Speaker 3 (56:43):
Maybe maybe maybe the music part of it. I might
end up saying, now this part is not gonna work.
That's not gonna work. Let's just start again. But yeah,
I hear it is.
Speaker 2 (56:58):
I mean, we all we we want to put out
nothing but quality music. When you get that hair up
that that says I gotta release, I gotta release, I
gotta release, you end up putting out some music you're
not proud of. You know, you look back at it
a week later and you're like, I can see why
it's not performing the way that I want to perform. Yeah,
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what kind of situation, Like, how would you rectify a
situation like that, do you pull the song down or
you do you just let it stay out there?
Speaker 4 (57:25):
Like, how does that work?
Speaker 3 (57:27):
If it's already out yeah, pull it down and start
all over. Pull it down and start all over. And
if it's already out there and you haven't done much
promotion and like, you still have a chance to just
pull it down, right, you know, you still have a
chance to pull it down. But if it's already out
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there and the producer doesn't want to pull it down
or nothing, then I just find myself not promoting it.
It's like, I don't want the woman to get this.
Speaker 4 (58:01):
Won't be your first impression to me.
Speaker 3 (58:04):
I don't want them to hear it. No, no, no,
this is not gonna work, you know, So I just
kind of does whatever. Like I remember my producer, like
years ago, over a decade, he produced a song and
he wanted to read, lump it and put it back.
Cart I'm like, no, you're not putting that out because
that's how I used to sell years ago. That's not
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how I sound. No, right, I sound younger there, my
voice has matured and you know, stronger. So I said, no,
you're not. And it's like why why I said no?
We are not don't even think about that that that
is then leave that there. I mean, it's fired.
Speaker 2 (58:43):
Exactly like we're probably dropped out on the Greatest Hits
album later on thirty years from now or something like that.
Speaker 3 (58:50):
Yeah, if you want to redo it and I revoiced it,
no problem. But you're not gonna put out that that
was out there like over ten years ago.
Speaker 4 (58:57):
No I feel that.
Speaker 3 (59:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (59:02):
Well, Tasha, it was wonderful having you on Reggae Our.
I enjoyed this conversation. We had some great time, great talk,
great topics. I love the fact that you are an
educator and that you utilize your music to educate. I
love the fact that you put children first and that
you actually are walking the walk by starting foundations and
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pushing that foundation forward. This is why the Most High
has been blessing you, showing you favor upon favor, and
Reggae iur is just happy to be able to witness
it and have you on.
Speaker 5 (59:36):
So thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (59:38):
And yes that my foundation is Tasha T Learning Foundation,
So you can check out the website Tasha T Learning
Foundation dot com. And I do also do online and
in person tutoring, so and yeah, and I'm looking forward
to have I'm going on my European for Yes, when
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is that start? Start next month? So my first show
is City Splash May the twenty six, okay in Brixton, London,
and then I have a show on the first with
Glenn Washington June the first, So I'll pretty much be
out there for a while just doing what I need
(01:00:21):
to do, promo and just do all kind of stuff. Yeah,
so my European tours, anyone that wants any bookings you
can definitely, you know, contact Ras five Records at gmail
dot com or Seema what's his email?
Speaker 2 (01:00:36):
Just well, if we don't get out here, look at
the description, we're gonna put all that information in the description.
So go down there and get all the information you
can and hit them up, get them in you get
them in your city, because like she says, she's gonna
help your kids out, and we have to help these
kids out.
Speaker 4 (01:00:56):
So yeah, you do that, you'll be helping your own kids. Definitely, st.
Speaker 3 (01:01:01):
And thank you so much. And you can check out
all my social media. So my YouTube is Tasha to
Music Official, my Instagram is Cash Tea Music, Facebook, Tasha
Tea music Official, and TikTok Tasha Ti music. But once
you google Tasha Tea you'll find everything on my website too,
Tasha temusic dot com.
Speaker 4 (01:01:23):
Yes already, and like I said, go in the description.
They know how to find you.
Speaker 3 (01:01:30):
I'm spotifyed too. Yeah, so I have some new singles
coming out before you go. Actually, and you're gonna be
one of the first to get it. I'm going to
release it in tune. It's actually a song called My
Beautiful Lady. It's an artist from Senegal, so Attika the
Malegan and I produce that song and trust me, it's
(01:01:51):
a beautiful song. You're gonna love it. So you said tune,
I'm looking towards June the sixth, so look up for that.
And yeah, some more singles come in and there's one
out now with Elijah Prophet. I need a roof, so
me and Elijah Prophet, I need a roof, the Redemption
of the Mighty Diamonds. I need over man hunting hunting
(01:02:20):
me up, He'll find something. Look at the cookie coming
be eat grumbling.
Speaker 4 (01:02:26):
Hi, Yes, sir, we yeah, we definitely gotta get down.
But I said I ain't gonna get it live.
Speaker 2 (01:02:34):
This is beautiful did you see so more gems are
going to be coming your way. Reggae is not gonna stop.
It is here for eternity, so you might as well
jump on the bandwagon.
Speaker 4 (01:02:44):
Tune in, turn up its own. Now we got toshed
with Tea reggae ol. You need to go ahead and
follow her.
Speaker 2 (01:02:51):
Go in the description, hit any of those links, all
of those links, and hit that follow like a subscribed baby.
Speaker 4 (01:02:57):
That's what I'm talking about.
Speaker 3 (01:02:58):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (01:03:00):
Is there anybody you want to give a shout out
to before we leave?
Speaker 3 (01:03:03):
Yes, I want to give a shout to the world. Yes,
to the world, definitely, and everyone that's tuning in and
listening right now to the Reggae Hour. Thank you so
much for having me. And big up to your wife
you know enough love tell her I said, thank you
so much for the support and loving mother of creation. Yes,
(01:03:26):
and to everyone that's listening. And you know, I want
to big up to my team, the rast Fi Records team,
the Island Yard Productions team, Patchie the World Cruel, Vernie
Pauline or Lady p Super, Dave uh Sonia There's so
(01:03:49):
much and Joe Pando, Steve Boling, I mean you name it.
Everyone you know, has been a great support of tsher
to you and helping me out in so much ways.
Speaker 2 (01:03:59):
You know.
Speaker 3 (01:04:00):
I mean so thank you so much to everyone and
to all my fans and friends and family out there
that has been supporting me for over the years. And yeah,
and just speak up to all my fans, you know.
And I'm hoping to come over there soon.
Speaker 4 (01:04:16):
We be trying to get you down here.
Speaker 2 (01:04:18):
Texas a sap Yes, looking that goes, that goes all together,
Patasha Tea and that Texas Tea.
Speaker 3 (01:04:29):
I can't wait. So you know, there's definitely much love
and respect. And you know, as we said, we close
out with the prayer our father wor in heaven, I'll
be that name that kingdom. Come. There'll be done on
earth as it is in heaven. Give us this their
daily better, and forgive us our trustpasses as we forgive
those trust pass against us. Lead us in that a temptation,
(01:04:49):
but deliver us and rescue us from all evil. For
that is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever
and ever and ever. Well. Redolt in a man Celassie
lost the fire, every king of King's lord of lords,
conquering line of the child of Juda. Yes, to continue
to praise God, to have fathing him, trusting him. Continue
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to love your brothers and sisters. Continue to protect the youth,
to them, look out for them and be their guide
and be that examples to all the artists out there,
the upcoming artists, just put God first and everything you do.
To all the women out there, just continued to be
strong and to believe in yourself and trusting yourself, and
know what your purpose here is unliked because we're all
(01:05:32):
here for a purpose. So does continue to bless up
yourself and much love and respect. Just continue to spread
the world, spread the love all over the world.
Speaker 4 (01:05:43):
Yes, beautiful, great way it. Thank you this that's a
sound bite right now.
Speaker 3 (01:05:50):
And then when you're ready, I can do some jingles
because I have my own mini studio. I'll be traveling
with it, so anything that comes up, let me know
I can just knock it off. You're send it off
right away. So I went. I went on Enginet too.
Speaker 4 (01:06:06):
I will highly appreciate that. Thank you for the blessings. Yes, everybody,
Tasha T Man.
Speaker 2 (01:06:14):
Right now we're about to play Tasha T's put it On,
and why you're listening to put it on.
Speaker 4 (01:06:18):
Go ahead and go down below.
Speaker 2 (01:06:20):
Hit your link on your social media platform or you
streaming service platform like follow, subscribe right now, Tasha tea everybody,
and this is reggae howl you feel me nothing?
Speaker 3 (01:06:32):
No reggae oh to the world.
Speaker 8 (01:06:37):
Cause none, I damn can't get too weird, cause in
I fire that muspread damn met them.
Speaker 5 (01:06:43):
No, if you'll bite the hands that feed.
Speaker 3 (01:06:46):
You reggae, Oh I met them. No, you're just like
I can that messette set up and we out.
Speaker 5 (01:07:00):
Out respite. But that sounds.
Speaker 9 (01:07:10):
Wow wow.
Speaker 3 (01:07:13):
Ya got ya got y y'all?
Speaker 5 (01:07:16):
Pw wow, I got.
Speaker 4 (01:07:19):
Got got y y'all? You wow wow.
Speaker 2 (01:07:25):
I got y y'all.
Speaker 5 (01:07:27):
That's the tea.
Speaker 7 (01:07:31):
Field fill dusty Phil dst.
Speaker 5 (01:07:48):
Lord, thank you, Lord, thank you? Feel do your feel
all right?
Speaker 7 (01:07:59):
Phil?
Speaker 3 (01:08:00):
All?
Speaker 10 (01:08:01):
Now do you feel.
Speaker 5 (01:08:03):
Ract feel a Lord Kenny of me? Can you hear me?
Lone the time?
Speaker 12 (01:08:17):
Boda put it on it R but it don puts
it on because funda put it on?
Speaker 3 (01:08:24):
Put it on?
Speaker 5 (01:08:25):
Put it don't puts it on? Fid I put it on?
Is it t put it?
Speaker 7 (01:08:31):
Can?
Speaker 9 (01:08:31):
Puts it on?
Speaker 5 (01:08:33):
Lord Kenny of His, can you hear me mad? Sound boasted?
Speaker 3 (01:08:42):
No?
Speaker 5 (01:08:46):
Dost don't need super no now, don'tsted I feel like today?
Speaker 9 (01:09:01):
Thank you.
Speaker 8 (01:09:01):
N the don wan to put it on, put it on,
put it, don't puts it on the sound, puts it
on it, don't put it.
Speaker 5 (01:09:11):
Don puts it on the sound, down and puts it on.
Put it don't put it down, puts it on. Lord.
Thank you, Oh thank you, every so nice, be so good.
Speaker 8 (01:09:29):
To slack that through have fee days I've paint tat
what's a piece of pain? And every days deaf free knights.
Speaker 5 (01:09:40):
I break the most side.
Speaker 7 (01:09:43):
Down my pain.
Speaker 5 (01:09:44):
Don't my brain again? I put it on, put it,
don't put it Rum puts.
Speaker 9 (01:09:51):
It on the sound.
Speaker 5 (01:09:53):
Don I brought it on it, Doll puts it down,
puts it on the sound. Don I put it down,
puts it on, puts it tom, puts it on. Lord,
Thank you, thank you Lord.
Speaker 3 (01:10:12):
Wow wow.
Speaker 5 (01:10:15):
Ah YadA yaha yah yeah yea yeah gay yea wow
wow a YadA yahay y'all the sign to don't put it,
(01:10:36):
dom puts it on, because it puts it down, puts
it on. Then bot it it, puts it on, puts
it on. Thank you, Oh, thank you Lord, you know that.
Speaker 3 (01:10:57):
Thank you.
Speaker 5 (01:10:59):
John you know, thank you, Ken.
Speaker 9 (01:11:07):
You ermy
Speaker 5 (01:11:10):
D Jenu mmy
Stop doing whatever you're doing and listen up. It's time
to meet the incredible Tasha Tea. From Toronto to the
world stage. Tasha Tea has been spreading love and unity
through reggae for over two decades. Known as the Musical Ambassador,
She's not just a singer, She's an award winning artist, songwriter, producer,
and philanthropist. Tasha T's music is all about truth, rights
(00:21):
and unity. She's performed at the Indigenous Music Awards toward Ethiopia,
spreading love and even promotes childhood literacy with the Read
Across Jamaica Foundation. Her latest single, Jamaica at Nice, is
an anthem of resilience and joy, reminding us all of
the beauty in Jamaican culture. Whether she's winning Juno nominations
or receiving the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, Tasha
(00:43):
t continues to inspire and uplift. Want to hear more
about her journey, Well we have it on Reggae Hour podcast.
So tune in, tune up, zone out, and get ready
to feel the vibes. Catch the spirit of reggae with
Tasha Tea, because with her, it's not just music, it's
a movement me.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Welcome Tasha Tea to reggae aur. How are you doing,
beautiful women, I'm.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Doing great, man, Thank you for having me. I mean,
it's our blessings. We have to give God thanks and
give him the glory to know that we're here today
doing this interview. Because you know, a lot of people
that we have known and not known has hasn't even
reached to see twenty twenty five. So we give God
thanks for life. So thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
Yes, oh anytime. And you are so right.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
We got to give blessings up to the most high because,
like you said, we were given, we were shown favor
when we woke up this morning. And I'm going to
always give him the props on that. Yes, So it's
just a blessing.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
To have you on.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
I am so grateful to ir Grade. Shout out the
ir grade.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Yourself every time. You know, he's always looking up f fashity.
That's my brother man, So no respecting love to him.
You know.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Yes, he had nothing but great things to say about you,
and I'm just I can't wait to get to know you.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
First. How did you come across a grade?
Speaker 3 (02:05):
How did y'all meet you know, I agreed. We go
like way back from back in the days in Toronto,
and we reconnected back last year during one of the
shows that I attended and he was there and he's
like Dasha, and then from that we reconnected and then
(02:25):
I had a few shows, well shows that I did
last year in Toronto here, and I had him there
with me getting some video footages for me. So you know,
I give thanks for that. He's pretty much a part
of my team now.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
He's a worker that much. I give him.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Very hard work.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Yeah. I was introduced to him when he dropped his
lady sing the bag and I was like, yes, yes
I did. So if you're listening to this interview right now,
go check out I Gray's interview right after to so
make sure you put that in your bookmark.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
I heard me.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Definitely for sure. And he does a lot of media promotions,
so anyone that needs any media stuff definitely check him
out as well.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Yes, yes, definitely, I look forward to working with him
and you as well.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
So well, let's get to know who.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
Tasha he is.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Now, you've been called the musical ambassador. Now what does
that title mean to you personally and professionally?
Speaker 3 (03:26):
That title means a lot because that title was given
to me when I started to do some work for
Rita Cross to make a foundation. It was twenty eleven
when they asked me to be the musical ambassador for
the foundation. And what that means is that every year
they would go to Jamaica to visit schools in Jamaica
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and donate school supplies and books to the library. So
I was that musical ambassador where I created and produced.
Me and Fashion Firefashion from out of Florida created the
song educate Yourself, so Reader, Question Maker. That was their
theme song that I put together and my role was
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basically given words of encouragement, having the student to learn
the songs and sing along. And you know, it was
a lovely dventure, I would say, because I was with
them for like over ten years and that's how I
got the musical Ambassador title. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
See now that's beautiful right now.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
See a lot of artists they don't do anything to
perform about, or to write about, or to rhyme about
or reason about.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
They don't do anything.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
They come up with stories and then they come and
they tell the stories. You have actual experiences that show
the work behind the words. And just to be able
to get into that what motivates you.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Yeah, and I mean, I mean I would say when
it comes to the chill and the youths, I'm always
an advocate for them, even before Reader Cross Jamaica approached me,
and that start with my music. I make sure that
I write clean, positive, uplifting songs that children are able
to listen to as well. So I always stay in
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that lane and keep it on a positive note. And
I mean when they approached me, it was like what, Yeah,
I was like, this is something I always wanted to do.
So it was a you know, as a lovely experience
to experience that for over ten years and then eventually,
I mean I ended up having my own foundation from
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twenty twenty two. I started it Soda Cross Jamaica. They
motivated me for me to even have my own foundation
and also to become an educator. I'm also an educator
as well where I work with special needs kids and
with my foundation, I do tutoring, so I tutor reading, math,
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English and so forth. And what I also do like
any time I'm performing anywhere in the world, I always
try to see if there's at least one to two
five schools that I can visit and donate school supplies.
You know, I have bookmarks for reading, encouraged reading, so
you know, it's it's a lot of things that I'm doing,
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you know when it comes to the children, because I mean,
they're dear to my heart and I for me, I
want to set that example for them, you.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Know, Yes, that's I applaud you on that. One of
my favorite artist is Tubaca Mushi Corp. And one of
my favorite quotes by him is why am I wasting
my time with all these grown ups out here when
all of these children needs this knowledge and they drink
it up.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
That's I too, because we know music is so powerful,
and you know they gravitate to music. So that's the
tool that we need to use to continue to roll
them and to guide them and to educate them and
to motivate them. Because a lot of children, if they
don't have no guidance, they they tend to lose hope,
(07:09):
you know what I mean, and they tend to stray.
So for us to be there to guide them to
say listen, man, school education is very important, you know
what I mean. I mean, me growing up, my mom
always used to say school, school, school, and I was
more like music, music.
Speaker 5 (07:26):
Music.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Y'all used to do school school, school, and I was
music music. And then one day I realized for myself,
you know, as an adult that what my mom said
to me was so true, because I end up going
back to college and to pursue my you know, education.
So it's very important. And I try to do the
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same for my two boys too as well. You know,
my second son, he does music, he does rapping and everything.
And I said, listen, I know you love music and whatever,
but you gotta have a backa tip. You know, you
do have to have a backeting because as you can see,
when COVID came around, music kind of stopped, and for me,
(08:11):
being educated kind of helped me in that situation. So
I always encourage everyone, like, if you do music, always
have some vacative where you can you know, rely on. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Yeah, that's true. And a lot of people they don't
understand that backup plan. I wish I would have adult So, yeah,
I was thirty years old, I guess I better come
up with a plan B.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
To COVID, a plan because we never know right exactly.
Speaker 4 (08:44):
That's beautiful. You work with the children, you're traveling all
over the world.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
And then I heard you say earlier that whenever you
do a tour, you do a show somewhere that you
like to invest in five schools that in the place
that you go to. So it sounds more like if
somebody was the book you do a show in the neighborhood,
they're actually just investing in their neighborhood.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Would you say that, yeah, they are, because it's not
just performing. For me. If I have any opportunity just
to visit a school, or visit a community center, whatever
it is, wherever the children are tacity would love to
always be there at all times, right, travel with I
always travel with my promo book, book, bookmarks, and so forth.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
So you know, tell me about a story that touched
your heart when you went to a city and you
know you was out there giving back, tell us a story.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
The story. Actually what really broke my heart was the
orphane in Ethiopia, and I wasn't. I was in Ethiopia
for my promotional tour Spread Some Love, and it was
five schools that I visited, and one of them was
the orphanages, and it was very heartbroken to know the children,
(09:58):
you know, where they were found. Somewhere found in the
garbage can some were found, you know. It was so
heartbroken for me. And and the thing that really touched
my heart is when I held one of the child
and I gave it back to the caregiver that was there,
and the child started to cry and I'm like, oh,
(10:18):
you know, and it really touched my head. I went
back to hold him and he stopped crying. I'm like, wow,
you know, this is such a blessing to know that
he felt my presence, my spirit, the calmness, you know
what I mean, where he ended up calming down and
was feeling that love, you know, and that really broke
(10:38):
my heart. You know, Yeah, that was beautiful.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
And I'm just so happy that that child was able
to get the experience your love, get this spirit, because
that that that that testifies to a lot when it
comes to your spirit, when it comes to your heart.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
Give me.
Speaker 6 (10:57):
And now you said you was to Ethiopia, and I
know from Toronto to Ethiopia, your journey has crossed many cultures,
many How is traveling actually.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
Influenced your music and your message?
Speaker 3 (11:12):
It has influenced a lot. I mean, especially when I
went to Ethiopia. That's my first time. And I mean
I always tell myself that, you know, when I when
I'm ready to go to be on a continent, at
the first place I want to visit is Ethiopia. And
I made that happen and I was out there for
over a month. And to see the love for reggae
(11:34):
music and for the Rastafarian culture and the world vibration.
They just love it, you know. I mean when m Sirasta,
they just your man right away is Jamaica, And no
matter where you're coming from. Once I'm ci Rasta, they say, yes, Jamaica,
you know. And it was a lovely experience. I mean,
(11:57):
I traveled from I started off in Addis Ababa and
then we drove to Shashamanei and then we drove from
Addis to Baharda, which is fourteen hours drive. That was
our experience. We're going through hills and valleys and I'm like, wow,
this is really like in the Bible, you know what
(12:18):
I mean. So it was a great experience. I mean,
the food, the I mean, you name it, the historical
places that I've been to, you know, highly Celas Season University.
Oh wow, there's like so much what else? Oh wow?
(12:41):
It was just a lovely experience. But one thing I
know that when I returned from Ethiopia, I was so calm.
My spirit was so calm. I wasn't even like like
any little noises, Like I don't even want to hear it,
because you realize that this place that we're in is
a fast place, is you know, environment where everything is.
(13:03):
You just keep going and going going. It took me
like about almost two to three months before I got
back into the routine here. And even when people saw me,
they're like, how is it the open, Like, you don't
look excited. I'm like, everything is good. I was just calm,
I explained to them. And then one day I sat
(13:25):
down here, looked up my window and tears actually literally
came up my eyes, and I'm like, what am I
doing here? God, I don't belong here, because I just
felt like I just came from you know, a higher
heights back down to this system. You know. So that's
how I know that, you know, that is our spiritual motherland,
(13:49):
that's our home, that's you know, that's where we belong,
you know what I mean. So it was a lovely experience.
Oh another thing, another thing that I created history Actually
I don't know if you know of there's a line
of Judah monument in Addis Ababa where you see a
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lot of people go there and take pictures of it. Okay,
it's a line of Judah monument, and I wanted to
actually I plan to just go there and take pictures
of me, just you know, because I was doing my
spread someone of tours, so I wanted to get footages of,
you know, videos to kind of put the video music
(14:31):
video together. When I got there, now I said, okay,
maybe I can climb up there. You know, it's just high.
I'm so high. And then I said to the Burgens
that were there, I said, could I go there? They said,
access security. So I went to the security I said,
can I climb up there? The security does put the
(14:52):
chair down down beside at the back of the monument
and he walked away. So everyone helped me to get
up there. So you see what I out of pair.
And I walked in front of the lion and started
to pause. I saw everyone looking and pointing and calling
to wise men. I'm like, oh, what did I do?
Speaker 5 (15:13):
I'm like, what did I do?
Speaker 3 (15:15):
I didn't even get to do what I had to.
What I wanted to do because I was so nervous
because everyone is looking at pointing and taking a picture.
And then everyone is behind the monument waiting for me
to come down. And as soon as I got down,
they started to clap. And I've heard that I was
the first person that ever did that. No one ever
climbed wow that Lion monument before. Yeah, I created history.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
You make you make a mark anywhere you go out here.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
Yeah, Like I didn even have no fear. I just said, okay,
let me climb. Well, there there were certain places that
I visited, and even the Bresids that lived here was
kind of amazed to see how they allowed me. Because
even I went to the National Library and only certain
people they allowed to even look at the books and
(16:11):
the scholars that the scholar that was there, he allowed
me to come in and he presented he showed me
the songs of David King. David were hairless. Lassie always
had with him. He had a lock on it. He
opened it and I was able to feel it and
go through it. And so there's a lot of things
that you know, I got away.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
With praise job. We're gonna say you got away with it.
We're gonna say that you was blessed.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
Yeah, they're saying, let me know how I get through
it that. But other blessings are the lot you know,
the most God.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Yeah, that's what happens when you have a heart full
of love and a clean spirit. You know, you say
only clean spirits could come in his mist and He's
invited you in his miss plenty of times. Yes, Well,
tell me a little bit about winning to compete for
peace not and not War Award? How did that collaboration
with the Bob Marty Foundation come about?
Speaker 3 (17:11):
How did you get that that now too? Actually, so,
as sister of mine told me about this competition, and
at the time, I the song that I produced, spread
Some Love, was a song that fit the theme. So
I decided to okay, let me go ahead and submit
and see what can happen. And at the same time,
(17:34):
I was in Ethiopia. And when they called me and
gave me the news, and when I was in Ethiopia,
they said to me that they chose me as the
winner for the award. I'm like what, So I was
all excited and everything. I said, wow. And to know
that the Bob Molly Foundation too, you know, that was
(17:55):
a plus for me, I'm like, wow, you know, my
music is starting to to be recognized and so forth,
and I felt blessed. I felt honored, and they arranged everything.
I flew down to Jamaica and February and I also
got invited to perform on the Bob Molly's I think
it was a seventh seventy third seventy three, one of
(18:18):
them seventy two sementy three on his birthday celebration, and
that's something that I always wanted to be honest. So
everything just worked out perfectly, you know, And it's just
a blessing because, as I said, I was in Ethiopia
when they gave me the news and everything, so.
Speaker 2 (18:36):
You know, man, that was favor upon favor, blessing upon
blessing and being Ethiopia.
Speaker 4 (18:42):
And find out at the same time that you wanted
something that had to be too overwhelming for you.
Speaker 3 (18:48):
How did you it was?
Speaker 4 (18:53):
How did you cope with it? I mean, all of
this great news getting thrown at you like it had
to take your feet off the ground with just the second.
Speaker 5 (19:02):
It did.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
It did. But you know, with me, I'm always humble
with him and always giving God thanks and knowing that
everything that's happened, and it's by his grace, you know
what I mean. And he's things sometimes, you know, he
always plan everything out without even realizing and noticing. So
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when you see that, you gotta give him thanks because
you don't say yes, it's just the most God is
putting everything in place.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
Right about that you show right about that, We're going
to take a small break so we can let the
audience listen to Jamaica It Nice, Yes, go to introduce
that introduced.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
That for us Jamaica Nice and don't Know, produced by myself,
rast by Records, Ink and Him and Entertainment, and it's
a song letting people know that no matter what you
hear them saying about Jamaica, Jamaica will always forever be
that paradise, that place where you will always enjoy, a
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matter how rough it is, a matter where you're here.
And that song is encouraged ones and wants to to
continue going to the island because the people, the energy,
the vibration is beautiful. And that's what I'm really highlighting
that the people in Jamaica is so vibrant. And you know,
we can be in Jamaica and now go on, but
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you can't find a corner or somewhere to go where
you just can still laugh and have fun. A matter
hole the downtime. So Jamaica, Oh is nice? A jumping
ban dam?
Speaker 4 (20:45):
Yes, all right, this is Jamaica in nice Vacasia tea.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
Welcome to the.
Speaker 4 (20:58):
Norman Manla Airport.
Speaker 3 (21:02):
Not anybody all that will be confiscated.
Speaker 7 (21:11):
Who are up?
Speaker 5 (21:14):
Who to parbat?
Speaker 8 (21:17):
Show me a show me a cud No regardless, what
here about? Tell me a got jam costin nice? Like
the negative vibes car Jammy Castilla rise, can't live up
brown free, free from.
Speaker 5 (21:34):
My yard and nice love, says.
Speaker 8 (21:44):
Tommy caring no more one spots as a friend, touchdown
everybody's time class.
Speaker 5 (21:49):
Can we prefer the beach to lone? This with some
can live some seeds up? Can we forgot about.
Speaker 9 (21:57):
Your kids?
Speaker 5 (21:58):
Some city brandy in some can I think as the
swooping we'll come to some rock if you one time?
Speaker 8 (22:06):
Regardless, what's here about?
Speaker 5 (22:08):
JOm me a ctam custin nice?
Speaker 8 (22:12):
Let go the negative? By god, Jammy Castilla rise here,
don't live up, bro feel free from my yard.
Speaker 5 (22:20):
And then say it nice lot say gave me.
Speaker 8 (22:27):
By comical reason and seasoning by JOm me your can'tring.
Speaker 5 (22:35):
There is no other win about as a twin. Anything
we touch, you know where you're feeling.
Speaker 8 (22:42):
And if time a flea the little very nice than
my learn and you'll do.
Speaker 5 (22:48):
Something everybody want. Regardless, what's here about tom.
Speaker 8 (22:54):
Me Cjamy Castin Nice Let's got the negatives got Jamaic
Castilla rise, So live brown free, freak of my yacht
and les nice.
Speaker 5 (23:09):
Lass fine.
Speaker 8 (23:15):
Come to Jamaica in the part in the supand the vibes,
the japand the music, the fund, the beach with your peaks.
I relaxed on the sweets when like a time your
keep coming back. This is Jamaica with a good food.
No Russia, the Giant, the passion.
Speaker 5 (23:31):
Were Wolf and the black Well. That's the foundation. Welcome
to me Ireland, regardless. What's here about Jammy.
Speaker 8 (23:40):
And got jamstin Nice Lego the negative God, Jamaic Castilla rise,
So live brow free free, come my yacht and left
it nice lassa mega.
Speaker 10 (23:59):
Bye.
Speaker 8 (24:01):
What abes Jamaica eat nice water fes Nice Jamaica eat
fes Jamaica eat nice.
Speaker 5 (24:18):
Cottage by.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
Nice race here.
Speaker 9 (24:39):
Nice Why you s.
Speaker 4 (25:13):
All right?
Speaker 2 (25:22):
We are back on reggae album Wa Tasha Tea and
you just got to listening to Jamaica Nice Nice.
Speaker 3 (25:29):
There's a video. There's a video too for it.
Speaker 4 (25:31):
Too, y'all. Make sure y'all go check that out. Matter
of fact, take this time right now. Let us know
where you're at on YouTube. How we can find you.
Speaker 3 (25:38):
Yeah, so Tasha to music Official. That's my YouTube channel
and you'll find Jamaica Nice there. Yes, Jamaica a nice,
beautiful video you know, done by Reggae Tropics. Definitely big
up Tea in my every time. So Jamaica Nice. Yes,
check out the video.
Speaker 4 (25:56):
Definitely definitely all right now.
Speaker 2 (25:59):
Before we went on't Break, we did have some conversation
about you being an educator and education. Now, you have
been a huge advocate for education through your work with
gread across Jamaica.
Speaker 4 (26:10):
Why is literacy so important to you?
Speaker 3 (26:14):
It's very important because this is I mean with literacy,
it brings you far and it's a tool that we
need to propel us and for us to be successful
in life. You know, I tell my son every day
you got to finish school because that will help you
to be successful too, you know, to bring you and
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have you do what you need to do. I mean example, music,
now it's off and on, you know what I mean.
Sometimes you make money, sometimes you don't. But when you
have your education, you know into and that will help
you bring you know, to whatever field that you want
to get in. You know you can be successful. You know,
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whether it's a plumber, a chef, a lawyer, doctor, whatever
it is, you need those tools, basic tools. Reading, writing
is a must.
Speaker 2 (27:09):
I mean, especially if you're trying to be an artist.
You got to have those basic skills in order to
even perform your craft. And better way than to be
more educated about these.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
Yeah, you gotta know when contract is signing or whatever
agreement you sided. You know, you got to make sure
that's in place, and know how to communicate with people
as well. It helps and it balances everything, you know,
to take away the arrogancy and you know what I mean.
I mean, education is a thing that can humble you
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in a certain way, you know what I mean. So
it's very and it helps you with your lyrics too,
It helps you to write.
Speaker 4 (27:54):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
Now, you actually beat me to my next question because
when you said that education humbles you, it has been
a sign like a I'm sorry let me start that over.
That has been a some research done that shows that
when people have a low education level that they actually
do not they don't get along with other people, they
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have angst about them. But when highly when you're highly educated,
those people have I guess what we would call emotional intelligence.
Speaker 4 (28:23):
How important is that for getting in not just the
music industry but life.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
It's very important because a lot of times when things
don't go our way, we get so emotional built up
and we end up acting out, you know, unnecessary acting out.
You know that at the end of the day we
end up regret. So it's also it's always good. It
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helps to self self, really get yourself, you know, in
terms of being able to handle certain situations. You know,
I mean a lot of times I find myself like
people will be getting my nerves, but because I have
the knowledge of you know what, I'm not gonna let
that get to me. Let me just keep calm and
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stay cool and try to work it out. Communication is
a key factor, and to an active listener is something
that we need where we listen to other people's opinion
and their views, and then we give our views after
we try to balance it out where you know, it
works out on both ends, you know, But when you
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have that way of that arrogance and all that, then
it doesn't work out, you know. So definitely you gotta
self regulate.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
And that brings a great point like ego and airgain nature.
You have actually been nominated the first reggae artist at
the Indigenous Music Awards.
Speaker 4 (30:06):
You have a reason to have arrogance, You have a
reason to have an ego, but you don't. How does
that make you feel?
Speaker 3 (30:14):
Like?
Speaker 4 (30:15):
How did that moment make you feel?
Speaker 2 (30:16):
Like?
Speaker 4 (30:16):
What kind of energy did it give you?
Speaker 3 (30:21):
When the Indigenous Awards when I first, it made me
feel great and it made me feel honored to know that,
oh my gosh, I'm breaking barriers here for reggae within
the Indigenous community here in Canada. And it made me
feel special to know that they chose me twice for
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my retalk album and my song fired me. And what
was good was that I was they invited me to
perform on the awards show, so I performed. Also that
I brought my band over, the High Court Band and
so forth and treated us very well, and I was
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able to see the culture and learn what they went
through because there was a time when they had a
moment of silence for the mothers and the children that
were gone missing. And that's something that was new to me.
I'm like, wow, I didn't even know all these things.
So it was a good point in my career of
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me breaking ties and bringing you know, exposing reggae to
that culture, you know. So it was good.
Speaker 2 (31:36):
That had to be a humbling experience, I mean, and
that's the beautiful part about it. And not only that,
but you also you show love to your band. Who
we are we haven't even discussed yet, so let's talk
about them. They tell me about your band.
Speaker 3 (31:56):
Well, well, at that time, you know, I have different
bands in Toronto, so it's not per se my personal band,
but it's a band that I've worked with for many,
many many years. And I said, you know what, because
they said I could bring my aband and so forth.
So I draw for hardcore band. I went draw for
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my sister in New York as a background singer and
Jennifer Price from here and just put everything together, you know.
But now starting last year, I started last year, I
came up with a nayabinga drumming group called the Tazaian Drummers.
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So I started to incorporate that in my shows now,
so I have like a nice nail Bingie set, you
know before I performed, not even perform during my performance. Sorry,
so and I'm also learning how to play the drums.
I mean it's hard singing at the same time. So
I said, you know, you guys, you guys, continue, I
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will get to that part.
Speaker 2 (33:01):
So yeah, yeah, that's beautiful right there. And a lot
of people don't know what naie is. A lot of
people they list but they listen. They love the music,
but don't know the culture. So for those people, break
it down. What is the Naibingie drums circle?
Speaker 3 (33:20):
So now you BRINGI drummers are the drumming the Ketta
drum So it's something where you know from Africa, where
you you beat the drums, you know, and it's mostly
done you know, on a spiritual movement, you know what
I mean. So you beat the drums, you chant, you pray,
all kind of stuff, you sing and you include percussions
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as well, the tambourine, the shaker, all that stuff. So
that's what the Naia Bingie drummers are about. And it's
just about praising the most hi and just chanting and singing. Yeah,
and you do that in some incense, frankincense and.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
But yeah, I don't know about that. Frank is sense.
You need to read your Bibles for real. Frank your
sense and mery. You need to read your Bibles for real.
And it's very good spiritual awakening. I've been to concerts
where they had Now you've been in drum circles in
the beginning of the concert, and the people that they
had never seen this before. That feels so liberated. You
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will in the midst of now you're being in drums.
Speaker 3 (34:30):
My spirit is way up, hi, like I'm in a
different zone and I feel the spirit of the most ciant,
the love amongst everyone around, you know what I mean.
And it's also about you know, giving back and spreading
the love because with me, like when it comes to prayers,
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I'm always praying before during after my shouls. And the
good thing about it when we have our grew you know,
and it even motivates and uplift them as well. We're
always with you know, have in a circle and we
say our prayers, which are some psalms before we go
on to stage. So it's always a great feeling. And
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I find that even when I'm doing that, I'm finding
people coming to me and asking for me to pray
for them and so forth, you know. So that's all.
We always have blessings, and I feel blessed that I'm
getting that where people is asking me to pray, and
it's just it's making me stronger each time, you know
what I mean amongst people like I feel like there's
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something I have to do, you know, and it's a
spirit that just comes over me and I just end
up praying, you know. So I see where God is,
you know, using me as his vessel to just you know,
just continue spreading the positive messages and to uplift the
people and for them to be spiritually connected, you know.
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And I also I forgot to tell you too that
I ended up getting baptized in Ethiopia. Nothing planned, it
just happened as well.
Speaker 4 (36:11):
So congratulations.
Speaker 3 (36:13):
Yes, So my baptism name is Sabannah Mescale, so you
always see me walking with the mescale which is across
you know that that is my signature.
Speaker 4 (36:25):
So yeah, all right, That's what I'm talking about right there.
Speaker 2 (36:29):
Yeah, and you got baptized in the blessed borders of
Ethiopia probably the same Haley Selassie got baptized here.
Speaker 4 (36:38):
That is epic.
Speaker 2 (36:43):
Beauty.
Speaker 3 (36:43):
Shut out as I say, I never planned it. I
just asked if I couldn't. Then they brought me to
the priest and first he said no, and then they
came back and then he said yes. I'm like, huh okay.
Then he's like, he told me. You told the person
that he had to do it. So I just went
with it, not knowing, you know. So it's all the blessings.
Speaker 4 (37:06):
Yeah, the power of prayer.
Speaker 2 (37:09):
You asked for it and he would deliver it to you,
And that's a beautiful right there.
Speaker 4 (37:14):
See, that's what I love to see.
Speaker 2 (37:15):
I love to see the scriptures come to life in
people lives because when we live it, you see it,
and then when you see it, you have to believe it.
Speaker 3 (37:23):
You have to.
Speaker 4 (37:24):
If you don't, you just denying nature.
Speaker 3 (37:27):
You know.
Speaker 2 (37:28):
Yeah, you have another wonderful song that I just love
that I want to talk to you about. That's Mother
of Creation. Yeah, what is Tell me about that song
because I want to know where your mindset was.
Speaker 3 (37:40):
I know what mine was.
Speaker 4 (37:41):
Where was your when you wrote that?
Speaker 3 (37:44):
That song was produced by Silver Diamond Productions and at
first he sent the rhythm to me and I was like, okay.
It kind of took me a while to really come
up with something because I was like, the time wasn't right,
nothing wasn't wasn't flowing. And then it happened that my niece,
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she was actually eight nine months pregnant, and the nine
months so before she had a baby, which is last
year around June. Something was coming to me, you know,
the spirit is talking to me, and I was just
keep saying Mother of Creation, but not knowing where I'm
going with it yet, you know. And then I was
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actually there when she delivered the baby. I was there
when her baby's coming off Franks and come, come, let's go. Come.
When I started to train and bless it all kind
of something and that just just everything just manifests right away.
The song came everything. Nine months in a womb, I
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ain't a baby, live up in a night, got jamming.
We're ready, Yanda said. So it was like all over
again because my my son is eighteen now, so you know,
it was like eighteen years you know, right, So that
kind of inspired me to even you know, write and
put that song together. My niece, yeah, and my grandniece, Jianna.
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So that's how that song came about. And then I
went back to the scriptures, you know, blessed as the
Fruit of the womb. It all started from the garden
of Eden, so I connect everything together and just giving
that experience. So there's so much messages in that song.
You know, it's about you know, going through carrying a
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baby for nine months, all that pain and the deliverance
and the miracle of the most because only he has
that poet, no one else that can't do that with him,
so you know, after giving him the glory, and at
the same time, we're saying protect the children, protect the hubes.
And that's where you know, it comes again of me
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advocating for the you know what I mean, protect them
because they were born to be a king and queens
and stars and all these type of things. So yeah, man,
there's so much messages in that song.
Speaker 2 (40:11):
Yes, yes, me and my wife is listening to it
and the way that she likes to put it in
like there's so many Easter eggs in this song.
Speaker 4 (40:18):
You're finding so many different gems in it.
Speaker 2 (40:21):
It's like you listen, and she listened to it four
or five times after I listened to it, so she
was picked up.
Speaker 4 (40:26):
She's like, did you hear this party?
Speaker 2 (40:28):
I'm like, nah, see, that's why we're gonna play this
song for the audience right now because we need you
all to go find the Easter eggs.
Speaker 3 (40:34):
You know, yeah.
Speaker 4 (40:38):
Already.
Speaker 2 (40:39):
So this is Mother of Creation by Tasha t listening
to a ray here on reggae album. Y'all tune up,
turn up his zone, o yer.
Speaker 5 (40:51):
Teach them grew, damn them shut.
Speaker 7 (41:04):
Hey.
Speaker 5 (41:05):
Nine months in our womb.
Speaker 8 (41:08):
I ain't a billy leave up in a nice but
chop liquored.
Speaker 5 (41:14):
Blessed is the fruit the wom a reward from God,
just like the sun and the moon.
Speaker 8 (41:21):
He has done His family got in ub moah it
conceiving painted, suffering and not a Chinese fawn again doing nice.
The mitapos, the priest and kings and queensy said, because the.
Speaker 5 (41:41):
Job he has, the piles.
Speaker 10 (41:49):
Job, he shoots signs and walmers.
Speaker 9 (41:58):
Job.
Speaker 5 (42:00):
He has the pal.
Speaker 1 (42:04):
Oh Jo.
Speaker 8 (42:08):
Mother recreation, springboardedation from the east to the west, to
the no to the south. Keep them safe on every
road and turn on the word around hollow over town, hell,
the world? What is all about? Because it's the boers
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on the most night. Sapy, you turn away from the
youths with them black. I helped them to strive to
reach as high air as the sky. Name Mama fucle
prom my feet great to turn off his chainely job.
Speaker 5 (42:50):
He has the palm.
Speaker 10 (42:57):
Jo he shows signs and walls Joe, he has the
pal children.
Speaker 8 (43:13):
Jo pather of creation, springboard, donation.
Speaker 5 (43:19):
And not the child is pun ify you. I am
at deliver. Save them from there Wiki and their wife
verdita us.
Speaker 8 (43:28):
Protect the woman with all your san fight for namtil
the year keeping you saw we are.
Speaker 5 (43:34):
From pown child monster.
Speaker 8 (43:36):
Protect them with your hardcast them at the new floor.
Speaker 5 (43:40):
Waited two blessom my.
Speaker 8 (43:42):
Blues that yell over Poma her child is pawn again
doing nice to me the broms, the princes and kings
and queens Exa.
Speaker 5 (43:55):
Jo he has the power Sho he shot signs and walers.
Speaker 1 (44:10):
Ho Hi.
Speaker 5 (44:14):
He has the power.
Speaker 8 (44:20):
Jo Father recreation spring quarter denations. Teach them grow THEMN
nurtures them grow THEMN nurture, mother apreation, nurse.
Speaker 9 (44:39):
NEAs them grow THEMN nurture. Oh, teach them grow them.
Speaker 7 (44:55):
Nurture mother a creation Hey.
Speaker 5 (45:00):
A Creation Sunday job appreen letter Appree Sunday not up, Crea.
Speaker 11 (45:16):
Ter off crea Sunday, Mother of kre Mother apreation mother Aprea.
Speaker 12 (45:34):
Fu Cho Welcome he had the pad s funya joy
he so signs.
Speaker 3 (45:48):
Man.
Speaker 2 (45:54):
All right, everybody, welcome back to Reggae Howl, where we got.
Speaker 4 (45:57):
Tasha tea on you with mister listening to Mother of Creation.
Speaker 3 (46:05):
Platforms.
Speaker 2 (46:06):
Yes, yes, did y'all get your Easter baskets and poked
up the Easter eggs? Because I'm telling y'all if you didn't,
you're gonna have to rewind it or find her YouTube,
subscribe to her YouTube and play it over and over
till you find all those these things.
Speaker 4 (46:21):
Yes, Now, how old is your grade?
Speaker 3 (46:24):
Niece? Now? She's gonna be one one June the twenty nineteen.
Speaker 2 (46:31):
Oh beautiful, beautiful, see right now? So how do you
think she's gonna react when you tell her that this
story she inspired this song here?
Speaker 3 (46:40):
Oh, she's gonna be She's gonna feel so special and
she should and she will do it so special, like
even though like when she sees me, like she's just
hooked on to me because I haven't seen her for
a couple of months because I've been busy and so forth.
And when I saw her and she just looked at
me like it's like she connected right away, Like I
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remember you come was pushing out. I was right there
and just praying and you know, had my cross everything,
just praying and blessing her before she even come out,
you know.
Speaker 4 (47:13):
Right, Oh that's beautiful right there. Yes, so she should
feel special.
Speaker 2 (47:18):
And I want you to do me a favor, thank
her for the rest of us, but helping you bring
that gym, them gyms all of us here for sure.
Now you have achieved so much already. What's still on
your bucket list as an artist and as a philanthropist?
Speaker 3 (47:36):
What's all my list? What's all my list? Right now?
Is my album? My third album coming out soon. That's
what I'm currently working on right now.
Speaker 4 (47:50):
Okay, what's the name of this?
Speaker 3 (47:53):
I can't give you that.
Speaker 4 (47:54):
Yeah, I'm trying to get.
Speaker 3 (47:59):
Is gonna blow everyone away because it's something different, very dynamic,
different styles of Tasha tea topics, very serious topics, n rhythms,
and trust me, I'm yeah, you're gonna love this one.
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This one, You're gonna love this one. Is this one
is like I kind of even explain it, but it's
produced by myself, ras Fire Records and Ireland Yard Productions
Patchy Paul PATCHI right, so we're both producing and writing
for the album. I do have a few producers on
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it like Slide Down Bar, Sydney Mills, Sangy Kiad and
World Trema. So it's a fifteen track album. Plus you
might have bonuses and stuff. But yeah, the album will
be completed in July. I don't have a release date yet,
but once it's completed, then we're gonna to see where
we go from there.
Speaker 4 (49:02):
All Right, you better hit a reggae our first.
Speaker 3 (49:06):
Of course, definitely. Of course you get all the jingles
before too.
Speaker 2 (49:13):
Now I've heard you say you gona have some serious
topics in it, which is perfect because reggae has always
been the music for change and been used as a
tool for such. Now, how do you see his role
evolving today, especially among the younger artists.
Speaker 3 (49:29):
How do I see my role now? The role of.
Speaker 2 (49:32):
Reggae reggae music? How do you see that evolving with
the younger artists.
Speaker 3 (49:38):
Yes, it's it's evolving very strongly. I think it's just
we need more more of the music that the young
artists are coming up with. We just need to hear
more of them, you know, the ones that are are
you know, singing conscious reggae music, you know what I mean,
Because I mean my album is definitely going back to
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the serious topics of Bob Mally them dais understand. So
we got to take it back to that. And it's
just a matter of guidance for the youths. I mean,
they're doing what they're doing, and I just always encourage
them to keep it clean, keep it positive. We want
to create long lasting music that lives forever. Because as
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you can see, my Real Talk album has done ten
years ago and it's still fresh up to this day.
You know, you still have better fire Like people listening
to it think it's a new song and that was
done ten years ago and relevant. Exactly all the songs
on the album is still relevant. So we want to
keep it that way, and I encourage every common artists
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to keep it that way and to you know, find
real authentic beats, you know what I mean, Real authentic
beats where you're you're bringing a bass player, bringing a guitar,
you do live drums and cut down of the computer
made rhythms, you know. Yeah, and that's where I see
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where most of them we need to continue doing. And
and that's what tash. I keep it real, very real,
and stay in my land same way and continue to
do what Bob Marley, the greats and burning sphere culture
that is from. You know, I try to stay on
that angle.
Speaker 2 (51:26):
Yes you have, and you have been doing a great job.
And I don't even think you've been trying. I think
you've just been doing it.
Speaker 3 (51:33):
All right naturally.
Speaker 2 (51:37):
And you also have been putting on for the women
in reggae like you. You have been making a staple
letting it be known that this is not a one
one gender music genre.
Speaker 4 (51:48):
You know, is MODI is so open, it's wholesome.
Speaker 2 (51:53):
Like, what kind of art advice would you have for
the young female artists that are coming up in the game, Well.
Speaker 3 (52:00):
The same thing I would say, And you know, conduct
ourselves in a professional manner and to set that example
because we have, you know, most of the females, I mean,
we're mothers, sisters, aunties, whatever it is. Set that example
and be that role model for them, you know what
I'm saying. That's the why I look at it still
(52:21):
and you know, be strong and believe in yourself because
there's many times where the music is ups and down,
so you can easily be discouraged because of not feeling welcomed,
you know what I mean. Knowing it's a male dominant industry,
(52:42):
you know what I mean, So you got to stay
stronger and stand your crown and don't let anyone take
advantage and make sure you have a good team around
you that can you know, help you in certain ways.
The most important TOOA is to learn the business side
of it, because if we don't know the business side,
then that's where you become vulnerable of not knowing the
(53:06):
directions where you want to go. You got to know
what your purpose is. Like me, I know my purpose,
what my purpose is, and you got to know this
is where I want to go, you know what I mean.
It's not about the money, fame, or It's about the
message in the music, and that's what it is all about.
So I encourage everyone to just try to go on that,
(53:28):
you know, stay on that lane of being positive at
all times and think if you're thinking of writing or
creating music, think about the youths first, you know, because
they are the future.
Speaker 2 (53:39):
You know, that's that's true. That is beautiful right there.
And with that being said, there's a lot of artists
that are trying to find their way, and in the
midst of them trying to find their way, they're actually
getting lost in the sauce when somebody when the artists
realize that they are not going the path that they
want to be going, what advice can you give film
(53:59):
to be able to retract and get back on that path.
Speaker 3 (54:04):
I would say pray and talk to God first, because
he's always our guide. So when things are not going
the right way, you sit and talk to God and
pray and say, God, show me the way, and he
will show you the way. Believe you me. And He
always sends people you know to help you, to guide
(54:25):
you and to show you which path you need to go,
because you could be here, down and out and you're like,
oh God, I'm so confused, and all of a sudden,
the next day he meets someone that comes and gives
you ideas and exactly what you're looking for. That person
is there to motivate you, not knowing that God is
the one that's said in that person. So it's a
(54:45):
matter of having patience. Patience is a muss and be
humble in yourself, and you know, in no rational fuss,
because the music is a thing. We don't rush it,
we pierce it. Right, is not going nowhere? Just pace yourself.
I remember back in the days, I used to always
want to make sure I have stuff out. But then
(55:07):
you realize, like what am I? You know? What am
I writing down? The music is something where you paste
on your own. Not all the time you're gonna want
to release, release, you try to paste and market yourself
in a different way. Right, Yes, that's why I see
it this be humble.
Speaker 2 (55:22):
Have you ever worked on a song and by the
time you got to the end of it, you was like,
this is not going to see the light of day.
This is why this song here is not going to
see the light of day. I'm not releasing this one.
Speaker 3 (55:40):
Maybe if I recorded for another producer. If I record
for another producer, I'm like, oh boy, this and then
they would say, oh no, it's all right, and you're like, no, yeah,
I have those days. But then, because I also have
the ears for producers, so when they want to shun
(56:02):
you down because you're a woman, they think you don't know,
I let them know this is how I want it
to be. That's not gonna work. Let's do it this way,
or even let's try it this way, right, you know.
So there's times, yes, when that happens. But for me
recording and producing, no, I never really wrote a song
(56:25):
where I said no, because from I started and in
the middle of it, I should know the direction of
how I wanted it to song.
Speaker 2 (56:33):
Okay, And that's that's admirable right there, because like there's
a lot of music you could tell they just got
in the studio, drink whiskey and just recorded.
Speaker 3 (56:43):
Maybe maybe maybe the music part of it. I might
end up saying, now this part is not gonna work.
That's not gonna work. Let's just start again. But yeah,
I hear it is.
Speaker 2 (56:58):
I mean, we all we we want to put out
nothing but quality music. When you get that hair up
that that says I gotta release, I gotta release, I
gotta release, you end up putting out some music you're
not proud of. You know, you look back at it
a week later and you're like, I can see why
it's not performing the way that I want to perform. Yeah,
(57:18):
what kind of situation, Like, how would you rectify a
situation like that, do you pull the song down or
you do you just let it stay out there?
Speaker 4 (57:25):
Like, how does that work?
Speaker 3 (57:27):
If it's already out yeah, pull it down and start
all over. Pull it down and start all over. And
if it's already out there and you haven't done much
promotion and like, you still have a chance to just
pull it down, right, you know, you still have a
chance to pull it down. But if it's already out
(57:49):
there and the producer doesn't want to pull it down
or nothing, then I just find myself not promoting it.
It's like, I don't want the woman to get this.
Speaker 4 (58:01):
Won't be your first impression to me.
Speaker 3 (58:04):
I don't want them to hear it. No, no, no,
this is not gonna work, you know, So I just
kind of does whatever. Like I remember my producer, like
years ago, over a decade, he produced a song and
he wanted to read, lump it and put it back.
Cart I'm like, no, you're not putting that out because
that's how I used to sell years ago. That's not
(58:25):
how I sound. No, right, I sound younger there, my
voice has matured and you know, stronger. So I said, no,
you're not. And it's like why why I said no?
We are not don't even think about that that that
is then leave that there. I mean, it's fired.
Speaker 2 (58:43):
Exactly like we're probably dropped out on the Greatest Hits
album later on thirty years from now or something like that.
Speaker 3 (58:50):
Yeah, if you want to redo it and I revoiced it,
no problem. But you're not gonna put out that that
was out there like over ten years ago.
Speaker 4 (58:57):
No I feel that.
Speaker 3 (59:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (59:02):
Well, Tasha, it was wonderful having you on Reggae Our.
I enjoyed this conversation. We had some great time, great talk,
great topics. I love the fact that you are an
educator and that you utilize your music to educate. I
love the fact that you put children first and that
you actually are walking the walk by starting foundations and
(59:24):
pushing that foundation forward. This is why the Most High
has been blessing you, showing you favor upon favor, and
Reggae iur is just happy to be able to witness
it and have you on.
Speaker 5 (59:36):
So thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (59:38):
And yes that my foundation is Tasha T Learning Foundation,
So you can check out the website Tasha T Learning
Foundation dot com. And I do also do online and
in person tutoring, so and yeah, and I'm looking forward
to have I'm going on my European for Yes, when
(59:59):
is that start? Start next month? So my first show
is City Splash May the twenty six, okay in Brixton, London,
and then I have a show on the first with
Glenn Washington June the first, So I'll pretty much be
out there for a while just doing what I need
(01:00:21):
to do, promo and just do all kind of stuff. Yeah,
so my European tours, anyone that wants any bookings you
can definitely, you know, contact Ras five Records at gmail
dot com or Seema what's his email?
Speaker 2 (01:00:36):
Just well, if we don't get out here, look at
the description, we're gonna put all that information in the description.
So go down there and get all the information you
can and hit them up, get them in you get
them in your city, because like she says, she's gonna
help your kids out, and we have to help these
kids out.
Speaker 4 (01:00:56):
So yeah, you do that, you'll be helping your own kids. Definitely, st.
Speaker 3 (01:01:01):
And thank you so much. And you can check out
all my social media. So my YouTube is Tasha to
Music Official, my Instagram is Cash Tea Music, Facebook, Tasha
Tea music Official, and TikTok Tasha Ti music. But once
you google Tasha Tea you'll find everything on my website too,
Tasha temusic dot com.
Speaker 4 (01:01:23):
Yes already, and like I said, go in the description.
They know how to find you.
Speaker 3 (01:01:30):
I'm spotifyed too. Yeah, so I have some new singles
coming out before you go. Actually, and you're gonna be
one of the first to get it. I'm going to
release it in tune. It's actually a song called My
Beautiful Lady. It's an artist from Senegal, so Attika the
Malegan and I produce that song and trust me, it's
(01:01:51):
a beautiful song. You're gonna love it. So you said tune,
I'm looking towards June the sixth, so look up for that.
And yeah, some more singles come in and there's one
out now with Elijah Prophet. I need a roof, so
me and Elijah Prophet, I need a roof, the Redemption
of the Mighty Diamonds. I need over man hunting hunting
(01:02:20):
me up, He'll find something. Look at the cookie coming
be eat grumbling.
Speaker 4 (01:02:26):
Hi, Yes, sir, we yeah, we definitely gotta get down.
But I said I ain't gonna get it live.
Speaker 2 (01:02:34):
This is beautiful did you see so more gems are
going to be coming your way. Reggae is not gonna stop.
It is here for eternity, so you might as well
jump on the bandwagon.
Speaker 4 (01:02:44):
Tune in, turn up its own. Now we got toshed
with Tea reggae ol. You need to go ahead and
follow her.
Speaker 2 (01:02:51):
Go in the description, hit any of those links, all
of those links, and hit that follow like a subscribed baby.
Speaker 4 (01:02:57):
That's what I'm talking about.
Speaker 3 (01:02:58):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (01:03:00):
Is there anybody you want to give a shout out
to before we leave?
Speaker 3 (01:03:03):
Yes, I want to give a shout to the world. Yes,
to the world, definitely, and everyone that's tuning in and
listening right now to the Reggae Hour. Thank you so
much for having me. And big up to your wife
you know enough love tell her I said, thank you
so much for the support and loving mother of creation. Yes,
(01:03:26):
and to everyone that's listening. And you know, I want
to big up to my team, the rast Fi Records team,
the Island Yard Productions team, Patchie the World Cruel, Vernie
Pauline or Lady p Super, Dave uh Sonia There's so
(01:03:49):
much and Joe Pando, Steve Boling, I mean you name it.
Everyone you know, has been a great support of tsher
to you and helping me out in so much ways.
Speaker 2 (01:03:59):
You know.
Speaker 3 (01:04:00):
I mean so thank you so much to everyone and
to all my fans and friends and family out there
that has been supporting me for over the years. And yeah,
and just speak up to all my fans, you know.
And I'm hoping to come over there soon.
Speaker 4 (01:04:16):
We be trying to get you down here.
Speaker 2 (01:04:18):
Texas a sap Yes, looking that goes, that goes all together,
Patasha Tea and that Texas Tea.
Speaker 3 (01:04:29):
I can't wait. So you know, there's definitely much love
and respect. And you know, as we said, we close
out with the prayer our father wor in heaven, I'll
be that name that kingdom. Come. There'll be done on
earth as it is in heaven. Give us this their
daily better, and forgive us our trustpasses as we forgive
those trust pass against us. Lead us in that a temptation,
(01:04:49):
but deliver us and rescue us from all evil. For
that is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever
and ever and ever. Well. Redolt in a man Celassie
lost the fire, every king of King's lord of lords,
conquering line of the child of Juda. Yes, to continue
to praise God, to have fathing him, trusting him. Continue
(01:05:10):
to love your brothers and sisters. Continue to protect the youth,
to them, look out for them and be their guide
and be that examples to all the artists out there,
the upcoming artists, just put God first and everything you do.
To all the women out there, just continued to be
strong and to believe in yourself and trusting yourself, and
know what your purpose here is unliked because we're all
(01:05:32):
here for a purpose. So does continue to bless up
yourself and much love and respect. Just continue to spread
the world, spread the love all over the world.
Speaker 4 (01:05:43):
Yes, beautiful, great way it. Thank you this that's a
sound bite right now.
Speaker 3 (01:05:50):
And then when you're ready, I can do some jingles
because I have my own mini studio. I'll be traveling
with it, so anything that comes up, let me know
I can just knock it off. You're send it off
right away. So I went. I went on Enginet too.
Speaker 4 (01:06:06):
I will highly appreciate that. Thank you for the blessings. Yes, everybody,
Tasha T Man.
Speaker 2 (01:06:14):
Right now we're about to play Tasha T's put it On,
and why you're listening to put it on.
Speaker 4 (01:06:18):
Go ahead and go down below.
Speaker 2 (01:06:20):
Hit your link on your social media platform or you
streaming service platform like follow, subscribe right now, Tasha tea everybody,
and this is reggae howl you feel me nothing?
Speaker 3 (01:06:32):
No reggae oh to the world.
Speaker 8 (01:06:37):
Cause none, I damn can't get too weird, cause in
I fire that muspread damn met them.
Speaker 5 (01:06:43):
No, if you'll bite the hands that feed.
Speaker 3 (01:06:46):
You reggae, Oh I met them. No, you're just like
I can that messette set up and we out.
Speaker 5 (01:07:00):
Out respite. But that sounds.
Speaker 9 (01:07:10):
Wow wow.
Speaker 3 (01:07:13):
Ya got ya got y y'all?
Speaker 5 (01:07:16):
Pw wow, I got.
Speaker 4 (01:07:19):
Got got y y'all? You wow wow.
Speaker 2 (01:07:25):
I got y y'all.
Speaker 5 (01:07:27):
That's the tea.
Speaker 7 (01:07:31):
Field fill dusty Phil dst.
Speaker 5 (01:07:48):
Lord, thank you, Lord, thank you? Feel do your feel
all right?
Speaker 7 (01:07:59):
Phil?
Speaker 3 (01:08:00):
All?
Speaker 10 (01:08:01):
Now do you feel.
Speaker 5 (01:08:03):
Ract feel a Lord Kenny of me? Can you hear me?
Lone the time?
Speaker 12 (01:08:17):
Boda put it on it R but it don puts
it on because funda put it on?
Speaker 3 (01:08:24):
Put it on?
Speaker 5 (01:08:25):
Put it don't puts it on? Fid I put it on?
Is it t put it?
Speaker 7 (01:08:31):
Can?
Speaker 9 (01:08:31):
Puts it on?
Speaker 5 (01:08:33):
Lord Kenny of His, can you hear me mad? Sound boasted?
Speaker 3 (01:08:42):
No?
Speaker 5 (01:08:46):
Dost don't need super no now, don'tsted I feel like today?
Speaker 9 (01:09:01):
Thank you.
Speaker 8 (01:09:01):
N the don wan to put it on, put it on,
put it, don't puts it on the sound, puts it
on it, don't put it.
Speaker 5 (01:09:11):
Don puts it on the sound, down and puts it on.
Put it don't put it down, puts it on. Lord.
Thank you, Oh thank you, every so nice, be so good.
Speaker 8 (01:09:29):
To slack that through have fee days I've paint tat
what's a piece of pain? And every days deaf free knights.
Speaker 5 (01:09:40):
I break the most side.
Speaker 7 (01:09:43):
Down my pain.
Speaker 5 (01:09:44):
Don't my brain again? I put it on, put it,
don't put it Rum puts.
Speaker 9 (01:09:51):
It on the sound.
Speaker 5 (01:09:53):
Don I brought it on it, Doll puts it down,
puts it on the sound. Don I put it down,
puts it on, puts it tom, puts it on. Lord,
Thank you, thank you Lord.
Speaker 3 (01:10:12):
Wow wow.
Speaker 5 (01:10:15):
Ah YadA yaha yah yeah yea yeah gay yea wow
wow a YadA yahay y'all the sign to don't put it,
(01:10:36):
dom puts it on, because it puts it down, puts
it on. Then bot it it, puts it on, puts
it on. Thank you, Oh, thank you Lord, you know that.
Speaker 3 (01:10:57):
Thank you.
Speaker 5 (01:10:59):
John you know, thank you, Ken.
Speaker 9 (01:11:07):
You ermy
Speaker 5 (01:11:10):
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