PREZIDENT BROWN + RIVER JORDAN

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PREZIDENT BROWN + RIVER JORDAN

Time: February 23, 2012 from 9:30pm to 11:30pm
Location: Ashkenaz, Berkeley
Street: 1317 San Pablo Ave
City/State: Berkeley
Info/Tickets/Map: http://www.ashkenaz.com
Phone: 510-525-5054
Event Type: berkeley, ca
Organized By: renee sulli
Latest Activity: Feb 15, 2012

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$12 advance / $15 day of show / $12 students 

Prezident Brown is the reigning Jamaican reggae M.C., a champion of the new roots and reality consciousness, with a message that is pure Rasta conscious vibes. He is an artist driven by a sense of mission and purpose that, he likes to say, "edutains" (heightens the consciousness of a people) as much as entertains. According to JamBase, "A distinct and powerful stage presence, a Prezident Brown show is a transcendent spiritual movement that leaves audiences satiated, sweaty and smiling."

The event will be the official launch party for Prezident Brown's new EP, "Do Thy Work." Free copies of the EP will be available while supplies last!

 

Born Fitz Albert Cotterell, Prezident Brown grew up in the green hills of Clarendon, Jamaica. As "Junior Ranking," a name his mother gave him, he would grab the microphone and chant away at schoolyards and country dances. As a teenager, he was known as Slim Brown because of his resemblance and similar DJ style to his mentor, U Brown. Discovered by reggae producer Jack Ruby, who renamed him Prezident Brown, he became one of the hottest sound system stars, recording for a number of record companies, and in the '90s his songs began to supplant the guns and self-hype lyrics then popular in the dance halls. Collaborations included appearing on Steel Pulse's "Black and Proud."


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