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Sizzla Kalonji (real name Miguel Orlando Collins) is a Jamaican reggae musician. He was born on 17 April 1976, in St Mary, Jamaica, of devout Rastafari parents and raised in August Town. He is unusually prolific, even by Jamaican standards. Sizzla has worked with such artists as Mobb Deep.

Sizzla, along with reggae recording artists such as Capleton, Buju Banton, and Anthony B … , are credited with leading a movement toward a re-embracement of Rastafarian values in contemporary reggae music by recording material which is concerned primarily with spirituality, social consciousness, explores common themes, such as Babylon’s corrupting influence, the disenfranchisement of ghetto youth, oppression of the black nation and Sizzla’s abiding faith in Jah and resistance against perceived agents of oppression. Sizzla has over 40 full completed albums sold in record stores to date, the most popular which have been “Black Woman & Child” and “Da Real Thing” on the Digital B label, “Praise Ye Jah” on Xterminator, and “Rise to the Occasion” on Greensleeves.

Recently, however, he has come under fire for the homophobic content of many of his lyrics, and the advocacy of violence against gays.
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  • In_bloom_

    Happy Bday Kalonji!

    17 Apr 11:14am Reply

  • hamzacema

    oooo gran artista relax total

    26 Mar 1:52am Reply

  • Chimino

    Let the righteous (wo)man being exceedingly glad/Rasta bless the youth dem with likkle that them have

    28 Dec 2012 Reply

  • aFonderReel

    Any Germany dates planned?

    7 Dec 2012 Reply

  • VOODsauro

    solid as a rock

    14 Sep 2012 Reply

  • Oaki75

    well I Love reggae,and Sizzla for me is a kind of priest, his lyric give me stretch and hope....today days is no only black people the ones that are oppresed...we all fell discriminate or oppress for different reasons... I am a RastaWoman and I have a son and if he a any moment of his life decided that his gay...I WOUND'T APPOLOGISE I WOULD SUPPORT HIM AND LOVE HIM DA SAME WAY O MORE.....

    5 May 2012 Reply

  • aginggirl

    Awesome to have the collection!

    3 May 2012 Reply

  • GrimAxeman

    Oh, oppression of "the black nation" is a problem, but oppression of gay people is something to be praised. Makes lot of sense. Well, fuck you. Racists and homophobes are all the same shit.

    17 Apr 2012 Reply

  • mariangchavez22

    LA MUSICA REGGAE ES LA MEJOR PARA ENCONTRAR LA ESPIRITUALIDAD CELESTIAL VIVA EL REGGAE

    13 Apr 2012 Reply

  • BeatHealer

    You think this is funny, FuckingKP? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Jamaica

    2 Apr 2012 Reply

  • Isco91

    It'll take more than one artist to 'fight homophobia' lol. People starting revolutions last fm...really?

    25 Mar 2012 Reply

  • aec_alan

    RASTAMAN DONT APOLOGIZE TO NO BATTY BWOY (4) SMOKE THA HERB AND STOP HATIN

    23 Mar 2012 Reply

  • subversiv__

    homophobic crap!!!

    23 Mar 2012 Reply

  • Zond3r

    RASTAMAN DONT APOLOGIZE TO NO BATTY BWOY [3]

    22 Mar 2012 Reply

  • jorgepolog

    Gilipollas

    21 Mar 2012 Reply

  • teenrobo3

    Disgusting human being

    10 Mar 2012 Reply

  • pcguims

    People Like it http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sizzla/223300744401203

    28 Jan 2012 Reply

  • Iriessa

    Wicked on stage !!

    23 Jan 2012 Reply

  • terential

    The man needs to buck up... His views are disgusting, and reflect idiocy, when, really, musical success should reflect an artist's genius. The people who listen to this and praise him in the comments, are supporting homophobia, and, to be honest, are as bad as the fans of white power/RAC music; try to settle his rancid views with the majority of Reggae music's ideals...

    2 Jan 2012 Reply

  • PhilOrigin

    bad mind people can't stop we at all! go sizzla

    23 Dec 2011 Reply
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