the single “Jah Kingdom” paid tribute to the late vocalist of Midnite and Akae Beka.
the national singer Mistah dijah He released his last single called a couple of weeks “Jah Kingdom”, A tribute to Vaughn Benjamin, The band vocalist Midnite and after Akae Beka, deceased the 4 November 2019 to the 50 year old.
The song, Interpreted in collaboration with the Ethiopian artist NoheRoots, It has a sound very close to Benjamin's classic roots and that has a good explanation, Well, music was played by Ras, Midnite keyboardist and then akae beka bassist.
In conversation with Reggae Chalice, Mistah Dijah explained that while he was a long time around him to honor the singer from the island of Antigu, This song arose casually without being contemplated.
“Simply one day, Like many others, I sat down to compose music and the cadence of this roots was born. At that moment I realized that ‘I had come down’ A song which would be dedicated to Vaughn, something that from the moment of its importance in 2019 I wanted to do as a form of thanks to the legacy and everything that left us through Midnite and Akae Beka”, story.
“Vaughn Benjamin in a way changed my life since I heard his music for the first time. Then I had the opportunity to accommodate him with his entire band in our house for him Ralak chile 2017 Y I could know in person his magnetic energy and deep meditations for hours and hours a long night that we could share more intimately, moments that became eternal in my memory”, The singer added.
Dijah emphasized that “This is much more than being a fan of a band or a particular musician, I think that everyone who has known their work can connect with something that is much deeper than that and that obviously was born from the wonderful music he made”.
The coming projects
On the other hand, The singer explained that he has other projects for this year.
“What I am working now is an EP of 5 songs called ‘Time’, which should see the light before the end of the year because it will be coming out for singles, of which two have already premiered: ‘Suave’ last year and in April of the present ‘solid '”, he raised.
He also invited a ‘cypher’ on his Instagram account, which is an advance of the next and third single of that EP, called “Flexin”.
