“By the time Africa is developed, it will be the wonderland of the world, ’cause it will be able to make use of all the mistakes of other nations,” he added.
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“Jamaica full of ghetto, but boy, I tell you: me never see it like that,” he said.
He recalled his excitement at visiting the Rastafarian holy land of Ethiopia for the first time in 2006: “Just the fact that I was in the place that we had been hearing about and reading about and dreaming about and praying about.” But he was also struck by the widespread poverty. Marley, the youngest son of Bob Marley, said in an interview after leaving the Fillmore stage. “Realistically, Africa is the wealthiest place in the world, but the people don’t benefit from their wealth,” Mr. Such unexpected cultural mash-ups are at the heart of “Distant Relatives,” an album out this week on Universal Republic Records that explores the shared African ancestry connecting these two artists who hail from different countries and musical genres, and the entire human race.
Marley replied, “Nzuri sana,” as if they were chatting on the streets of Nairobi. “My man’ll speak patois,” Nas said, “and I can speak rap star.” He concluded his rapid-fire verse with a Swahili greeting: “Habari gani.” To which Mr. As the crowd roared its approval, the duo stomped its way through “As We Enter,” trading intricate bars over a quirky breakbeat by the Ethiopian jazz master Mulatu Astatke. Then it was time for the Distant Relatives to join forces. Marley performed “I Come Prepared,” a rugged duet from K’Naan’s latest album, “Troubadour.”
Soon K’Naan brought out Nas, who delivered his 1992 “New York State of Mind” to a thunderous ovation. This Jamaican dancehall star, also known as Jr Gong, and the New York rapper Nasir Jones, also known as Nas, planned to surprise the audience gathered for a show by the hip-hop artist K’Naan with a song from their new album, “Distant Relatives.”Įntering by the side door, they stood in a crowded dressing room and watched the Somalian-born K’Naan. STEPPING out of a shiny black SUV in a baggy denim suit, his dreadlocks so long they nearly brushed his boots, Damian Marley came to the Fillmore at Irving Plaza in March on a stealth mission.
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