Spragga Benz Talks Early Years, Starring In Shottas, Dancehall, Rastafari, Family And More..

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2 ай бұрын

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Spragga Benz is a legendary Jamaica dancehall deejay and actor.
01:18 Introduction
02:31 Early Beginning
06:22 Conversion to Rastafari tunes
08:37 Upbringing in Jamaica
10:54 Experience in the movie Shottas
13:05 The message of Shottas
14:57 Spragga Benz's message to families
18:10 The Role of Music in the community
20:12 Spragga Benz's connection with the youth
21:16 Spragga Benz's thoughts on business/finance
22:41 Did Rastafari impact Spragga Benz's economics
23:26 Spragga Benz's thoughts on Haile Selassie
25:15 Spragga Benz's biggest hit
26:00 Spragga Benz's inspiration for his music
31:26 Spragga Benz's thoughts on international black repatriation
32:58 Spragga Benz's thoughts on black people in the west
36:00 Spragga Benz's social media presence
38:25 The issue Spragga Benz wants you to know about
42:54 Spragga Benz's thoughts on his music
44:30 Spragga Benz on Rastafari's future
48:53 Spragga Benz's experience as a movie producer
52:43 Spragga Benz's future in the movie business
56:12 Spragga Benz on afrobeats
59:32 Spragga Benz on spreading the Rastafari movement throughout the U.S.A
1:04:50 Final thoughts
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@Ms_T_Perfectly_Imperfect 2 ай бұрын

I think this is my first time seeing Spragga sit and do an interview. Thanks for having him on.

@reesecup9122 2 ай бұрын

He still so handsome ❤❤❤❤

@Blessings-zq2ck 2 ай бұрын

Could tell he was a Gyalist!❤

@augustdelacreme 2 ай бұрын

Wayne😂😂😂

@champion8473 2 ай бұрын

Wait, my yute introduce himself so much and spragga is the star

@IslandmonGanjamon 2 ай бұрын

😂

@baby_blindz 2 ай бұрын

was saying the same thiiiing😂😂

@thelionsvoicenetwork 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@thelionsvoicenetwork 2 ай бұрын

Every child of the Almighty is a star!!! That is just InI branding as InI wear many hats.

@champion8473 2 ай бұрын

@@thelionsvoicenetwork I'm not saying him or you not a star, it's just a time and a place for everything. And when big time spragga is there is not the time to big up yourself for 2 minutes and big up spragga for 15 seconds. Tings no work so

@winningvictory 2 ай бұрын

Major Reggae Music respect to $pragga Benz from 19howlong! Jah bless him!

@skilliyeng 2 ай бұрын

Spragga benz grew up in my hometown. Good memories of him, he is a very kind man

@TyroneGladden 2 ай бұрын

Nuff Badman / Slacker from the early 90 turn dem life around to Rastafari!! Buju, Capelton, Spragga etc….

@mrwhite77781 2 ай бұрын

A 1 lover

@thetruthhurtsmyselfincluded832 2 ай бұрын

Ras Tafari is the future and hope of pan africanism and thus Africans at home and in the diaspora

@ceofounder 2 ай бұрын

Yes Spragga Benz! Big up your chest from 19howlong till this day in 2024!

@bennerwalter9355 2 ай бұрын

Salute to you spragga 💪

@ErectkyleDysfunction 2 ай бұрын

Used to go a Jamaica College wid him son way way back in 2003. He died 2 years after I migrated. Rest In Peace King. 🙏

@dragonsbane2 2 ай бұрын

Respect mi G always… mi grow up pan yuh music… wi nuh luv man still but we di youths have nuff respect fi de I…. Walk good always 👊🏿👊🏿

@sherodparkinson4003 2 ай бұрын

Respect one of the legends of the game.

@seshatsia 2 ай бұрын

The host made more of an introduction of himself than the actual guest. Ego

@aliaswizard6963 2 ай бұрын

I'm going to enjoy this interview. I never knew his story. It's going to be interesting to learn.

@shiterrace1 2 ай бұрын

I have admired this man for YEARS! Big up Spragga 👌🏾💪🏾🙏

@thetruthhurtsmyselfincluded832 2 ай бұрын

I never knew tv real big up str888. Spagga B never change, Ras Tafari love di I, you are a part of mama earths roots.

@JasonPow-rm7xv 2 ай бұрын

BOSSSSS BENZ!!!!!!!!!

@Big6InTheDrop 4 күн бұрын

Love Spragga!

@Blessings-zq2ck 2 ай бұрын

I love this, bless up spragga. I remember watching his live performance in Ocho Rios.

@yardmantv2507 2 ай бұрын

Spragga just get more respect from me now. Because I always wonder why rasta wants to go back to Africa.🤔 Jamaica is my Africa.

@firegodz9127 2 ай бұрын

Wikit interview. Once a mon and twice a yute. When I was a child mi did childish tings now a man do manly tings. Big up yu self SPRAGGA!

@camper4591 2 ай бұрын

great interview! woudlve lover if you asked him bout the song "peace". Thats where i started payin attention to his song writing

@debfrancis4886 18 күн бұрын

Love always king!!

@Lugtool27 2 ай бұрын

My general this raspect king 👑

@ttautogarages 2 ай бұрын

Legend. 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 big up spragga

@RazorBlade-nd6oh 2 ай бұрын

Spraga u make my day fada

@michaelstewart9863 2 ай бұрын

The man look like the King

@michaelstewart9863 2 ай бұрын

King speech that why I love the him

@JasonPow-rm7xv 2 ай бұрын

Youre son Wayne speaks so highly of you spragga!!! AMAZING LIFE AND CAREER!! INSPIRATION FOR GENERATIONS TO FORWARD!!!!

@michellemcghie94 2 ай бұрын

Spragga speaks very well and is very knowledgeable .He is also a great teacher!

@meditation_channel476 2 ай бұрын

Big up Spragga one love mi bredda !!

@williamtyler727 2 ай бұрын

SPRAGGA do ur ting brudda. Many BLESSINGS to u, BLESS🙏🏾 SHOTTAS!!!!!!!!

@michellestewart1553 2 ай бұрын

Respect ❤💯🇺🇸NYC LOVE SPRAGGA RASTA woman Send Lo❤ve and Respect

@vjvj85 2 ай бұрын

Those intros, especially the interviewer, were the most typical Caribbean Rasta man intros you're gonna get pon dis internet LOL.

@ike6209 2 ай бұрын

Didn't know was Terror Fabulous give him his dj name

@africarib 2 ай бұрын

Love the evolutions of his name and Terror giving him the crown

@gillprescod4141 2 ай бұрын

Good interview

@marvellharris6201 2 ай бұрын

How i love him à girl hype off à man them n'a ready yet loll me love that song back in the days

@Blessings-zq2ck 2 ай бұрын

Yassss!!!!! Big chune. Tell a gal fi hop off a yuh because yuh celibate 😂😂

@damiongetfield2720 2 ай бұрын

Eloquently said my g

@k.m.8516 2 ай бұрын

Respect

@ljproductions5149 2 ай бұрын

Great artist

@blackavich 2 ай бұрын

Spragga lost apart of him when his son got killed, even me feel it for him Jah know. Stay strong Spragga

@rastainamerica 2 ай бұрын

💯🙏🏼🦁

@BenificiallMusic 2 ай бұрын

Salute Spragga Benz 🫡🌌🎶

@oneilmaxwell8579 2 ай бұрын

Real G in the music Business Redd square From La Benz sound days Bless up Ricky Villa in zion

@SarahAssita 2 ай бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥☝🏾

@yungestJ 2 ай бұрын

Spragga Benz

@nicki7926 2 ай бұрын

After this conversation, I played Reggae Gold 98'!!! Not the CD though lol

@nuffrespect1248 2 ай бұрын

WAT A INTRO😂

@Youlandap2 2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤

@yanky_blsorgnl9038 2 ай бұрын

# Unfortunately a lot of untold inhumane activities , That apparently his PRESENCE stand out & speaks volumes ... !

@trackuniverse9121 2 ай бұрын

Spragga Benz. The one man who officially buried Kartel lirically!!

@romario4891 2 ай бұрын

Mi teacha

@baby_blindz 2 ай бұрын

dancehall undisputed einstine🫡💪🏾

@kinglion217 2 ай бұрын

Time fe the I drop some of the I . In these times the I sound off key

@peterpann709 2 ай бұрын

Spragga benz pon di endz.

@Lugtool27 2 ай бұрын

Spragga Benz looks like Selassie

@IslandmonGanjamon 2 ай бұрын

True dat.real thing yo.he kinda look like nipsey hussle lil bit too

@Blessings-zq2ck 2 ай бұрын

A true!

@joy2theworld488 2 ай бұрын

I was just thinking🤔 Which one does he look more like? and it's a mixture He's long & linky like Nipsey but his whole face is Selassie ❤ 9:39

@IslandmonGanjamon 2 ай бұрын

@@joy2theworld488 u right yo..both a dem lenky🤣

@IslandmonGanjamon 2 ай бұрын

@joy2theworld488 but ppl say nipsey look like selassie too.n remember nipsey heritage is eritrea n africa

@innocentc.3521 2 ай бұрын

Man too deep!!

@user-kg6fh8ku6j 2 ай бұрын

Wayen Wayen take di wi and left di wi take weed and left di money 😂😂😂🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏

@gregorychanyukachimonyo5973 2 ай бұрын

Bob Peter n Bunny had the teachings from His Majesty thru one Mortimo Planno

@bobizes2892 2 ай бұрын

*Rastafari Kedusan Girmawi Kedamaw'e Haile Selassie I JAH Almìghty Negusa Negas Ababa Jon Hoy...Moa Anbessa Makkedesh Ze Imnegede Yehuda...Dejazmach... Yemikelakel...Abba K3ddus Tekur Amlak...Sing onto GodSing praises to his name: Extol H.I.M...that rideth upon the heavens by his nameJAH & Rejouce before H.I.M...For the Lord Most High is terrible...He is a great King over all the earth...Save Lord let the King hear us when we call...Selah...Spragga Benz Universal connectionz truthz & rightz Addis Ababa Architect...Alpha & Omega mould internal/ external shaping fwd New Flower...AM-Meyn & Ameyn...*

@MurdaPosseFilmz 2 ай бұрын

Wassup wit shottas 2

@michaelstewart9863 2 ай бұрын

Yow

@traceychristie7065 2 ай бұрын

REMEMBER SINGING A SPRAGGA SONG ON A LONG TRIP ONCE HEADPHONES IN EAR DRUM YOU THINKYOU SINGS SOFT . MEMEORIES DO LIVE LIKE PEOPLE DO . THEY ALSO REMND YOU. GOOD TIMES

@lovezone128 2 ай бұрын

We know you as Spragga Roots before you name Spragga Benz

@missa3130 2 ай бұрын

This interviewer is not actively listening. But good interview.

@thelionsvoicenetwork 2 ай бұрын

Explain?

@ianhedge604 5 күн бұрын

Peter Tosh sing about the day the dollar die

@nachybless9126 2 ай бұрын

ME NO LIKE HOW DE HOST WAAN EVERY BODY KNOW HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACCOLADES IN THE INTRO AND THEN HIM A GIVE DE BIG ARTIST SPRAGGA BENZ AH LIKKLE LAME INTRO AND THEN MEK DE ARTIST INTRODUCE HIMSELF . "EDIOT TING DAT " DE HOST SUPPOSE TO TELL DE PEOPLE AND REMIND DEM BOUT THE GREAT ARTIST ..VERY UNPROFESSIONAL HIM SHOULD A GIVE SPRAGGA MORE RESPECT DAN DAT !!!! BOUT

@thelionsvoicenetwork 2 ай бұрын

I am the host. Give thanks for the I feed forward. That intro is just the intro for InI show. I love Spragga same way so I overstand.

@Cay50_ 2 ай бұрын

(Cay50) is the new name bloods....do your research

@dellafrass 2 ай бұрын

💯🫡

@michaelstewart9863 2 ай бұрын

Lugtool u make me laugh

@why78yu 2 ай бұрын

U need fi teach dem dat it's spelt FAAda not FADda pls!

@Eman14128 2 ай бұрын

yeh and yar not keep yah end of da bargain , YOH, MAX, DONE HIM

@stevenbarnes5148 2 ай бұрын

Spraga benz, you sound nervous son

@ashleyogarro2686 2 ай бұрын

Spragga a say you can sing bout love ,but you needs the Balance..So Spragga,awah de I a tell de yourh dem weh a listen,??So you are saying de gun songs and de dung ina throat is the Balance???Spragga as a Rasta man i expect de I fe talk de truth...the devilishness in the music has destroyed a generation..and all de crime on your Island and the violence is created by political divisions and the badman/gun Culture that majority of the Dunce hall Artist dem promotes...Bra i live in forieng and see how powerful de negative influence weh ur compadre dem is singing about is very powerful,and will have a negative impact for sure like we are all witnessing.

@lukealminj9100 2 ай бұрын

Spragga no dis respect but shattos was the rebirth of estartstion to the new generation with the blood speeding it was the start of destruction of your young youths so that was very destructive on a Kong term basic so that's how I acces u contribution to the youths and hi and the hi on the same age group

@tekomusiqwalker3027 Ай бұрын

Rsq for life love me dj

@mapopperoozio 2 ай бұрын

Rasta man believes in aliens, but doesn't believe the earth is round 🤦🏾‍♂️😂😂

@africarib 2 ай бұрын

so disappointing

@1yardproductions 2 ай бұрын

From 90s to now....rude bwoy living ah nuh fun ting

@jevoynicholson6150 2 ай бұрын

Deevn ago lie the interview boring yf . Jah Jah . Host a the problem still not the artist. First thing the host give big long introduction of himself like a him a get interviewed, wtf 🙄

@Streetpirate087 2 ай бұрын

Hi, Selassie is a greater man than Nelson Mandela

@gregorychanyukachimonyo5973 2 ай бұрын

Little knowledge about Rasta

@gunnersboss7502 Ай бұрын

Just a reminder. All the Stars/Hall Of Fame players Lebron plays with are better than Pippen.

@booblam6919 2 ай бұрын

Big up spragga Benz....boom 7.

@clickclickzoomentertainmen5987 2 ай бұрын

Real talk King one 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@UhMuthaFkinVirgo 2 ай бұрын

As soon as he said, repatriation …. I knew the EL was going to check that! Righteous and (Conscious) !!! 😉 I follow!

@UhMuthaFkinVirgo 2 ай бұрын

He is very much so a man of few words, & seems a bit shy, which is so sexy….but OmG, around 24:45…🥰I swear to GAWD, when he smiled… I heard absolutely NOTHING that came out of his mouth. 😂 I love when he smiles.🤭