You Can Be A Rasta Without Dreadlocks – Ras Kimono

International reggae icon and ‘under pressure’ crooner, Ras Kimono has disclosed that you can be a Rastafarian without wearing dreadlocks, but Rastas who carry dreadlocks must deal with the Bible, the book of life.
Ras Kimono who declared this during a recent interview said rastas deal with down to earth stuff. According to him, drinking and smoking do not give you inspiration that is why most reggae artistes do not smoke or drink, while the hiphop artistes drink  to stupor and they are still liked by the society.
He noted that only reggae artistes and afro-beat singers preach about the ills of society. He contended that reggae will come back again the way it ws in the past. He stressed that when they started reggae in the 1980s there was nothing about collabo as most musicians do today, rather reggae was all about stage performance.
The reggae idol and Rastafarian lord disclosed that most rastas do not carry dreadlocks and you could be a reggae musicians, but not a Rastafarian. He described himself as a reggae musician and a ratafarian, he noted that smoking or drinking is not the way out, as a reggae artiste, you must be conscious and read a lot of books particularly African history.
Ras Kimono who emphasized the fact that you can be a Rastaman without dreadlocks contended that rastas who wear dreadlocks  must see His Royal Majesty, Empoeror Haile Selassi of Ethiopia as one of them, and must see him as the black president, the black man’s messiah, the only king in Africa who fought the Italians, the invaders who came to invade Ethiopia, he also fought queen Victoria Ahmed and that is why Ethiopia was not colonized and the only black King that gave land to all black men that were willing to come back to Africa.