Cham - I Don't Care [Official Video 2017]

Brand New Worldwide Premier of “I Don’t Care” Video by Reggae Superstar Baby

Cham - debuted on Reggaeville Thursday, September 28, 2017

Song & Backstory Sends the Message to Youth to Always Persevere, Be Strong and Stay

Focused in the Face of Criticism



The Brand New Cham “I Don’t Care” music video project was made possible when producer

Tullah Carter ran into a longtime acquaintance, Keith “K Dub” William, a legendary artist,

former Oakland school educator, and local community activist who invited her family to his

skateboard event at De Fremery Park in Oakland, CA earlier this year.

The opportunity to produce a video with Cham, (who is known in the Reggae world for his

major hit song Ghetto Story with Alicia Keys), was a blessing as he was the perfect artist to

be featured in this music video. His own life's struggles, as told through his music, speak to

helping build-up underserved communities of young people around the planet.  As a devoted

husband and father, Cham is active with his son life, even on the soccer field, participating as

a Soccer Dad.



The timing was perfect for his participation in the video as he was just releasing his long-awaited

CD, Lawless. The track I Don't Care sends the timely message of “Be strong and focused in

the face of criticism” that needs to be heard by anyone that is able to listen...especially our

inner-city youth that face multiple challenges.

Ms. Carter was overwhelmed by the all of the effort that went into providing this group of

diverse, underserved youth, (mostly boys and a couple of girls), a skateboarding event of such

magnitude! It was like a “skateboard festival”.  She knew K Dub was a master mixed-media

fine artist, a mover-and-shaker from the Long Beach, CA community, and that he had been

transplanted into the Oakland scene years ago, but it was her first time witnessing how he “got

down” in the community with the kids, providing them a solid sporting activity in one of the

most challenging neighborhoods of West Oakland.

The youth-oriented skateboarding event touched her own passion and she felt a strong desire to

bring some attention to this project, the kids and a special place in Oakland called Town Park

Skateboard Park.  While sitting at the park, inspiration struck that she should produce a Reggae

music video about K Dub kids while focusing on his larger-than- life mission of giving back

to the kids and providing a safe place to be afterschool-- thus keeping them off the street

during a crucial time when bad things happen to innocent kids.

As with any successful endeavor, the location is everything and is a big part of this story. K Dub

consciously chose to build the skate park at the historical De Fremery Park, the former



gathering site for the Black Panther Party over 50 years ago; symbolically, bits of Black Panther

theme are used in the video, paying homage to the legacy of a struggle that is still going on.

Another major part of this Oakland-Jamaica- Reggae collaboration is Ms. Carter’s own back

story. Being a hardcore Reggae lover/businesswoman/supporter for many, many years, she was

inspired by the idea of trying this unique story together with the fabulous murals of Town Park

serving as the backdrop, accompanied by the Reggae music of an authentic Jamaican Reggae

Dancehall Artist - Cham a.k.a. Baby Cham.

You cannot create a world-class video without a world-class filmmaker...and that is Benjamin

Lidsky, whom Tullah met in Israel at the Reggae in the Desert Festival while shooting

the “Make A Sacrifice” video with the Reggae artist Queen Omega.  Ben’s energy, vision and

generous spirit made it a magical experience (that is another story), so she knew then that she

wanted to work with him again in the future, for he is a blessed individual. Again, with perfect

timing and a major blessing, Ben was available to fly over and shoot the video.



Finally, all the people who collaborated to make this music video happen were all about Reggae

music…from Oakland to Jamaica to Israel… at the end of the day, we really do Rally round

the Red, Gold, Black, and Green.

Video producer Ms. Tullah Carter has been active in the Reggae scene for decades with roles

ranging from Visa Consultant to Artist Management.

Cham’s new album Lawless is available online at record stores worldwide. Video Debuted

on www.ReggaeVille.Com & Reggaeville’s Youtube Channel. I Don't Care now playing on Streetwise Radio.

Sizzla Brings the Heat to Oakland, CA, By Shelah Moody

It was hot enough at Sizzla’s Oakland show to turn a press and curl into an afro. As one photographer put it, it was so hot in the club, even the walls were sweating.
On Sept. 23, Grammy nominated reggae dancehall super star Miguel Collins, aka Sizzla Kalonji, backed by the Gumption band, literally brought the heat to the Venue nightclub in Oakland. Case in point, by Monday, Sept. 25, temperatures in Oakland had soared to a blazing 92 degrees, not cooling down until Wednesday, Sept. 28.
Sizzla’s first Bay Area performance in eight years was sold out, with people literally piled on top of each other to catch a glimpse of the musical leader of the Bobo Ashanti Rastafari Movement.
 Incidentally, the Bobo Ashanti house of Rastafari was founded by Prince Emmanuel Charles Edwards in the 1950s. The Bobo dreads are known for wrapping their hair in colorful turbans. In the late nineties, when Sizzla first emerged as a musical super power, I watched Sizzla meticulously iron a long piece of fabric and wrap his hair before a Long Beach, CA show, which is an art form in itself.
“Being in the western hemisphere, in a system designed to colonize black people and to keep them down, you have to get that knowledge of self; knowledge of being and where you’re coming from,” said Sizzla, 40. “When you go to Bobo, it reminds you of your true self, because you keep the Sabbath, you’re praising a black God; you have black men chanting and black priests and black empresses. It reminds you of your true African culture, your true ways. The Sabbath brings thing to re-memory. Apparently, it’s the foundation of our culture. All praise to the holy priest, Emanuel I, Selassie I, Jah Rastafari.”
Jah Warrior Shelter Sound System, featuring King I-Vier and Jah Yzer  alongside DJ Danny Smoky kicked off the show, followed by the multi-racial, IrieFuse band, which combined heavy metal with roots reggae. The temperature rose as the Gumption band, featuring Phanso Wilson on drums, Kevo Gitz on guitar, Taddy P. Camp on bass and  Dwayne Morris on keyboards took the stage and played a soulful set of roots and dub. Collectively, the band members have played with the likes of Beres Hammond, Maxi Priest, Luciano, Jesse Royal and other heavyweights.
Sizzla’s journey from his heavily guarded dressing room to the stage was a surreal, ritualistic experience, and so began the night’s deification of Sizzla Kalonji, whose name literally translates into hot, healing black seed. The air was thick and sweet with ganja smoke as a few rough looking handlers parted the crowd and cleared a path, cell phones and cameras set to video mode, onlookers stood on chairs and tables to welcome August Town, Jamaica’s favorite son as bowed in reverence, counted a few beats, placed his hand on his heart and began the few riffs of his opening song and raced onto the stage.  (see link:  https://youtu.be/uN8aZkEZ0NU).
What followed was a world class Bobo dread get-down that went on until curfew.  Merging roots reggae with hip hop, dancehall and shades of seventies R&B, Sizzla kicked his legs high in the air and performed songs such as “Show Us the Way,” “Guide Over Us,” “Be Strong,”  “Dry Cry,” “Woman I  Need You”  “Give Me a Try” and his signature composition, “Words of Divine.”
The event was not without controversy. One month before the show, it was announced that Sizzla’s show, originally scheduled at the fashionable 1015 Folsom nightclub in San Francisco had be cancelled due to pressure from the LGBTQ community. Sizzla, along with other dancehall artists, have been accused of promoting anti-gay rhetoric and inciting violence against members of the LGBTQ community. In a 2016, interview with Island Stage magazine Sizzla stated that he was not a man of hate, but a man working to end violence and promote education in his August Town community.
“You shouldn’t be afraid of Sizzla. I’m not an animal; I’m not a cannibal,” he said. “I don’t support violence on no level or no degree. What you need to do is to get to know Sizzla. If you don’t know someone, I don’t think that you should stand aside and criticize the person. Spend some time with the person; get to know the person and then we can see where we best go from there. You don’t need to be afraid of Sizzla; you need to be part of the movement for Sizzla. Love to the world. Yeah yeah! Don’t do that, ‘fraid a Sizzla fe wha?”

September Reggae Music In Concert

IRATION & STICK FIGURE

 

THE NEW PARISH

 

 

King of Kings & Knakdemout present

ELEPHANT MAN

MEGA BANTON

longside ONE BLOOD sound SMOKY & YOUNG FYAH & DJ KURIOUS (Funktion)

SUNDAY 11/24

Doors: 9:00 pm / Show: 10:00 pm

THIS EVENT IS 21 AND OVER

 

CONTACT

Venue Phone: (510) 444-7474
Before 5 pm - please contact Parish Offices: 415.371.1631

LOCATION

579 18th Street (at San Pablo)
Oakland, CA 94612

MORE INFO

$25.00 - $30.00