Ziggy Marley Responds to Buju Banton

[SeNzI]

[…]“You know they say that the greatest musician in Jamaica is Bob Marley,” Buju told the crowded room. “I don't believe that because we have greater musicians to come. Bob was the most promoted, and well promoted, and we have to appreciate that because it’s our culture. But don't kill our culture… Enough is enough.”

Although the crowd at UWI reportedly applauded his remarks, they were not as well received outside the lecture hall. Jamaican media as well as radio shows and websites around the world have been flooded with outraged remarks from music critics and Bob Marley’s millions of fans. When asked for his thoughts on the matter, Ziggy laughed for a long time before speaking his mind.

“Me love my father, you know? And me love all of my elders and my heroes. And I would never say anything to put down any of them. From Bob to Toots to Peter [Tosh] to Bunny [Wailer]. I wouldn’t say anything to put down any of those guys. You understand? I lift up them. Those are our heroes. We lift them up. We don’t put them down.”

After a brief pause, Ziggy added the following: “My father wasn’t a person who brag about himself. It’s what he has done that has made people speak of him how they speak of him. He just does his music and that’s it… You got people who think differently but my father and a lot of these artists, you can’t even talk about them in just the sense of Jamaica. It’s the world we haffi talk bout. So that’s all me have to say, we lift up our heroes we don’t put them down.”[…]

[Akoma Starr]

true ting...raspect them words.

[young lion Eddy]

brother ziggy always knows the right things to say much raspect for him

[SeNzI]

yess bredren, whenever i sight a interview of one of the MARLEY's, they always think before they speak when asked a question...i noticed this a lot in DAMIAN, he always thinks the question in him head when he looks to the side, pondering a thoughtful answer....much to learn...think then speak....WISH ALL WOULD FOLLOW THE PROPHET BLOODLINE EXAMPLES.

[omarijaffe / oasis1]

i like what he said ......... real talk
bob didn't make himself the best ..........
the people did that
respect for ours heros and elders
the song of the millenium ......... one love by bob marley

[Natty Bongoman]

Big Ups, bredda Ziggy

true Afrikans wherever them are always respects and reveres them elders per traditions.... babylon intrusion finally starting to wash away dis tradition - directly and indirectly while many stand aside and watch or are unaware - period. Many today black youts losing or have lost this tradition... in my opinion, partly because of lack of parents and extended family care that was another Afrikan tradition that sustained the slave all di way to his freed but fighting injustice state of existence.

We, many, forgetting to instill dis inna youts.... mi remember mi youts days when helping the elder (regardless of whom im/she was) was an expectation and a requirement that was put inna mi mind by parents and tradition around InI ... nowadays, mi see in diaspora and Afrikan cities, youts laughing at them elders struggling wit load...
... same expectation were put pon us to give seat (inna bus or inna function or house) to your elder even you sat dere first
... nuff of this tradition being not learned by parents of di new generations, and thus not passed on

RASPEKT LESSONS STARTS AT HOME...

Jah guide, Jah love

[SELASSIE I SOULJAH]

BIG UP ZIGGY,BIG UP BOB,BIG UP BUJU,DIS IS NOT WAT I&I FADA WANT HAPPENING SPREADING LOVE WORLDWIDE IS WHAT RASTAFARIANS ARE ABOUT.........

[Kwaku owusu]

Greatness must be accorded to whom its due! honestly, emphatically and obviously BOB MARLEY of blessed memory was one of reggae's Greatest. He will forever be respected and loved! Not only his music, but his philosophy ,his life and charisma inspired many ,so effective that, even those of us who where not around at his time feels it.
Those kind of people are hard to find on the Earth.

[Cleopatra Glanville]

Chat nah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and that's the habbit we have of casting aside our elders
and not embraceing their efforts in spite of what they had to work with,build on it
and pass it on it makes for a great Empire.
Bigup "Ziggy'' bob live on and on and on luv u "Buju",but out of the mouths of babes and suckling
Bless.