ABOUT MACKARUFFIN
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MACKARUFFIN, SON OF A PREACHER, GRASS ROOT MUSICIAN, PRODUCER AND SINGER, HAS GROWN FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTHENING OTHERS. HE BEGAN AS A YOUTH IN THE 70'S, PIONEERING THE WAY WITH HIS BROTHER ELECTRIC DREAD. AN ESTABLISHED SINGER/MUSICIAN, MACKA IS ONE OF JAPAN'S MOST ACCLAIMED REGGAE ARTISTS, AN AMBASSADOR FOR BOTH REGGAE AND JAMAICA, FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS IN THE ASIAN REGION. NO STRANGER THE AMERICAS, HE HAS GRACED THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SHOWING VERSATILITY AS A VOCALIST AND ONE OF THE BEST DRUMMERS WHO IS TRULY MULTITALENTED. HIS MOST RECENT ALBUM, WHY, IS RELEASED IN JAPAN BY DAIKI SOUND, A RECORD AND DISTRIBUTION COMPANY. THIS WAS THE FIRST MAJOR RELEASE SIGNING A DISTRIBUTION CONTRACT FOR HIS COMPANY, FIRST RISE RECORDS. THE ALBUM, WHY, IS COMPLETE WITH MACKA RUFFIN'S ORIGINAL ROOTS VIBES. MANY TRACKS WERE WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY HIM. GREAT PROJECTS INCLUDES, A DOCUMENTARY MOVIE REPRESENTING JAPANESE AND JAMAICA CULTURAL EXCHANGE SHOT IN JAMAICA. THE FILM FEATURES JAMAICA'S UNDERWATER SCENERY, FISHING, MUSIC, AND JAPANESE, TV STARS SUCH AS KEIN KOSUGI, IJIMA AI, AKAI HIDEAKI, AND DEGAWA TETSURO. HE ALSO EMBARKED ON A YOUT...
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