Tafari (Real Rude Bwoy)

Zambo Buchanan aka TAFARI (whose name means “Fearless One”) was born in Kingston Jamaica to mother Joan Porteous and legendary Reggae artist Big Youth. His father is touted as one of the pioneers of the ‘dance hall’ style of reggae and consequently as one of the founding fathers of hip-hop. “Inspired by a musical father, it is only right for a son to follow tradition.”
Tafari describes life and music as a balance hand in hand. “As the boy becomes a man the musical growth and inspiration heightens. I transcended from a reggae rapper to Tafari the Artist who is inspired by great artists of many genres such as Tupac, Sade, Stevie Wonder, Big Youth, Marvin Gaye, Dennis Brown, Jay Z, and Bob Marley”
Braving criticisms and living up to his powerful birth name “fearless one” Tafari has branded himself as one of the few Soul/Hip-Hop/Reggae artists in an industry reluctant to experiment with the genre of reggae. He has teamed with producers Noah Mason and Jason Gilbert to create a sound that fuses it all together, further laying stake to his “own” sound. Tafari’s stage show experience is expansive as he has toured the world with his father Big Youth, appearing on gigs all across the United States, UK, Europe, and South America
In the past three years Tafari has released singles with music videos in Jamaica including “Rude Boy Warning/Bad Bad Bad” produced by Tony Kelly, “Ain’t No Stoppin’” featuring Junior Reid Produced By JG, and “Not and Easy Road” featuring Big Youth produced by Jg and Supa Dups. He also scored two songs placed in academy award nominated Director/Producer John Singleton’s film “Illegal Tender”.
Tafari is a star! However, he is not one to wait around for the right situation to come to him. Tafari has taken his career in his hands, formed his own team and established his own Independent label, Rud3 Music Recordings. Together they have created a brand from various genres of music and are poised to make Rud3 an indie to be reckoned with in the future. This new found independence has breathed new life into Tafari and his music giving him the free mind and spirit to make music that feels good in the conscious and subconscious state.



TAFARI (whose name means “Fearless One”) was born in Kingston Jamaica to mother Joan Porteous and Reggae legendary artist Big Youth.Because of his fathers ability to create classic reggae songs and albums at a time when reggae music was grabbing major headlines worldwide, Tafari and his other siblings at an early age understood and enjoyed the life of an artist/musician.Following in the footsteps of Big Youth was the norm as Tafari and his brother Isat Buchannan decided to pursue a career in music as they were also blessed with a God given talent to see the world and interpret it through rhyme.Since entering the business as a teenager, Tafari has collaborated with some of Jamaica’s popular Dancehall giants such as Wayne Wonder, Lady Saw, Bounty Killer, Beenie Man, Vybz Kartel and R&B singer/songwriter Jimmy Cozier. Tafari’s newest collaboration features Junior Reid on a smash hit song titled “Ain't No Stoppin”. In addition to his list of musical collaborations, Tafari has two songs synched and placed on the soundtrack of Academy Award-nominated Director/Film Writer/Producer John Singleton’s newest film, "Illegal Tender".Braving criticisms and living up to his powerful birth name "fearless one" Tafari has branded himself as one of the few Hip/Hop Reggae artist in an industry reluctant to experiment with the genre.Tafari has teamed with in-house producers Hit Depot to create a sound that fuses Reggae, Hip/Hop, and R&B further laying stake to his “own” sound.Tafari’s stage show experience is expansive as he has toured the world with father Big Youth, appearing on gigs all across the United States, Europe and most recently Argentina, performing in front of a crowd of 20,000 at the Pepsi Fest 2007.With the buzz that’s being created, Tafari has recently been courted by several labels who know that Tafari is a star in the making. However, not one to wait around for the right situation to come to him, Tafari has recently taken his career in his own hands and established his own independent label, Hygrade Ent along with partner and business manager Karamo Rowe. Together they have created a roster of talented artists and producers from various genres of music that are poised to make Hygrade Ent and indie to be reckoned with in the future.This newfound independence has breathed new life into Tafari and his music leaving only one thing on his mind. Making history!CHECK OUT MY MIXTAPE WITH THE ROCK THE NATION SOUND (FRANCE)



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