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Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30, 1979) also known as Matisyahu ( ), is an American Jewish reggae singer, songwriter, beatboxer, and alternative rock musician.

Matisyahu's 2005 album "King Without a Crown" was a Top 40 hit in the United States, with spiritual themes mixed with reggae, rock, and hip hop beatboxing sounds. Since 2004, he has released seven studio albums, five live albums, two remix CDs, and two DVDs devoted to live concerts. Matisyahu has worked with Bill Laswell and Reggae producers Sly & Robbie and Kool Kojak throughout his career. Matisyahu has also appeared in films as an actor.

Early life

Matthew Paul Miller was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on June 30, 1979. His family emigrated to White Plains, New York, after arriving. He was brought up as a Reconstructionist Jew and attended Hebrew school at Bet Am Shalom, a synagogue in White Plains. Matisyahu spent a large portion of his childhood learning the tenets of Judaism, but by the time he was a teenager, he began to protest against his rigid upbringing. He started taking opioids and dropped out of White Plains Senior High School. He became a self-professed "Phish-head" (also known as Phish "Phans"), taking hallucinogens and touring Phish (Phans).

Matisyahu completed a two-month course at the Alexander Muss High School in Hod Hasharon, Israel, in fall 1995. The program encourages students to explore Jewish roots as a means of solidifying Jewish identity. After finishing Muss, he returned to New York, where he subsequently left high school after the first day of his senior year and began to travel around the country.

Miller's teen years ago, he spent a wilderness expedition in Oregon. "It was not strictly for drug recovery," he said, "but it was part of the reason I was out there." To a reporter of The Jewish Daily Forward in 2008. He attended high school in Bend, Oregon, where he completed a wilderness program. "Matt, the Jewish rapper kid from New York," he named himself in Oregon. Matisyahu has compared the time in Oregon to that of his life in New York City. "I was now the token Jew." This was now my quest for my own identity, and Judaism's portion of Judaism was becoming more important and relevant to me."

He returned to New York and began to develop his reggae by spending hours in his room, writing, and performing his style to the accompaniment of hip-hop tapes. He claims that at the same time, he began praying, got himself a prayer book, and a prayer shawl. He learned of the Orthodox Jewish Shul synagogue in New York City's Upper West Side, and he began attending religious services every Sabbath, as well as wearing a yarmulke (head covering) and tzitzit (a fringed undergarment).

Personal life

When Matisyahu interviewed Tahlia (née Silverman) for a film about men and women not touching each other, she learned that she met them. They were initiated by Rabbi Dov Yonah Korn, NYU's Chabad chaplain, and married in August 2004. They have three sons, Laivy (2005), Shalom, and Menachem Mendel (2011). Matisyahu's husband divorced his wife just over two years ago, but the couple is still on good terms and sharing parenting responsibilities.

Sasha Lillian, who was born while Matisyahu was on tour with Adel Tawil in Germany, has also fathered a child. In Portland, Oregon, where the baby was diagnosed with a rare heart abnormality, former girlfriend Toma Danley gave birth to Sasha on April 2, 2014. In May 2015, Sasha underwent open-heart surgery, and again in January 2017. According to reports, she has recovered well. Sasha has been living in Danley since their daughter's birth. Matisyahu and Danley met in 1998 while attending a wilderness program for heroin and alcohol recovery in Bend, Oregon.

Matisyahu proposed to Talia Dressler on April 20, 2019. The two were married at a private wedding reception held in Matisyahu's backyard on May 19, 2019. They have one daughter, Esti River, born March 20, 2022, and one son, Judah Mac, born on January 12, 2022.

Matisyahu was a member of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic synagogue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, whose rabbi officiated at his wedding in 2004. Matisyahu began studying Torah at Hadar Hatorah, a yeshiva for returningees to Judaism, where he wrote and recorded his first album shortly after his adoption of Hasidism. He praises Bob Marley, Phish, God Street Wine, and Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach for his musical inspirations, as well as Rabbi Simon Jacobson's Towards a Meaningful Life for Youth's title track's lyrical inspiration to Youth's title track. He strictly followed the Jewish Sabbath, which begins at sundown on Friday; therefore, he did not appear in concert on Friday nights as part of his faith; therefore, he did not perform in concert. An exception to this law occurred at a 2007 concert in Fairbanks, Alaska; since the sun did not rise until 2:00 a.m., performing in the late hours was not in breach of Jewish observance.

However, he told the Miami New Times in an interview that he no longer "necessarily" associates with the Lubavitch movement as of July 17, 2007. "I'm learning more about other aspects of Jews, I don't want to exclude myself," he said in the interview. I felt boxed in." In addition,, while on a family holiday spent mainly in Jerusalem's Nachlaot neighborhood, he expressed an interest in another Hasidic group, that of Karlin. He had declared a desire to scream prayers at the Karliner synagogue in Borough Park, Brooklyn, where the tradition is to ecstatically scream prayers; however, he continued to live in Crown Heights due to his wife's affinity for the area.

Matisyahu revealed himself on Twitter on December 13, 2011.

Matisyahu is an Ashkenazic Hebrew word meaning 'gift of God.' It is the name of the Maccabees' revolt's second-century BCE Jewish leader, who is often referred to by the Greek form of the word Mattathias, and it is the English word Matthew.

Matisyahu's family reconstructed the name as follows: Although he, like most Jewish boys, received a Hebrew name at his brit milah (circumcision service), when he was eight days old, Miller's family lost track of the names given. Because of the ties between Matthew and Matisyahu, it was assumed in Hebrew school that it was Matisyahu. Miller found that the bris' certificate of origins was later discovered, and that the Yiddish word "Feivish Hershel" was actually written. His rabbis had urged him to keep using the Hebrew name he had grown up with.

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Career

In Bend, Oregon, Miller served for more than a year as MC Truth. Shake Off the Dust, Arise, was his first album on JDub Records in 2004. Trey Anastasio of the band Phish invited him for a guest spot on his set at Bonnaroo 2005. During a few Dave Matthews Band shows, including guesting on the song "Everyday" at the Darien Lake show on June 14, 2006. Angelo Montrone's new album, Live at Stubb's, was released for Or Music. Sony/RED brought Or Music to Or Music, and Sony/Epic later upstreamed to Sony/Epic. Live at Stubb's, which was released in 2006, was released at a concert in Austin, Texas, followed by Bill Laswell's album Youth, with minor contributions from pop singer Jimmy Douglass and the Ill Factor.

He toured extensively in the United States, Canada, and Europe between 2005 and 2006, as well as a appearance as the supporting act for Sting in June 2006. He released No Place to Be, a remix album containing re-recordings and remixes of songs from all three of his earlier albums, as well as a Police poster of "Message in a Bottle." In 2006, the live version of the song "King Without a Crown" debuted on the Modern Rock Top ten. Bill Laswell's accompanying video and album Youth, which was released on March 7, 2006, was released. Youth was Billboard magazine's top-one digital album on March 16, which was no. 16. He appeared at Bonnaroo once more in 2006, this time performing a solo set.

He informed JDub that he no longer needed its administration services right before the youth's debut. Since being represented by former Capitol Records president Gary Gersh, he has been represented. According to JDub, the artist is still working on a four-year management deal. JDub managed his show, but not for the reason of his album name.

Matisyahu's debut has received raves from both rock and reggae publications. He was named by Billboard as the best Reggae Artist as well as being named a Kenneth Cole spokesperson. Matisyahu was named "the most interesting reggae artist in the country" by Esquire magazine in 2006, naming him "the most Lovable Oddball" award in their "Esky" Music Awards.

The film Unsettled, in which Matisyahu appears, received the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival, winning the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature. He appeared in an impromptu performance at the Park City Film Festival in Park City, Utah, while attending the festival. He appeared on their Summer Unity Tour in the summer of 2007. He appeared in Call + Response, a 2008 film. Light, his third studio album, was released on August 25, 2009, as well as the live EP Live at Twist & Shout. He began his long-term friendship with Dub Trio members in 2008 to 2009. Matisyahu (along with The Dirty Heads) helped Sublime with Rome (the band's current form) from July 10 to October 30, 2010, as part of the Rome Tour.

In November 2009, NBC used Matisyahu's "One Day" as background music for their Olympic games advertisement. This sparked rumors that "One Day" would be the 2010 Olympics' theme tune. However, it was only NBC's top pick, and no one was confirmed to be the theme song. Matisyahu revealed to OC Weekly on August 2, 2010 that he has been writing new songs for his forthcoming album, which was supposed to be released within weeks of his announcement. He performed his music on November 3, 2010, joined by a single acoustic guitarist who recited poetry and answered questions at the University of Central Florida. Matisyahu released "Two," a special edition of Record Store Day Black Friday 7" vinyl album for independent retail stores on November 26, 2010. For Sephardic Music Festival, Vol. 1, he produced "Two Child One Drop," influenced by Sephardic music. Shemspeed's Daughter is a psychedelic rock/sephardic fusion band with artists including formerly-Hasidic rapper Y-Love, Israeli hip-hop group Hadag Nahash, and psychedelic rock/Sephardic fusion group Pharaoh's Daughter, a compilation album.

Matisyahu returned to Stubb's in Austin, Texas, for another live recording for Live at Stubb's, Vol. 81. 2. On February 1, 2011, he launched the album. He began touring the United States in support of his album's support band, Dub Trio, earlier this year. Matisyahu appeared on "Pure Soul" on DeScribe in March 2011. Matisyahu's fourth studio album, Spark Seeker, was released by Kool Kojak and featured two collaborations with rapper Shyne on July 17, 2012. "Sunshine" was also included on the album.

Matisyahu's Akeda, which is marginally different from his previous works, was released on June 3, 2014. Matisyahu himself called it a "stripped back sound" and that "less is better." A week later, Akeda debuted in the iTunes Top ten, ranked at No. 58. He started his new tour last week at 6 a.m. As part of the Republik Music Festival 4, the tour began at Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Rototom Sunsplash festival in Spain cancelled Matisyahu's scheduled appearance on August 17, 2015, at the request of the BDS Movement, because he refused to sign a letter stating that he favors a Palestinian state but not to bring up Israeli politics on stage. Several organizations around the world have sluggishly accused the agency of displaying bigotry against Jews. The Spanish government had condemned the decision to postpone his appearance two days earlier. Following outrage around the world, the festival apologized to Matisyahu and re-invited him to perform as originally scheduled on August 19. According to a statement released by the organizers, they "made a mistake" due to the boycott and the BDS' campaign of pressure, coercion, and threats. Matisyahu's performance was peaceful, with some Palestinian flags waved by the audience, but Matisyahu later said the bigotry he suffered was worse than anything else.

Matisyahu performed in Israel at the Sultan's Pool in Jerusalem on October 10, 2015, against the backdrop of increasing stabbing attacks in the city. Matisyahu said that "American Jews like [him]self should come to Israel no matter what's going on here." "Everyone who arrived today and is keeping their regular routine is a participant in fighting terror," Jerusalem's mayor, Nir Barkat, told Matisyahu. "Jerusalem, I'm home" was said by Matisyahu before singing "Jerusalem (Out of Shadow Comes Sun) (his ode to the city).

Matisyahu went on a tour of 12 US college campuses in 2016 as a result of being barred from the Rototom Sunsplash festival, which took place in 2015. Various Hillel chapters co-sponsored the tour. Matisyahu unveiled the Bound, a five-song digital EP with brand new music, on November 18, 2016. The EP includes collaborations with Stu Brooks, a relative mainstay, as well as The Polish Ambassador and Salt Cathedral.

On May 19, 2017, Matisyahu unveiled his sixth studio album, Undercurrent, with Fallen Spark and Thirty Tigers. In the fall of 2017, he went on a European tour in support of the album. "One Day" by Matisyahu appeared in the MacGillivray Freeman Film, Dream Big, which was on display in IMAX theaters beginning in February 2018.

Matisyahu's single, "Chameleon" was released in October 2021. In January 2022, he resurfaced with the single "Keep Coming Back For More." The two songs appeared as the first singles off his self-titled album, which was released by Thirty Tigers and distributed by The Orchard on March 25, 2022. It was Matisyahu's seventh studio album and first since 2017's Undercurrent, produced by Colombian band and production team Salt Cathedral.

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