Sizzla Kalonji Returns To The US
Sizzla is Back in Boston with his 876 Tour After 8 years of absence on US ground
Miguel Collins, mostly known as one of Jamaica's G.O.A.T (Greatest of All Time) Sizzla Kalonji finally got his work visa reinstated after been revoked back in 2008 and he is back in Boston, MA with his 876 tour, which kicked off August 24th at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida followed by 24 more american cities.
YouShine TV had the exclusive access to cover his only apperance in the state of Massachussets. On the night of September 5th the capacity of the venue had reached its limits with an estimated (put the number) people present. Boston massive was anxious about this legendary reggae star highly anticipated show after his long awaited return. Local dancehall artist Mashy Word warmed up the stage with a significantly vigorous performance. Ten minutes after the band arrived on stage and the melodies begin to build intense enthusiasm with the introduction of Sizzla Kalonji dressed in all white and bright yellow Turban Kalonji showed up, blessed up and blazed up the stage with an energetic, heart felt interactive performance at Wonderland Ballroom, Revere MA. He was greeted with great intensity by the audience. Kalonjis broad repertoire with timeless hits such as Words of Divine, Dry Cry, Give a Try, Thank you Mama, Solid as a Rock, Dem a Wonda & many more were deeply enjoyed and rewarded by approving screams, raised arms and hundreds of voices singing along every word positively without any dull moment all throughout the night.
Kalonji burned his fire nonetheless before moving on to the next tune he was grateful for the audience's support and also professed to his crowd "unity and strength, gentleman's take care of the ladies" "and remember no crime no violence we have to increase our education, status and literacy." This was followed by "Give it to dem" and the mood boiled over once again. After an hour and a few minutes towards the end he once again expressed his gratitude towards boston's audience support. "Boston Thank you very much for turning out, this is Sizzla Kalonji we came to a closure… its been a pleasure see you next time people one love! judgement yaad! Salute!" he interacted one on one with a fan and it was then evident how much he had put into this performance which culminated on (name the song) Shortly after our Host Ms.Hotsauce had a few words with the artist. He described the night as "Beautiful and Superb". Making mentions of remembering bostons crowd 8 years ago he big up the promoter for the long wait. His last words about the condition of the black men in this era and how we can fix it were " We need to just unite and have respect for ourselves and respect for others. Just know what we are doing and want outta life for us to know where we really want to place ourselves. Erradicate the crime and the violence let no one draw yuh out.. don't stoop to none negative just think positive be clean within yourself have a clean soul and just reach out to the most high jan bless. Just know seh our time and if we don't shine the world aint gonna shine."
