Photo: Jkupry1 / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Matisyahu is one of the more genuinely original artists I've come across. Blending reggae, rock and hip-hop beatboxing with overt spiritual content shouldn't have worked commercially, yet "King Without a Crown" cracked the US Top 40 in 2005, which still surprises me. What I value is the sincerity underneath the genre-hopping; his music reads as a real, sometimes turbulent dialogue between faith and self-expression rather than a marketing gimmick. Plenty of musicians borrow spirituality as costume, but his felt lived-in. I admire an artist willing to follow conviction over formula, and the fact that the songs still groove makes the seriousness go down easy.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Matisyahu
- Name (Japanese)
- マティスヤフ
- Reading
- まてぃすやふ
- Born
- June 30, 1979 (age 47)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Goat
- Origin
- West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
- Occupation
- musician / singer / rapper / actor / singer-songwriter
2. Background
- High school
- White Plains High School
- University
- Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://matisyahuworld.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/matisyahu/
- Xhttps://x.com/matisyahu
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A4%E3%83%95
Frequently asked questions
When was Matisyahu born?
Born June 30, 1979 (age 47).
Where is Matisyahu from?
Matisyahu is from West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
What does Matisyahu do?
Matisyahu works as musician, singer, rapper, actor, singer-songwriter.
Musician — see all → · Singer — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.