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 Makeda
Dread
is the founder of Reggae Makossa 91X in San Diego, a reggae
radio show, now celebrating 20 years of spreading the positive
messages of love, world peace, and pursuit of equal rights.
In addition to having the longest running reggae radio show
in California, Makeda Dread is a veteran and a celebrity in
the reggae industry. She has been promoting major reggae concerts
and international recording artists such as Pato Banton, Big
Mountain, Don Carlos, Midnite, The Marley Brothers, Barrington
Levy and many others for years. Founding the first Bob Marley
Birthday Celebration in 1981, she has forever set her place
in reggae history.
Bob Marley Day has been annual event in San Diego
for almost a quarter century and now Bob Marley Day has spread
to Los Angeles, San Francisco and beyond. The San Diego Bob
Marley Birthday Celebration always features the biggest and
brightest stars from Jamaica, Europe, and Africa. Steel Pulse,
Third World, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh, Black Uhuru, Lucky
Dube, Alpha Blondy, Yellowman, and Shaggy and just a some
of the artists who have perfomed for Makeda’s tribute
to Brother Bob Marley. Yes that’s right Bob Marley and
Makeda Dread were old friends and they worked and produced
together. Taking the message in the music further Makeda Dread
also has an annual Peter Tosh Birthday Celebration every October.
In 2001 the featured artists were Don Carlos, Sister Carol,
and Jr. Jazz. The list is too long to mention, but Makeda
has worked with just about everybody in the reggae business
at one time or another.
For many, many, years Makeda Dread and the Reggae Makossa
crew were playing clubs, boat cruises, and festivals getting
bigger and better every year. You could say she was there
from the early days of ska and rock steady. A seasoned DJ
she knows how to nice-up the dance, keeping the people moving
and jammin’.
Early on, as a reggae pioneer, she broke ground with Reggae
Makossa getting reggae on a major commercial radio station
and set the trend for reggae festivals in the United States
with the Bob Marley Birthday celebration. She works with the
spirit of "One Love" and "Unity" healing
the world through music, art, dance, and culture. Makeda continues
her work in radio, but is the Executive Director of the WorldBeat
Center, WBC, a Multi-Cultural Community Center in Balboa Park,
Downtown San Diego. She loves working with children and has
over 5000 5th graders visit the center every year. WBC is
a place where the community comes together to learn about
their history and culture. Offering a variety of drumming
and dancing classes, the center hosts ethnic artisans and
honorary speakers from around the globe. For more information
about the WBC goto www.worldbeatcenter.org.
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Carlos Culture, a member of the Reggae Makossa crew,
is a native of Colombia SA. Carlos has also been working in
the reggae industry for many years. First in Columbus, Ohio
during the mid 80’s, starting out as a guest DJ on college
radio at Ohio State University’s WOSR, Ohio State Radio.
From there it was on to San Diego, California where he took
his DJing more seriously. In1993, he got his first weekly
gig DJing before and in between bands at Winston’s Beach
Club. Keeping busy Carlos Culture found himself behind the
turntables opening for Int’l reggae artists like Gregory
Isaacs, Luciano, Buju Banton, Sizzla, Beres Hammond, Bennie
Man, Mighty Diamonds and many more.
Carlos
Culture became known for the conscious selections he played
at festivals like Bob Marley Day since 1997-2003, Sierra Neveda
World Music Festival 1998, and at top reggae clubs like Club
Dread in San Francisco and The Fenix in Seattle. Also during
that time for two years he promoted his own reggae night at
the G-Lounge in San Diego putting shows on with Micheal Rose,
Dub Syndicate, Ranking Joe, Edi Fitzroy and others. Also,
at times he is the DJ for Tippa Irie when he performs with
a sound system in North America.
Since 1998, Carlos Culture has been working with Makeda Dread
and the WorldBeat Organization as a graphic designer, a computer
technician helping establish www.oneworldradiotv.com,
and as a DJ and an on-air personality on Reggae Makossa. Carlos
Culture is also the house DJ at 4th and B, Downtown. Since
1996, he has been part of the package when reggae is featured
at the club. In 2001, Makeda Dread and Carlos Culture went
to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico played "Encuentro en La Playa"and
were featured DJs at clubs during Spring Break. In August
2002, they were the first international reggae DJs to ever
play in Peru. Plans for Costa Rica and Panama are already
in the works for the Fall of 2003 and 2004.
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