I was waiting and curious to see who would copy Matisyahu from the Chabad world and try and ride that out. I did not realize that it would take four years for someone to jump up, but low and behold, here we are and a singer who goes by “Moshe” a bit less original sounding, has done just that. Not sure he has a myspace, but check out the song “Illusion” on his facebook here. He kicks in the Matisyahu style right away, so much that I hope Matisyahu is getting royalty checks for this and for each show a Chabad books of him.
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