Category Archives: Matisyahu

The Bald Master General doesn’t claim to understand religion, but I understand baldness, and famed Hasidic Jewish Rapper Matisyahu (or as my pappy, Master Bald Master Senior General would have called him, “Modest Yahoo”) is now a baldie…kind of. Apparently denouncing his religion in favor of a new path , Matisyahu shaved his head (including his peyas; the “curls” associated with Hasidics) and beard recently. In actuality, he has just changed his understanding of his religion, becoming “post-orthodox”. Basically, he feels that he’s now enlightened and no longer needs the constraints and rules of the Hasidic lifestyle. For complete lack of a better metaphor, imagine someone who used to be in AA becoming an “occasional beer drinker”; that’s to say that he feels he needs less stringent rules to keep himself in line. I’m not going to lie folks, this situation has a bit of “WTF?!” all over it, but I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt and except that the “King Without A Crown” creator has chosen a new path, and that this isn’t some kind of grand publicity stunt.