{"id":73289,"date":"2023-06-04T09:22:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T09:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/04\/ras-general-stano-evokes-consciousness-with-which-kin-ting-be-dis\/"},"modified":"2023-06-04T09:22:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T09:22:50","slug":"ras-general-stano-evokes-consciousness-with-which-kin-ting-be-dis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/04\/ras-general-stano-evokes-consciousness-with-which-kin-ting-be-dis\/","title":{"rendered":"Ras General Stano evokes consciousness with \u2018Which Kin Ting Be Dis\u2019\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2EB836BB-5D9C-4911-A3C4-DB3173B7FDB8.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Ras General Stano has released a new song titled \u2018Which Kin Ting Be Dis\u2019, a social commentary on the way society is evolving.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to him, he was inspired by the total surrender of Africans to mediocrity and ignorance, the madness and confusion that religion has brought.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost every friend or family member I talk to would end their hopelessness with \u2018It\u2019s well\u2019, an expression of surrender to poverty and the lows,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ras said people are not willing to challenge wrong or fight for their rights but simply resign with \u2018It\u2019s Well.\u2019 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also added that many pastors have deceived and ruined Africans because the people believe in them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s sad living abroad and seeing how hard the west is working everyday to advance in all endeavors while the biggest business in Africa is the Church business,\u201d he further noted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Which Kin Ting Be Dis\u2019 is an afrobeat track which voices the numerous instances when all we say is \u2018It Is Well.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Ras General along with his producer, Wise Peters Braide aka Holy Prince weave a tapestry of sounds with echos of the great Fela Kuti in a contemporary groove.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is a song that shakes the very foundations of your being, challenging you to wake up to the realities of surrendering your ability to change your situation with that simple platitude, \u2018It Is Well,\u2019 hence the question, \u2018Which Kin Ting Be Dis?\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p> <iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: WHICH KIN TING BE DIS?\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/14C91yAIQn7tQEWBqArlOg?si=qNKqi_qHS46Lncjkd_ircw&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>About Ras General Stano<\/p>\n<p>The Texas based Ras General, aka Stanley Onyebuchi Onwu started his foray into music after an attempt to join the army in Nigeria floundered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Viewing music as a vehicle for social change which he had wanted to do through a career in the army, he gathered his siblings and in 1985, formed the first family reggae band Africa, similar to the Morgans Heritage band. The Rasta Officers Band was signed to Leader Records in Nigeria where they \u00a0released \u2018Rasta Officers Take Over\u2019 in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>Ras General then relocated to Ghana where he teamed up with Original Ras Korby to form the militant reggae group Nazirite Vow. The group recorded an album, \u2018Free\u2019 for the German based label Kelele Records.<\/p>\n<p>The Ras General is also a writer, poet and actor who self published his first book as a member of the Rainbow Organization of The Rastafarians of Nigeria (ROOTRON) in 1990. The book, \u2018The Nigerian Rastafarians, Who Are They?\u2019 found its way into the National Library Catalog in Nigeria. He also has a book of poems out, \u201cDangerous Game\u201d on Outskirt Press.<\/p>\n<p>He costarred along with Jamaican movie star, Paul Campbell in the blockbuster movie, \u2018Jamaican Mafia.\u2019 He\u2019s also starred in his own production, \u201cNot Just Enough\u201d and is currently working on some movie scripts.<\/p>\n<p>As a musician, he\u2019s shared the stage with reggae stars like Buju Banton, the late Culture, Don Carlos, Mutabaruka and Yasus Afari and continues to record on his own labels, People\u2019s Army Production and People\u2019s Army 432.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ras General Stano has released a new song titled \u2018Which Kin Ting Be Dis\u2019, a social commentary on the way society is evolving.\u00a0 According to him, he was inspired by the total surrender of Africans to mediocrity and ignorance, the madness and confusion that religion has brought.\u00a0 \u201cAlmost every friend or family member I talk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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