{"id":10289,"date":"2019-11-08T17:16:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T00:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=10289"},"modified":"2019-11-24T17:19:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T00:19:09","slug":"vaughn-benjamin-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/08\/vaughn-benjamin-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaughn Benjamin Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>from Reggae Festival Guide<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The world will mourn the passing on of a true legend \u2013 Vaughn Benjamin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reggaefestivalguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_8833.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7895\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>St. Croix, US Virgin Islands \u2013 It is with heavy heart and endless gratitude for the teachings &amp; music that we share the devastating news of the crossing over to the next dimension by one of the most brilliant, original, prophetic writers and chanters we ever had the blessing to know. Reggae Festival Guide will truly, deeply, miss our wonderful brother and beloved friend for over a decade \u2013 &nbsp;the mystical&nbsp;<strong>Vaughn Benjamin<\/strong>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<strong>Midnite Band<\/strong>, then&nbsp;<strong>Akae Beka<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vaughn\u2019s life &amp; lyrics were Livicated to JAH and his music touched upon esoteric and ethereal realms of ancient and modern history, the sciences, metaphysics and beyond.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His perspective on Rastafari and life taught loyal fans around the world and will continue to be an epic example of a life serving JAH and spreading knowledge. He taught us so much we will be forever grateful for the heights!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world has lost a true shining star and prolific teacher unlike any being to ever walk the earth. Vaughn and his brother Ron Benjamin created a new meditative genre within roots reggae, rooted in ancient Ithiopian chanting and toured the globe as Midnite for 20 years before Akae Beka.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/reggaefestivalguide.com\/the-world-will-mourn-the-passing-on-of-a-true-legend-vaughn-benjamin-akae-beka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"click to continue reading at Reggae Festival Guide (opens in a new tab)\">click to continue reading at Reggae Festival Guide<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Reggae Festival Guide The world will mourn the passing on of a true legend \u2013 Vaughn Benjamin St. Croix, US Virgin Islands \u2013 It is with heavy heart and endless gratitude for the teachings &amp; music that we share the devastating news of the crossing over to the next dimension by one of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}