If you asked someone twenty years ago that a reggae singer would be at the forefront of hip hop/reggae movement, would be a Hassidic, Orthodox Jew, you might snicker, laugh, or even make an offensive comment. Well, Matisyahu has shown a changing world when it comes to the youths view on religion and people of a different culture then yours. The society we live in is, for the most part, the anti-xenophobe, a great direction for our people. A Hassidic Jew, he has combined reggae, hip hop, rock, etc. into something beautiful. Influenced by his earlier love of Phish, he started going into music and combining it to his rather recent love from being an Orthodox Jew. He began getting national fame from his breakout hit "King Without a Crown." He would later come out with hits such as “Youth,” and “Jerusalem.” His recent hit is a song for hope and optimism called “One Day,” a song that inspires hope with words preying for the day that the world shall stop violence. It would be used as NBC’s song at the Olympic Games. He is a great musician, one that inspires hope to people.