Shit!
Use that, dude.
What did you do, man?
Use the raft. Oh.
These fucking americans Eating jerk chicken and swimming.
Oh, shit.
Oh. Oh. Oh!
Thank you. Thank you.
Anytime. Anytime.
"huang's world," jamaica. Let's go.
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My interest in jamaica began when I was 11 years old.
My pops hired this dude, chef andy,
To come cook at his restaurant, cattleman's steak house.
And immediately, the prime rib got a little more thyme,
The beef barley soup got some more bay leaves,
And you started hearing this machine-gun stutter patois In the kitchen.
From that, I got into reggae, dancehall, garveyism,
And jamaica's contribution to global civil rights.
And that's why I'm coming to jamaica today...
Because I want to get closer to the original source Of this vitality and lifestyle
That's always had me in a rapture.
But in a lot of ways, Jamaica's been caught up in the rapture of slavery,
Even though they were emancipated in 1838
And gained independence from britain in 1962.
The country is $12 billion in debt To the rest of the world.
So you have to wonder, is jamaica actually free?
Or is it living in a current state of neocolonialism?
We're at suthermere prep in kingston, jamaica,
And we're gonna learn about the strength
And ingenuity and pride of jamaica and its people.
And what better place to learn than elementary school?
Gonna get my billy madison on.
Oh, you got to see this.
Out of many, one people.
- Hello. - Hello.
- How are you? - Fine.
And, class, say hello.
- Hello. - Hello.
- All right. - How are you guys?
Can you just tell them your name, please?
Yeah. I'm... I'm a new student.
My name is eddie.
Yes. I'm from new york.
Hi. I like to eat soursop.
So, we are jamaicans, right?
So we are going to help eddie To understand a little bit more
About our culture in jamaica, okay?
Do you know some of the people that we have produced?
Some of the people that became famous?
- Bob marley. - Bob marley.
And what is bob marley famous for?
- Singing. - Michael jackson.
Really?
What about the jamaican bobsled team?
You guys don't know them? Do you know anything about the jamaican bobsled?
You've never seen "cool runnings"?
As a primary school teacher in jamaica, What is it that you try to, like,
Instill into kids, like, before they move on from you?
Well, good moral. That's the first thing.
We appreciate everybody no matter the color of the skin,
The caste, creed, whatever. Yeah.
As long as you're here, you're jamaican.
Where does that motto, "out of many, one people," come from?
We're a small country.
We have many persons from many different countries
All over the world coming together to form one.
I believe that we had some very strong black people In the past who have worked,
And they fought very, very fervently For our freedom.
There was samuel sharpe.
He was like, "I would rather to die upon yonder gallows Than live in slavery."
And because of that determination, We are free today.
There is way more to jamaica Than just the whole partying and the hype life.
Yeah. Smoking weed and all of that.
There's a lot more.
Yeah. Yeah.
Your hair's so short.
Yeah, it got shaved, see?
You can touch it. Yeah.
I want to be on tv.
You want to be on tv? Go say hi to the tv.
Yo, this is "huang's world," and we in... Jamaica. Jamaica. Jamaica. Jamaica.
Right.
- Hey, dr. Nicole? - Yes, hi.
Nice to meet you. Yeah. Nice to meet you.
So, we're here in sam sharpe square, right? Uh-huh.
And sam sharpe follows a line of abolitionists From tacky to nanny of the maroons.
So, growing up, being born in jamaica, A country that was a former colony,
How does it affect your identity?
We were under english domination from 1655.
We received our own independence in 1962.
- Yeah. - That's hundreds of years.
Yeah.
And as a result, Hundreds of years of what colonialism entailed
Is not going to disappear right away. No.
There is a very real economic dimension.
You have to think along the line of economic development.
Most of the money that was made from sugar Was exported to England.
So when we're ready to develop, right, We have to borrow.
But what does it mean for the lives of ordinary jamaicans?
Does it mean that we get good healthcare?
Does it mean that we get good roads?
Do we... does it mean that we get the money
That we need to develop the rural areas?
Leadership has to be invested in ways
In which we can go forward using our own resources.
So, for people who have not come to jamaica, They just listen to dancehall,
They see the flag, they see usain bolt,
What does the world need to understand about jamaica?
I mean, outside of tourism, There is a thriving cultural and creative industry.
I mean, all it requires Is the minimal input from jamaicans For maximum output
Because there is that demand for jamaican cultural goods.
There really is a wisdom and understanding in the culture
Because this country, this land, and these people, You guys have gone to the depths
That I don't think people in many other countries have gone to.
I think one of the things about jamaicans,
If I were to narrow us down to one thing, I'd say that we are survivors. Yeah.
And put us in the right circumstances, we thrive.
I think that is what is so amazing.
If you're looking from where we're coming from To where we are,
It is testament to our survival.
All right.
So, we're at lorna's, And we're gonna get this ackee and saltfish.
And ackee and saltfish is jamaica's national dish.
But it's not indigenous to jamaica.
Legend has it that it actually came over On a slave ship with a kid
Because he kept a black shiny seed To bring over here to remind him of home.
And that seed grew into the ackee tree, And jamaica had ackee.
And it looks like a vegan egg.
And it comes out of the ackee flower.
And you take out the yellow bits here.
This is really a survival food.
You get a lot of protein from the ackee.
You boil them, you soak them, And then you stir-fry them with saltfish.
Everybody does it in a different way.
Everyone's moms, aunts, grandmas do it different.
And lorna's is one of the most famous spots in kingston For this breakfast dish.
The quality of their saltfish is very good.
It tastes like scrambled eggs and tomatoes.
Here in jamaica and the caribbean, They do it with the saltfish,
And it feels like bacalao on, like, fridays
At a good puerto rican, dominican restaurant.
And what I really like is you get it here With boiled yams, boiled plantains,
But the flavor is all coming From this saltfish and ackee over here.
Delicious.
Yo.
What's the legend of mr. Chin?
Mr. Chin, basically, as the people know, Is chinese that came down here.
And we as jamaicans want to keep things simple.
So, huang, lee, chung, yi, whoever they are Are all "mr. Chin."
That's the legend... mr. Chin number one.
Don't forget it.
Mr. Chin number one!
- Whoo! - Respect mr. Chin!
Yeah.
So, we in charles town here.
And it's a maroon village in jamaica.
And the maroons, they were the slaves That escaped from the plantation,
Led a revolution, and ran into the mountains.
Hello. - Hello.
- How's it going? - It's good.
- I'm eddie. - I'm marcia douglas.
Nice to meet you, marcia.
Nice meeting you, too.
Welcome to charles town maroon asafu yard and museum.
You are in the asafu yard.
And the word "asafu" means to dance.
They call them maroons Because they were as wild as the cimarron goats.
And so, today, here in charles town, We still live our maroon culture.
Also, we do the jerk originated in the ground.
I never had jerk chicken in the pit in the ground.
Well, you can see the maroons had to find ways In getting food ready... Mm-hmm.
Without the british knowing exactly what is happening.
Some of the spices and herbs that are generally used
Are the ones we grow around, like pepper elder.
Then they would blend it with the pimenta.
Yeah, so, in america, they call this allspice.
One thing about the herbs... they work with the moon.
The wholer the moon is, the stronger the herbs are.
Oh. Yes.
I like that. That's good knowledge.
So, in the time the british take To get the smell or the smoke,
The maroons would be long gone.
And not only is it a good self-defense And preservation technique,
But it's an incredibly intelligent cooking technique
Because you're cooking the chicken with indirect heat.
You can cook it slow. It gets tender.
It breaks down all the muscle fibers, And then when the wood gets hot,
The essential oils From the wood and the aromatics on top
Seep into the chicken in a way that's much more effective
Than dried seasonings or frying it.
- That's right. - This is extremely smart.
Oh.
- Look at this chicken. - Look at this.
That's a leg.
Mmm. Wow.
How is it? Very good.
This is the best-flavored jerk chicken I ever had.
The spices, the aromatics.
Look on the inside. Really... yeah.
Smoked... there's a red ring on it.
This is... right, this is a beauty about it.
Mm-hmm. Yeah. So, all the fats Have been burned out of it. Yeah.
And it's just ready to go. Mm-hmm.
And the innovation that they have here That I've never had on jerk chicken
Is how well they used the pepper elder Because the pepper elder,
It's like a couch in the club.
And they got like the pimenta dancing on it, The basil, the peppers.
But it's that pepper elder, Like, holding it all up. Ah.
- You love it? - Loved it.
- All day. - For sure.
Mr. Chin loved the jerk chicken.
Yeah. Mr. Chin loved the breadfruit.
- Number one, mr. Chin. - Mr. Chin love jamaica.
Number one. This guy here.
Number one.
So, in the early 1900s, Marcus garvey led the pan-african movement.
And it was a black nationalist movement that encouraged people
To get back in touch with their roots and learn who they are.
So we're taking you here to café africa in kingston That serves pan-african food.
And we're gonna meet steven, Who's gonna teach us more about garveyism.
Yo, what's up, man? - What's up, eddie?
How's it going? Nice to meet you, steven.
Welcome to café africa, my brother. Definitely.
Did you build the garvey statue?
No that statue has actually been there since 1987.
Wow. As you can see, It could use a little facelift.
But marcus garvey was the first jamaican
To be declared a national hero in 1964. Mm-hmm.
So that's why we say he's our first national hero Because after him, they decided,
Okay, let's create more national heroes.
I like the idea of the seven national heroes. Mm-hmm.
You know, I got the pamphlet.
You know, when you come to jamaica, You get the pamphlet,
And you read about the national heroes.
Yes. It's a cool thing.
It's on the back of every jamaican school notebook.
Yeah. It's on the wall Of every jamaican early childhood Educational institution.
And, of course, they're on our money. Yeah.
I wish our money was as strong as our heroes.
Yeah, man, and just to understand more about garveyism
Because a lot of times when you learn about it in america,
They'll talk about marcus garvey as a criminal,
You know, a militant, and things like that. Mm-hmm.
But I've always seen him as a hero.
Yes.
Well, to be fair, his most influential years Between 1916 and 1926
Were in america. Yeah.
When garvey left jamaica in 1916, He was not the famous garvey we know today.
So he really made his name and established himself
And his organization in the United States.
What garvey was saying, That because of our experience as africans,
Coming from africa, how we were brought here, And what we suffered through,
We have a duty To sort of unify our efforts In order to advance our race.
So it's not enough to say You're in slavery for 200 years, now you're free.
Yeah. We need a system Where we're able to pool our resources,
Practice collective securities In order to give our race a lift
And make it competitive and equal with others In terms of economics, politics,
Um, society, and so forth.
In the digital age, you know, Identity doesn't have borders anymore.
And you know, it's not you're only african in africa.
Right. If you're a child of africa, You're the diaspora, you have to reconnect.
You have to get plugged back in. Yeah.
I think it's very important to know who you are.
That's... that's excellent. And that in... In a nutshell represents garveyism.
Garveyism says, "look, know your history."
Yeah. The history of black people Going back to the first civilizations
In egypt, in ethiopia, in timbuktu.
We have made great contributions to civilizations.
Yeah. So, it is because of our experience in the west
And that mental colonization... Yes. . ..That garveyism becomes necessary.
With colonialism, It's a very insidious way to control someone...
To take their tongue and to take their identity And take their history. Mm-hmm.
If you don't know where you're from, If you don't know your family... Mm-hmm.
You're split up, you don't have your language, History, culture...
You're a blank slate. You're a blank slate.
The begin to write. Ah. And they write Anything they want on you.
And so it's hard to teach somebody To want that if you've never had that.
Yeah. And that's a struggle.
If you look at rastafarianism, If you look at reggae music,
You guys went and you went to charles town,
You saw the maroons and so forth. Mm-hmm.
You see, that... that represents That as much as they tried to take our language,
Take our religion, take this, take that, There is something within us
That kept bubbling up to come out. Yeah.
And so, you have the maroons, And so, you have reggae music
Now urging africans... Yeah.
To fight for liberation and so forth.
And this is what makes, you know, jamaica
And really the caribbean and africans in general
So powerful... that indomitable spirit. Yeah.
And, my brother, that's why so many people Connect to jamaican culture,
Jamaican music, jamaican sayings, even garveyism itself
Is because it's deep down in every single person.
That, like, feeling of wanting to love yourself And know who you are.
And when it springs up from a jamaican
That has been suppressed and silenced for so long, It's the most powerful.
One love. It's the most powerful.
One love. You know? It really is.
Let's eat and talk, man. Let's eat something.
I want you to taste some of this food. Let's eat some of this food, yeah.
What is this? This is kushari.
That's lentils, rice, pasta, Sauce, and fried onions.
Mmm. Ooh.
It's like a spicy north african lasagna on top
With that dry chili heat that's very indicative of north african food.
And then it's on top of the lentils and rice.
Yeah. This is incredible.
You know, pasta really comes from asia. Mm-hmm.
And so, even as much as we talk about jamaica being out of many, one...
Yeah. ...If you really look at african food And african culture,
It's so many different cultures. Yeah.
Food is one of the way That we sort of transmit culture across the world.
Yeah, I love jamaican and african food, too, 'cause it comes out of an experience
And it's utilitarian. Yeah.
In front of you here is dongo-dongo.
That's saltfish and okra.
And dongo-dongo is the origin of gumbo. Oh!
So, it's best eaten with fufu, Which is either pounded cassava or pounded yam.
This one is yam. Okay.
That's why our mantra is "a taste to remember"...
Because we want you to remember where you come from.
How is it? Delicious.
You can really see how gumbo came from this.
If I was to take this And then put some hot sausage and tomato
And dried rice in it... Yes. Yes.
You can make gumbo.
This is the base. Right there. There it is.
You know, I've been reading about the history of jamaica
And the history of a lot countries around the world That rose up out of colonialism.
But then there's this neocolonialism, right?
Which is what's going on with the imf, World bank, and the debt. Mm-hmm.
And I wanted to get your perspective If jamaica's actually free.
Europe thought for a long time Before they decided to give us emancipation.
And they thought for an even longer time after that
Before they decided to give us independence. Yeah.
And it's really just a smoke screen Because what they've always been concerned with
Is controlling the economy and the production
And the revenues that are generated by the country.
We're supposed to be an independent country,
But if economically, you're tied to somebody else, Then you're not independent.
You're not independent, and you're not free.
Because wasn't it 20% of jamaica's gdp Was paid to the imf this year for interest?
Yes. Yeah.
The wealth is where we need to focus as a people.
Absolutely. And this is why marcus garvey is most relevant,
Because he didn't just talk about knowing your culture
And knowing your ethnicity. Yeah.
He talked about collective economic security.
And I'll tell you, the cultural war, The clash of civilizations
Is the biggest charade in the world.
They have us fighting over everything else Except what they're controlling us with,
Which is the global economy.
But there are nations that have prevailed, you know?
And I draw the example of what the chinese Have been able to accomplish.
I'm not saying that they're... they're perfect.
Yeah. But in terms of understanding That they needed to created a wealth base
In order to make themselves equal Amongst the other world players.
And that's why, you know, free market Is not necessarily good
For nations coming out of colonialism.
You know, people criticize, like, a fidel castro,
But there is a need and a time for a castro, Given the fact that you're a country
Coming out of slavery and colonization.
There needs to be some insulation for a time
In order to secure your own wealth creation Before you engage the free market.
It's just like the idea Of sending a kid to a private school,
Or you stay and you live with your parents until you're 18.
When you're young, before you have your legs about you,
You have to be incubated, and it makes time. Right.
That's what castro did. That's what mao did. Right. Exactly.
That's what a lot of these people did.
I love that analogy, but we need to keep pushing, And we need to keep developing
And creating wealth for ourselves
So that we can be independent and cut that umbilical cord,
Whether it's the imf, the world bank, or the queen.
Absolutely. Get free.
I smell something delicious, And I looked outside my window,
And there was this dude making vegetable soup.
I smelled this soup from the car.
- Yeah? - I'm eddie.
Nice to meet you. - Frenchie.
- Mm-hmm.
You're not actually french.
No, I'm jamaican-english.
Oh, you lying.
You go on, but they call me the frenchman.
You like to tell the girls you're french.
Well, I can't speak french, so I'm in problem.
Yeah, you want the soup? Yeah, yeah.
I'll have one order of this natural soup.
Yes. See the corn here.
Mm-hmm. Nutshell corn.
Oh, dumpling. I see the dumpling. Yes, a pepper.
That is a pepper. Yeah, I see the pepper.
I see it. Yes. Scotch bonnet... Scotch bonnet pepper. Yeah. Scotch bonnet.
Yes. I heard about that.
You see the peanut? You see the peanut? Yeah, I seen it.
I see he boiled the peanuts in there.
Your girlfriend will be pleased. Mmm.
Oh, yeah.
They say the coconut water goes straight to your heart.
The scotch bonnet goes straight to your balls.
This is right.
Whee.
This vegetable soup, I think the trademarks of it... You got the dumpling,
You got the scotch bonnet in there, you got the corn,
You got the callaloo, the peanuts.
The peanuts give it a real good flavor.
And the okra.
Yo, you got a lot of kung-fu.
I like this.
You got a lot of kung-fu.
Yeah, you put your foot in it. Yeah!
You definitely... he put his foot in the soup.
Yes. Yeah. All right.
That's right. That's right.
Yo, so we in the blue mountains right now at 17 mile post.
It's a three-in-one... A very irie combination they say.
You got mount edge, which is the bed and breakfast.
You got eits café.
And then the food basket, Which is a local farm- to-your-table delivery service.
- Hi. - Hello.
I'm eddie. Welcome.
Nice to meet you. Welcome to eits. Good to meet you.
Are you robyn? Yes. Robyn.
Yeah, thanks for having us. Of course.
How long have you had this?
About 3 1/2 years.
You can't beat the view.
The mountain is beautiful.
I feel like the energy in the mountain, I think, is undefeated.
And it's great when you have a farm, And you can just have access to pick all
Of these mixture of vegetables, like the eggplant.
Sometimes we have zucchini.
And I send an e-mail every Monday With what we have on the farm,
And then thursdays, we doorstep delivery.
Do most people in jamaica use a service like this?
Or do they go to the country themselves? Oh, no, they love it.
People are so busy now, that it's hard find the time
To actually go and be able to pick your own.
Yeah. So, it's nice to have it Just delivered to your doorstep.
This is a nice eggplant.
Super extremely firm eggplant.
Nice and waxy.
This might be one of the best-textured eggplants I've ever seen.
I get really excited about good produce.
There's our farmer.
You got great eggplant, my man.
We came here because we feel like eits café,
This is kind of the most modern food establishment That we could find in jamaica.
Like, you have a philosophy about food.
It's real, you know?
And I think also in jamaica, we're very proud.
So, we're very about brand, jamaica, eat local.
A lot of people like to farm Even in their own backyard
'cause that's how we started our farm.
My dad loves cooking, And he started just by planting a few salads and herbs.
And now our mailing list is over 1,000 people.
How many terraces do you have?
Well, we have a lot of sections of the farm,
And it goes straight from road to river.
Oh, wow. Mm-hmm.
That's dope. Yeah. Yeah.
You got to wake up some days and just feel like
You the king of the world, like, right here.
This is... this is pretty epic.
It is beautiful, yeah.
Did you meet my dad? No, I haven't.
No? Daddy. No.
Hi, I'm eddie.
How are you? Nice to meet you.
Michael. Yeah.
They already roasted a duck.
What are you basting it with? Olive oil.
But it's interesting 'cause you got a stand-up barrel. Yeah.
You know, a lot of times, They have the laying-down barrel.
This is good. It gets a different smoke, And the skin gets tighter. Correct, yeah.
Yeah, real nice. Absolutely.
Not many people do jerk duck.
Nobody does it. Nobody does jerk duck.
Oh, and you cooked it with the insides, The organs in there. Everything in there.
Mmm.
Very good flavor.
And not too ducky.
Mm-hmm. Very tender.
It... everything's super subtle,
And you taste the flavor of the duck and the smoke, Which I like. Yeah. Ah.
You got it. This is real good.
Ooh, lamb chops? Wow.
Okay, what we have is we roast this lamb... Yeah?
In the same way we would do the duck.
Yep. Take a piece.
Yeah.
Wow.
Nice, thin crispiness from frying it.
Super tender from slow roasting it.
Guys, you want to enjoy?
Never feed the white people.
They're too greedy? Too greedy.
Give them one, they take them all.
That's what they did with my woman, you know.
Ohh, really? Yeah.
Damn.
That's why I live up here alone.
See?
I'm telling you guys.
People don't believe me.
You got to watch out for these white people.
Always, I got my eye on you. All my woman.
I got my eye on you, c.V.
chef knows.
Chef knows.
I feel like the things you guys are doing
At eits café in the farm that your family has done.
You taking it into your own hands.
Exactly that.
We're trying to create a program and what we're doing
That eventually we'll be our own security.
We'll be our own producers.
We'll be our own everything. Yeah.
If everybody comes and steps on the plan, And they say, "okay, it works,"
And they start to follow this type of plan,
When they see a tourist, he's a precious commodity.
Yeah.
Because jamaicans, they're all entrepreneurs.
Every little jamaican man, He want to have his own little shop
Even if it have only two beers in it.
I have seen this. Yes.
On the side of the road.
And they're cooking. It's unbelievable.
Yeah, it's a country of lemonade stands.
It's that spirit.
So, this is a good plan.
Yeah. This a good plan.
The small business plan.
Yes. I like it.
Shit! Hey!
That's all right. My bad.
Oh, damn.
Jamaican tennis court got the ganja on the side.
So, we're here in kingston To hang with the legendary sean paul.
I wanted to meet someone in jamaica Who's actually made it
And see if success has changed the relationship They have with their homeland.
Yo, we with sean paul, And we're gonna play king of the hill
With the homeys chris, scott, and jonas.
Yeah. All right?
This is king of the hill as he said.
It's not exactly tennis.
Yeah. The first to three points.
Okay, we ready. Chiny boys.
You know what I mean. Run the town.
Yep.
- Ready? - Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ooh! Hold up, bro.
Oh, oh, oh.
Aw, man.
Yo, I feel like I was a little timid.
I got follow through.
I was one tournament From being ranked in the state of florida.
Would've been in top 140 when I was like seventh grade,
But... Then I started smoking weed.
Oh. Got him.
Too much spin.
Go, go, go!
Oh, man. Oh, me.
Oh!
Oh, shit. I got it.
Oh. Beauty. Beauty.
Shame. Shame.
Champs. I didn't even know It was gonna be that easy. Now it's on tape.
Eddie came and beat me at my game.
No, that was fun, man.
I think it's time for the chinese food, man.
Yeah, it is. Let's do it.
The rum punch and the chinese food.
Let's get it. Let's get it.
Dude, we build our appetite up, then we go eat.
If there's one thing you learn on this show,
It's that after strenuous physical activity,
You got to drink the rum punch for the electrolytes.
You got to do it. Right?
Steve, the doctor, teach us How to make this natural rum punch.
All right, so, there's a basic recipe To jamaican rum punch, which is one sour...
Two sweet... Yeah?
Three of strong... And four of weak.
Jonas, can you pour the other medicine?
You tell me when to stop, though.
I might overdo it. Pour it in a cup first.
No, no, no, we don't have to do that.
All right, stop.
Okay.
Jonas got a heavy hand.
Now, some of the weak.
A little bit?
No! None?
No, no. I need less weak.
I want all wolves.
Right.
All right, doctor. All right.
Taste it. Here we go.
This for you.
Cheers, man. Cheers.
Big up, big up, big up, big up, big up, big up, big up.
Big cup.
Delicious.
Very strong.
Come to think of it, a country needs some weak people.
Sean, you want you some food?
Yeah, let's do it.
We ordered all your favorites.
You know, every country I go to, I got to try the chinese fast food
'cause they always finesse it.
Is it your grandpa that's chinese? Yeah, yeah.
Your family make chinese food at the crib?
Yeah. And he would always make the ginger sauces, You know, boiled chicken. Yeah.
He was a doctor, so good stuff, you know what I mean? Yeah.
I got a piece of the culture.
I don't speak chinese, and I don't know much about,
You know, my family that was there.
Basically about four generations deep now, so... Yeah.
Yeah. Well, I feel like by the time people Come to jamaica, after a generation,
They become jamaican, you know?
After you've been here 15 minutes, you're like...
Jamaican culture's so strong, I feel like it absorbs anything that comes in here.
All right, try this pimento steak.
How is it?
It's like a christmas pepper steak.
Mmm! Yeah?
I taste that pimento.
It's so tender.
So tender. Mm-hmm.
'cause they velvetize it. Yeah.
The grab the steak in a cornstarch.
Ah. Mm-hmm.
So, hold on. So, I'll just let you know
That you can't use those big words down here.
Oh, yeah, cornstarch?
Velvetize. Oh, velvetize?
That's too big. That's too big a word.
Well, you got to put it in a new song, sean.
Velvetize. You have to cut it down.
No, that's gonna be their new shit.
Velvetize it. Velvetize it like steak.
Yeah, I can't wait to get home and velvetize the wife, bro.
Wife's got to get velvetized.
The velvetation.
I grew up in orlando, florida, And I was listening to all your shit.
You know, I remember bumping it on the school bus.
And we would like, when the "belly" soundtrack came out,
We were playing that song you had, And we were jumping across the bus,
Like, banging back and forth, man.
That shit was super hard.
That's what this music is for.
It's for forgetting the problems that exist in day to day And whatever.
That's why, you know, right now.
Yeah. You know what I mean?
A lot of people come here thinking it's a small island,
And they'll be able to shine on people who see them.
But everybody here is talented, yo.
So, for kind of... You have to be on it 24/7.
What would you tell young jamaicans cats That's trying to do it?
Um, first of all, and I say it all the time, Just don't do it for all the flair
That you see. Do it from your heart.
If you feel you have something to add to the art that it is.
I mean, when I came into the game,
I was trying to add to what the greats do before.
I can't do it like them, But I can do it in my own way. Yeah.
A lot of people ask me, why am I still here?
Yeah. I find it a weird question.
I grew here. These are my friends.
There are people who make me Who I am today. Yeah.
So, I have almost a sense of responsibility.
Like, I got to build this back, too.
Yeah. I never, ever thought, "when I make it, I'm gonna leave here."
I thought when I made it, I'm gonna make sure other people see that and feel that
And be inspired by that, and also hopefully make it, too.
That's the thing you see with a lot of jamaicans, though.
I mean, usain bolt still lives here.
Yeah. You still live here.
A lot of jamaicans, they all come home.
I mean, a lot of people not from jamaica come here.
My grandmother, she's from England.
Yeah. And she came here, And she's like, "I'm not leaving."
Yeah. Many different cultures, Many different people
Influenced what you see as jamaicans today.
Mm-hmm. So, you know, Each one to each one.
You already know. Yeah.
Definitely, man. Number one.
Bro. Sean paul.
My team.
I'm descended from genghis khan.
This is in my blood.
Oh, don't rub my legs, right? Just sit back.
This feels very natural.
It looks more natural for you than me.
Mount up!
Blap!
Ohhh!
Oh, sea biscuits.
Yo, that's crazy, though.
Horses can take a dump while walking.
Like humans, man, you got sit still.
I'll show you sometime, horse.
We're coming here to dr. Grahm's house.
He's a prominent veterinarian out in the country in jamaica.
And we're gonna check out his farm.
He got peacocks, he got goats.
And we gonna get you up close And personal, eye-to-eye with one of these goats
Before we simmer it in some curry.
- Hey, how's it going? - How are you doing?
I'm eddie. Oh.
Nice to meet you. Patrick grahm.
Nice to meet you, definitely.
Thank you for having us. Hi, eddie.
My better half. Eddie.
How are you? Nice to meet you.
This is like you got your own little galapagos island Of animals out here.
Yes, it's... yes, it's my little world.
Yeah, it's pretty cool. Yes, thank you.
How long you been out here?
Well, I've been here about, um...12, 14 years.
Yeah? Were you always a farmer raising animals?
Well, yes, ever since a child, my parents were hardware.
Then I left school, I went to university of windsor in canada.
Then I went to tuskegee university. Oh, wow.
Graduated a doctor of veterinary medicine.
Yeah.
So, they're a different breed than this?
Yes, as you can see.
Yeah. So, these are nubians.
Yes.
And then this guy over here is a boer, Which is originally from south africa.
Oh, wow, he got huge balls.
And then we have the spanish goat That we're gonna eat for dinner.
Goat is a delicious animal.
Well, it is, yes.
I would say it's somewhere between beef and lamb.
And it has less fat in the muscles, as well, So it's a little more healthier.
In jamaica, we curry it mostly.
Yeah. Oh, malibu.
Malibu to malibu, all right.
Great. Malibu representer.
Malibu.
My name is greg. I take care of the animals and stuff.
Oh, nice, nice. Nice to meet you.
So, he wants to meet his dinner.
You want to meet the dinner? Yeah.
Here's your dinner. Oh, this is the one?
Yes. It's a small goat, and it's good meat-purpose goat.
Yeah. It's not a stud breed.
That's right. It's a small goat.
Is the goat native to jamaica?
No. It's called a spanish goat.
Do you ever slaughter the animals.
Yeah, I slaughtered before.
Do you get sad when you kill them?
Because you raised the animals and you take care of them?
Yeah, yeah. I love them.
They make me really hard to eat, Slash them throat or something like that.
Yeah. It's like a sacrifice.
It's a sacrifice, but you have to respect it.
Respect it and take care of the world.
A lot of people raise these animals, They're stuck in small pens.
Yeah. They never really get To enjoy life at all. Yeah.
These animals, you could tell they enjoy life.
That's with my boss, dr. Grahm, He treat the animal like he treat himself.
He tried to learn me that.
So, I kind of get what you're saying.
Yeah, no, these is his last moments.
Yeah.
You got like five minutes, man. True.
You see? Now, as soon as this guy came out the knife,
The goat is running, and he started screaming.
That's the first time this goat made a noise.
Come. He realized.
C.V., you don't need me, get the goat.
Just watch this. I'll say this, man.
This happens every time you eat, man.
You got to see this.
Hello.
Kind of busy now. On an interview. I forgot about.
Tell them you just killed a goat.
I just killed goat. We just killed a goat, man.
My baby mother. Oh, your baby moms?
Yeah. Yeah.
Just killed a goat.
So, you're the butcher here?
Yeah, butcher, chef.
How long has your family been in jamaica?
How many generations?
About two, three.
Two or three? Yeah?
You consider yourself jamaican or indian or both?
Jamaican, jamaican, jamaican, jamaican.
Most people are very proud to be jamaican.
It's very much people know who they are. Right.
And I think that's one of the biggest struggles in life.
And I'm proud to be jamaican.
I mean, jamaica brand is a big thing all over the world.
So, everywhere jamaicans go, they have left their mark.
Yeah.
That's something I'm very proud of.
When I was at university, I was tops in my class.
But a typical jamaican are hard fighters, And everywhere they go, they do well.
I think the best part of the show is not the food.
It's meeting the people and learning things.
I learn in one week What I would learn in a college course
In an entire year, an entire semester.
The opportunity to learn and see all these things
And see all these people is a real gift.
It's kind of wild, man.
We're like in a zoo eating curry goat in jamaica.
Looks good.
That smells good.
Oh, wow.
See, I was worried 'cause this chef was very confident.
He was talking a lot shit, And I was worried that this wouldn't be good,
And I would have to lie to him, but this is delicious.
Oh, man. Yeah, no, you weren't talking shit.
You was just telling the truth.
This the most tender goat I've ever had.
And goat is not an easy animal to cook 'cause it don't have that much fat. Right.
The balance of the curry is perfect.
It's not too much curry.
It plays with the flavor of the meat, But the meat shows the most.
Oh, yes. I can see you're a great narrator. Mm.
And thanks to the goat for sacrificing its life for us.
That poor goat tastes real good.
I think you guys are really good ambassador For the United States.
Hm, thank you.
You know, human beings are funny animals, man.
We play favorites.
You see the pretty goat.
That goat's gonna live all the way Till it dies on its own as a stud.
The smaller, not-so-cute goat Got sacrificed for goat curry today.
But one is not better than the other.
An as caretakers of this planet, I think the important thing is to be mindful
Of how much we take.
Jamaica gives the world so much.
They do so much with so little.
But jamaica keeps giving, and the world keeps taking.
And when we look at the debt that the rest of the world
Holds over jamaica's head, I have to start to ask myself,
If this debt hasn't already been paid for,
Not just in cultural wares and soft power, But actually physical labor.
This current global economy we have, It doesn't exist without slave labor
Just a couple generations ago.
And for caribbean countries, not just jamaica,
But colonies around the world, maybe we don't give reparations,
But perhaps we need to start thinking and saying That this debt has been paid for.