The Night Hardman Robbie Shakespeare Saved Maxi Priest From Gangsters In 1988

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  • In December 1988 at the peak of Sly and Robbie's Taxi Connection World Tour, Maxi Priest who was one of the headliners narrowly escaped the wrath of a notorious gangster all thanks to the brains and brawn of Robbie Shakespeare
    #reggae #robbieshakespeare #maxipriest

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  • @bayokehinde4440
    @bayokehinde4440 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yet another awesome reggae back story, being told. An insightful low down of reggae artists'; their relationships and personalities. RS was really a friend indeed! ❤

  • @PapaIrie
    @PapaIrie 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    My man Robbie was bout that combat. 😂
    He is terribly missed RIP

  • @smoothoperator7023
    @smoothoperator7023 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Loved Robbie in those live concerts back in the B.U. early 80's 🔥

  • @martelzjinnz6856
    @martelzjinnz6856 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Original stand up Robbie;no nonsense man, he's demeanor said that to...rest in power King

  • @gregorychanyukachimonyo5973
    @gregorychanyukachimonyo5973 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Legendary Robbie Basspear

  • @rolandpritchard1731
    @rolandpritchard1731 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Was very lucky to sly and Robbis and the taxi gang 2 times and I thank god for that and jah bliss him and all the great Reggae artists we have bee n bliss with that makes this music so wonderful and fulfilling and up lifting.

  • @blackwolverine1
    @blackwolverine1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Robbie was not only a phenomenal musician globally. But he was a tough dude. Word has it he used to bring his hammer into the recording studio.

  • @djaminc
    @djaminc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I never knew about that side of Jah Robbie Shakespeare- good ting for Maxi Priest that he was there 4him...Robbie was a great bassist as well as a hard man it seems...Good episode. Blessup high-a.

  • @BlessUpKev
    @BlessUpKev 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Yeah Mon the knowledge is great in dis place.... Jah bless

  • @DannyFiver-m9k
    @DannyFiver-m9k หลายเดือนก่อน

    Maxi Priest came up through the Saxon Sound System in London he must be fine now because he headlined the West Indian carnival in Chapeltown Leeds West Yorkshire in 2023. It’s an interesting story and I appreciate the video and your channel. As a British guy who grew up in Greater Manchester and loved the Reggae Pirate Radio stations from Moss Side since the eighties when I was a kid. It is very helpful to have the culture and music explained Bless up Respect and Big Love from Northern England to you at the centre of the world in Jamaica keep up the excellent channel ❤️💛💚 🇯🇲

  • @raganelle4830
    @raganelle4830 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    ...Wow. I made it to a couple of shows during this tour....Cincinnati and Columbus (Oct '88). They opened in Boston (last week of September '88). Forever Memories.✨

    • @Rikki-D
      @Rikki-D 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I too, was at both Concerts in Cincinnati & Columbus 🎶 Had a great time, got back stage & took mass pics 🎶🎶

  • @RonTate-e4u
    @RonTate-e4u 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Nice one Robbie love maxi ❤🎉

  • @barrygiddey9139
    @barrygiddey9139 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never heard of this before-Great story!

  • @dailypolishme
    @dailypolishme 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Another brilliant video and thanks for sharing.

  • @fredericocr1
    @fredericocr1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Another banger. Thank you, professor 😃

  • @eatonvaughan6727
    @eatonvaughan6727 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I just love history. Jah Bless

  • @robertmcbride6931
    @robertmcbride6931 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    The more I hear about the music business, the less impressed I am with it...

    • @runningrasta
      @runningrasta 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      serious ting...

    • @tyreesmith6311
      @tyreesmith6311 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Facts my brother facts

    • @mrjoe4172
      @mrjoe4172 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You could say the same thing about life too

    • @jw93
      @jw93 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I worked in it for 20 years, Hunter S Thompson summed it up best - "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."

    • @NextSound170
      @NextSound170 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thats why we just listen to the music

  • @beverleystephenson7731
    @beverleystephenson7731 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    omy god maxi priest thank God that we still have you with us 🙏 god blessed your friend ?in this world we have to have a good friend to who we can trust ❤️ 🎉thank God again 🙏

  • @blackfalconn3437
    @blackfalconn3437 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Maxi is my favorite reggae singer 🔥🐉🇬🇾 he made me start listening to reggae. Even dancehall the feature with Shabba made me start listening to Shabba. Then Terro Fabulous n Buju

  • @robertmathurin739
    @robertmathurin739 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Give Thanks for the video,, Blessed Love,, Rastafari,, 🇱🇨👊🏽🇯🇲👍🏽❤️🔥🔥🔥

  • @RobertPeterson-d2o
    @RobertPeterson-d2o 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That' How Robbie Shakespeare come, He played and maintained "Rough" everytime😅 RIP Sir Shakespeare. Jah needed you in another place in the Universe😢

  • @CageandCorners
    @CageandCorners 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing so much history

  • @thenowchurch6419
    @thenowchurch6419 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    No wonder Maxi did not give the reason for the beef.
    He knew he was at fault to some degree.

  • @MsWildberry1
    @MsWildberry1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    RAS is a wonderful font of 🎼Reggae music🎼 knowledge. But I have to say Peter Tosh was one of the most handsome. Raspec ❤️💛💚🖤

  • @nicasnerey9933
    @nicasnerey9933 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Robbie is toughest

  • @karastamusecrecords
    @karastamusecrecords 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Copeland Forbes, my dad.

    • @jaydebeer7251
      @jaydebeer7251 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Forbes your dad? I met him . My father knew him well

  • @PatriciaDouglas-n6p
    @PatriciaDouglas-n6p 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I always fancied Robbie there was something about him 😁

  • @rastafari4932
    @rastafari4932 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    …not many people know that Robbie was rough and tough…

    • @Fen534
      @Fen534 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The older people told me about his rude boy days when he use to live on Jacques rd east Kingston and how he loved to eat

    • @rosemaryjackson7299
      @rosemaryjackson7299 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Good day, I am so surprised to know this. He seemed so quiet and layed back like Sly. I greatly appreciate this post. God bless form the USA.

    • @Fen534
      @Fen534 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rosemaryjackson7299 Jamaican slang silent river runs deep

  • @ani65ans29
    @ani65ans29 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Worked in rolt street ,in rail way arch ,always saw maxi .P. with his home boys. I know em he righteous..😮

  • @Infinitebrandon
    @Infinitebrandon 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    There you have it😏. Just as i got back from food bank. Alright, i know its not Ital but its nutritious enough. I gotta rewatch, i just got one river to cross😏 not many; bless jah. Ok chef back in action, chicken sandwich looking VERY good to all who accompany me. ❤️💛💚💯✌️

    • @ReggaeAppreciationSociety
      @ReggaeAppreciationSociety  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Blessings Brandon mi bredren. Bon Appetit. We give Jah the glory for the meal 🥪

    • @Infinitebrandon
      @Infinitebrandon 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ReggaeAppreciationSociety it's priceless how you bless the earth RAS. You're the habanero and cassava I add to my dish. Jah bless ❤️💛💚🤙

    • @ReggaeAppreciationSociety
      @ReggaeAppreciationSociety  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Infinitebrandon 🙌

    • @Infinitebrandon
      @Infinitebrandon 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ReggaeAppreciationSociety hey mon, you've the BEST documentaries ever on TH-cam. For real. I'd love to hear one unless you did it already about HIM. I mon a guess that WE all know He the King of all kings. His mere utterance silence the th heathen, I bear witness right now. I know if you do a story about HIM, the wold will drop down to their knees. You don't need to try hard , I mon know, I just want every soul to know lord Jesus is Ethiopian. Until then, bless forIver. I'm a jam toots country roads for now. Selassie I live. Children ya!

    • @ReggaeAppreciationSociety
      @ReggaeAppreciationSociety  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Infinitebrandon Yes I Brandon mi lion. Great suggestion. Will look at it.

  • @charlesgore5827
    @charlesgore5827 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Why does the term, showered with blessings, come to mind.

  • @stokelyherrera6526
    @stokelyherrera6526 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Maxie is a habitual line stepper I see 😂

  • @michahtaylor1182
    @michahtaylor1182 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Ok, after Keithy couldn't get his part of bargain with an agreement through Maxi Priest's former manager which was bad enough for Keithy to still feel hung up over something that never transpired giving rise to ideas that Maxi is still singing so he wants his money one way or the other. Maxi on the other hand only added more fuel to the fire when Keithy got locked away for sometime, Maxi just couldn't keep his shango stick in his pants didn't even catch any form of hints that the women he had an affair with was Keithy's girlfriend [the Keithy want to delete him at this moment]... Artiste life is a wild and messy trip at times!

  • @TheMightyKingzuru
    @TheMightyKingzuru 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    There's always a lady involved in most fights.

  • @oswaldtate3023
    @oswaldtate3023 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Keithy Axe waz NOT from BIRMINGHAM, but from LONDON (rip)

    • @jaydebeer7251
      @jaydebeer7251 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      South London. Small axe sound system.. Keith's brother had a pool house on the landor Rd starkys pool hse. Yes they from stockwell.. the preddie family

    • @darganx
      @darganx 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@jaydebeer7251 Small Axe was a gangster sound system, in a sound clash win or lose they're taking your records AND equipment! And just be lucky they don't slice you up getting it.. they were brutal

    • @jaydebeer7251
      @jaydebeer7251 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@darganx not with Coxson or hightous and a few others. Yes they done it with some but not all.

    • @darganx
      @darganx 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@jaydebeer7251 Yeah they didn't fk with Coxsone, there's always man that's badder!

  • @ecapone9223
    @ecapone9223 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Respect Robbie 💪🏿👍🏿🙏🏿🫡

  • @mrjoe4172
    @mrjoe4172 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Keithy axe simular to super cat,
    small axe wss his sound system from brixton london, but i think it was originally from ja, they used to play against a sound then rob sound amps before leaving,
    There is a video,
    coxsone at clapham common,,
    were you can see the axe man around coxsone sound in the 80s

    • @jaydebeer7251
      @jaydebeer7251 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I grew up with all these guys and remember this very well. I used to travel around with coxson in the 80s.. Keith's brother had a pool house on landor Rd in stockwell. The whole axe family were tough. The preddys

  • @GaryMcGhie
    @GaryMcGhie 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Small Axe Sound System was from Brixton, One of the best Weight And Treble Sound System In the 1970s - 80s, Small Axe Sound did not go looking for trouble but if you brought it to them you was in big trouble.

    • @jaydebeer7251
      @jaydebeer7251 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Stockwell not Brixton. But kinda the same back then. Keith preddie

    • @GaryMcGhie
      @GaryMcGhie 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It has been a long time but Small Axe came out of King Tubbys along with Black Harmony But from what I remember they came from the Landor Road Area Brixton, We played at the same blues dances on many occasions and Shepard's on Railton Road for years. Neville King Sound

    • @jaydebeer7251
      @jaydebeer7251 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@GaryMcGhie yes Keith axe preddie was small axe. His bigger brother starky was the owner of the pool house on landor Rd.

  • @IslandmonGanjamon
    @IslandmonGanjamon 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Robbie was n rockers movie?

  • @tb22k
    @tb22k 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The music 😮‍💨

    • @vincentatkins8442
      @vincentatkins8442 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      IT WAS VINCENT RAT, FROM RATS SECURITY WAS THE ONE WHO SAVED HIM. ALL THIS CAN BE CONFIRMED.

  • @devinedude3690
    @devinedude3690 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This was gripping...
    Loving this kind of content
    Blessings 🙏🏾❤

  • @asmarshadeed
    @asmarshadeed 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Keiti Axe was from London and this story is true

  • @AlbertoblackwoodBlackwood
    @AlbertoblackwoodBlackwood 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Robbie the general o/c barbells

  • @Nazarene_Judaism
    @Nazarene_Judaism 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Do Bogle and willie haggart

  • @Stick3x
    @Stick3x 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Max Elliott (Maxi Priest) is my cousin. I am going to ask him to confirm this.

    • @lakeelectric
      @lakeelectric 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Let me know, I enjoyed his music from back in the day.

    • @Stick3x
      @Stick3x 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ⁠Ok.

    • @marciadenson4382
      @marciadenson4382 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Do you know jacky Elliot?

    • @Stick3x
      @Stick3x 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@marciadenson4382 I have not met Jacky. My family is huge. I was born in America and never been to Jamaica where my grandmother Lois Jean Elliott was born in St Elizabeth (Bull Savanna). There are so many family members to meet.

    • @Stick3x
      @Stick3x 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@marciadenson4382 Are you related to us or know some of my family members?

  • @WarrenHolly
    @WarrenHolly 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had a friend like priest. Always had some bs going on. Especially behind a girl.

  • @jaydebeer7251
    @jaydebeer7251 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Keith axe was keith preddie. Big family. Knew him well and his bigger brother starky who had a pool house on landor rd stockwell south london.

  • @ian_occultist
    @ian_occultist 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Warrior Priest

  • @ashebermulugata9
    @ashebermulugata9 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    R. I. P. Barbells Robbie Shakespeare

  • @Jason-lv4uu
    @Jason-lv4uu 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    They put a pic of big percy to represent keithy axe Lol

    • @darganx
      @darganx 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What film was that again. Uptown Saturday Night?

    • @Jason-lv4uu
      @Jason-lv4uu 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@darganx yes

  • @jonathanyoung7694
    @jonathanyoung7694 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rip 🙏

  • @Infinitebrandon
    @Infinitebrandon 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Hey bredder RAS, did ya ever do one bout ub40? Years back i heard maxi was supposed to take over for ali Campbell. Forgive me if i missed it but I'd love to hear about how all them doing.🤙

    • @ReggaeAppreciationSociety
      @ReggaeAppreciationSociety  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Yes I did a video last year. You're right Maxi played that role for a tour I think. Will do a new one but here's the old one th-cam.com/video/E-ArrjwuJ4Y/w-d-xo.htmlsi=8JP8tdbi9fkpcSnR

    • @Infinitebrandon
      @Infinitebrandon 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@ReggaeAppreciationSociety bless I💯🤙

  • @GodfreyHo-Shing
    @GodfreyHo-Shing 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is incorrect, Axe was a Brixton man

  • @ayomaakaa6978
    @ayomaakaa6978 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When i see the start of the video i seh to meself...a Maxi an some woman.....i watch de rest and yeah.......

  • @walterscott2501
    @walterscott2501 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This man Kiki wos very lucky

  • @oneilblake4657
    @oneilblake4657 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Maxi Priest is Jamaican.

  • @TO-mp6qr
    @TO-mp6qr 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Maxi Priest focus too much on girl as a man with locks

    • @vincentatkins8442
      @vincentatkins8442 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      YES

    • @AckeeEater.
      @AckeeEater. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I wonder what you'd say about Bob Marley, huh?
      --Æ.

    • @JayNubi
      @JayNubi 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It come like you focus too much on man.

    • @MrNanah38
      @MrNanah38 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@AckeeEater.
      The same, do you think he is any different?

    • @MrNanah38
      @MrNanah38 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​​@@JayNubi
      Not all pusy a good pusy memba dat, discipline is virtue my friend.

  • @anyawaleofondo
    @anyawaleofondo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My friend Julian cut off Maxi Priest's locks.

    • @jaydebeer7251
      @jaydebeer7251 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I remember that 😆. Cut of a few locks but not all of it. Dam thst was a long time ago.

    • @anyawaleofondo
      @anyawaleofondo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@jaydebeer7251 I am an old chap!!
      I asked Julian what he did with the locks and he said that he dashed them in the road.

    • @darganx
      @darganx 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@anyawaleofondo lol cold

  • @dennisisaacs6978
    @dennisisaacs6978 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You got your story wrong about Keith axe he is not from Brixton h is a sound system owner from a sound named Small axe uk from brixton he later moved to Spanish Town and now he is late