Matisyahu Profile
Artist Name: Matisyahu
Birth Name: Matthew Paul Miller
Birth Date: June 30th, 1979
Birth Place: West Chester, Pennsylvania
Raised In: White Plains, New York
Genre(s): Reggae, Dancehall, Postrock
Nationality: American Hasidic Jew
Debut Album: Shake Off the Dust...Arise (2004)
Trademark: Wears traditional Hasidic garb
Breakthrough Single: ""King Without a Crown" (2005)
Did You Know:
It's really cool to be a Hasidic Jew
Matisyahu is the Ashkenazi Hebrew and Yiddish pronunciation of the Biblical name Matthew
His name means "gift of God" in Hebrew and derives from the ancient Jewish warrior, Matathias.
Sings in English, Hebrew and Yiddish.