Jamaican Music: The Brilliance of Kofi Kingston
Kofi Kingston is a professional wrestler signed to the WWE. He thrills audiences with his originality and creativity. His wrestling style is often high risk, and always high in entertainment. His finishing move is a tornado kick that he calls Trouble in Paradise. He also has very flashy signature moves, including the Boom Drop, which is a double leg drop with some theatrics. When Kofi came up to the WWE main roster he was billed as the first Jamaican born wrestler in the organization.
It is no secret that Jamaica has had a huge influence on the life of Kofi Kingston. In an interview with The Patriot Ledger, he recalls when he decided to start using his Jamaican gimmick. He says “I remember one day in practice I just started talking with a Jamaican accent and everyone’s like, ‘Oh, yeah, you’ve got to do that.” In the same interview he also talks about his love for Jamaican Music, saying “I’m really into music. On those long drives I would always listen to the Damian Marley CD” When the WWE superstar was wrestling on the independents he would pay tribute to Marley by using his song Confrontation as his entrance music.