Dreaming of Ocho Rios? See Ras Kitchen Documentary. The most INFLUENTIAL show about JAMAICAN CULTURE ever produced.
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How a Canadian in Jamaica built the most successful YouTube channel about rural Jamaica and almost lost it all. My “collab” with @RasKitchen didn’t actually go as planned, as originally it was supposed to be a simple interview, but it turned into a 2.5 hr film and the most epic story I’ve produced so far!
💚PATREON
➡️ Support JAMAICA WITH IRIE on Patreon:
patreon.com/jamaicawithirie
➡️ Support RAS KITCHEN on Patreon:
patreon.com/raskitchen
🔴 RAS KITCHEN
➡️ youtube.com/raskitchen
➡️ raskitchen.com
➡️ instagram.com/raskitchentv
➡️ facebook.com/RasKitchenTV
🔴 OTHER YOUTUBE LINKS
➡️ Matthew’s comment to this documentary:
➡️ How Much YouTube pays me in Jamaica
➡️ Calby’s Place (by Ras Kitchen)
➡️ Calby’s Place (by Jamaica with irie)
➡️ Ocean Dreams Villa (by Ras Kitchen)
🔴 RASTA MOKKO
@RastaMokkoCoolVibz
🔴 UCALS CAR RENTAL
ucalsrentacar.com
🔴 OCEAN DREAMS VILLA
The beautiful property where this documentary was filmed
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/52731894
🔴 MUSIC
➡️ RAS AMERLOCK
https://www.rasamerlock.com/
➡️ MESSIAN DREAD
https://www.dubroom.org/
➡️ LYSHEMUSIC
https://www.fiverr.com/inbox/lyshemusic
🔴 NAVIGATION
00:00 Introduction
03:05 How Ras Kitchen started
03:30 Why Matthew chose Jamaica?
04:42 Why a cook show?
05:38 Friends with Rasta Mokko?
06:30 How the show began in 2010
08:51 Pitching to TV
10:13 Ras Kitchen Concept
10:58 “Ras Kitchen” name
11:38 How Matthew discovered Rasta Mokko
12:31 Worlds Together Travel
13:15 Who are the Birneys
14:24 Who is Ben Birney
15:31 Rasta Mokko before Ras Kitchen (by Dave Birney)
17:57 Who is Dianne Birney
18:43 Who is Dave Birney
19:20 Why the Birneys chose Jamaica
19:48 Ras Kitchen Audience
23:14 Why is Jamaica special?
25:48 About St.Thomas Parish
27:53 Meeting Rasta Mokko
29:28 Ucal’s Car Rental
29:50 Rasta Mokko’s story
31:07 Rasta Mokko speaks on making videos
31:43 First videos of Rasta Mokko by Dave Birney
32:54 Rasta Mokko before Ras Kitchen (by Free-I)
33:26 Free-I and Zion Country
34:48 Interview with Rasta Mokko?
35:43 Ras Kitchen before the success – 7 years of “no views”.
38:20 The arrangement between Matthew and Rasta Mokko
38:42 How did Matthew pay Rasta Mokko
39:35 Making content with Rasta Mokko
40:47 What’s so special about Rasta Mokko
41:54 Ratty
43:43 Travel around Jamaica with Rasta Mokko
45:07 Fun vibes!
46:30 Ocean Dreams Villa
48:48 Rasta Mokko Airbnb Story
50:25 How Matthew managed Airbnb for Rasta Mokko
54:04 How the Yard changed from 2001 to 2023
56:10 Rasta Mokko and “the opposite people”
56:56 Rasta Mokko buys a car
58:13 The start of Ras Kitchen Success
01:00:47 The first viral video
01:01:57 Channel blows up
01:03:17 Backpacking Simon
01:07:32 Ras Kitchen Secret Sauce
01:12:52 Ras Kitchen & the Music (ft. Ras Amerlock)
01:16:18 What it’s like to work with Matthew
01:17:33 Fix up yuh vibe!
01:19:28 Message to Ras Kitchen Fans
01:20:18 Ras Kitchen Vibes!
01:21:55 Why Rasta Mokko wears the worst shoes
01:22:36 Rasta Mokko about the “Badmind People”
01:24:16 When the rain comes
01:25:03 When the vibes shift
01:26:32 How the drama started
01:30:11 The DRAMA
01:33:58 Dealing with hate
01:37:30 Exploiting Ras Kitchen
01:40:01 Exploiting drama and tragedy for views
01:41:32 End of Partnership
01:45:16 Is Matthew a scammer?
01:47:17 A contract?
01:47:36 Falling out with Matthew (by Dave Birney)
01:49:44 Taking advantage of an illiterate man?
01:52:30 Who is exploiting whom?
01:54:45 How Irina got threats
01:55:20 About “Image and Likeness”
01:56:08 Was Rasta Mokko compensated fairly?
01:56:25 Fair Compensation – Media Money Explained
01:59:31 How much a professional actor is paid in Jamaica
02:03:00 How much a professional cameraman is paid in Jamaica
02:04:20 How much exactly Matthew paid
02:04:44 The GoFundMe Drama
02:07:53 What happened to the GoFundMe money
02:08:38 NO Rasta Mokko = NO Show?
02:10:53 Exploiting Jamaican Culture?
02:12:47 Misrepresenting Rastafari Culture?
02:13:40 Behind the Scenes Vibes
02:14:42 Calby’s Hidden Beauty
02:15:43 How Matthew made his millions $$$
02:17:57 How much YouTube pays us
02:19:32 Matthew and his “lavish lifestyle”
02:22:00 Cost of Production
02:23:44 Demonetization
02:25:21 Matthew about the Music
02:25:49 About Brand Deals
02:28:05 Buying land and relocating to Jamaica
02:29:53 What RAS KITCHEN actually is.
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