BMG PRESENTS -Roots reggae rose in the 1970s as a voice of resistance, echoing far beyond the Caribbean. For Sicilian-born Alberto D’Ascola–now known as Alborosie–reggae became a calling. “My reggae is 2025,” he says. Born in Marsala in 1977, he discovered the genre at 15 through a Bob Marley cassette and a TV ad playing “Jamming.” Soon, he taught himself instruments and formed Reggae National Tickets, a band that gave voice to Europe’s disillusioned youth. But he craved authenticity. At 18, he traveled to Jamaica, where repeated visits revealed reggae’s spiritual roots. In 2003, he left Italy for Kingston to pursue a solo career. Locals dubbed him “borosie”–a dismissive term he reclaimed as his stage name.