Disgrace Land is a production of Double Elvis.

The Peter Tosh story, his role as a reggae revolutionary who rejected peace in the name of truth and justice,

an outspoken critic of the Jamaican government whose refusal to compromise nearly cost him his life many times over,

is so complex that we needed two episodes to properly tell it.

If you're just getting hip to this now, I suggest you hit pause and go back to the last

episode of Disgraceland, part one of the Peter Tosh story.

In this episode, we get into Peter Tosh's attempt to take his revolutionary message to the airwaves by buying out

Jamaica's Radio 1, his need to protect himself by way of African bush doctors and medicine men,

and his shocking and brutal murder, which happened inside his own home, carried out by someone he knew.

This is a story about the cost that Peter Tosh paid for getting up, standing up, and speaking his mind

through his actions and his music. Great music. Unlike that music I played for you at the top of the show,

that wasn't great music.

That was a preset loop from my Melotron called Incessant Chacha, MK2.

I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to La Bamba by Los Lobos.

And why would I play you that specific slice of Yono soy marinero cheese could I afford it?

Because that was the number one song in America on September 11, 1987.

And that was the day that three armed men made their way into Peter Tosh's house,

ordered everyone inside down on their bellies,

and did not leave until three people were dead.

On this episode, Revolutionary Messages, Radio One, Medicine Men, Armed Men,

and the assassination of Peter Tosh.

I'm Jake Brennan, and essential for human life.

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