Rasta
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Rasta
By shortening
Example Sentences
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Taking the Rasta name Jabari Muata Ta Seti, he returned to Bradford and worked as a voluntary counsellor, also setting up the anti-drugs charity Black Against Crack in the city in the mid-1990s.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
He also enlisted help from his generation’s most eminent producer, Tainy, as well as DJ Playero, Arcángel and Baby Rasta, bona fide OGs from Puerto Rico’s reggaetón underground.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2022
According to a now-outdated Postmates menu, Flavor Crazy sold Caribbean-infused soul food dishes, such as "flavor-crazy wings," macaroni and cheese, "Rasta Pasta," snapper and seafood rice.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2022
“I would like some justice for my daughter and for the Rasta community on a whole, and some form of compensation,” said McIntosh.
From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2021
It was a Rasta cap: the one Grover always wore.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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