(VIDEO) Young Hip-Hop Artist 'JB' Gives Local Farm Two Thumbs Up

What happens when you mix Hip Hop, world citizenry and strawberries? (Includes JB's music video 'Can't Lose Bully Proof)

Photo by Ervina Topalli

(BOSTON) - “A day in the country is worth a month in the city,” wrote the 19th-century English poetess Christina Rosetti.

JB with little brother Benjamin & Aunti Ervina at Ward's Berry Farm

While most people tour the great cities of Massachusetts or hangout at the local malls in the summer time, some simply want to enjoy the great outdoors.

After a surprise visit by his aunt and uncle Ervis and Ervina Topalli out of California, Jamal Belica—also known as "JB" in the music world—took his maternal family to a local farm.

Knowing full well that his aunt and uncle exercise daily and eat healthily, Jamal took them to Ward's Berry Farm in Sharon, MA.

It is a certified organic farm that not only boasts delicious fruit and veggies, but also entertains its visitors with a picnic area, a playground for children, tractor-drawn hayrides, pony rides, and farm animals.

The plan was to just pick strawberries, but the day turned out to be a great family adventure with lots of healthy food to tempt and enjoy.

Jamal gave the place two thumbs up!

From left Gentiana, Matilda, Alexander, Ervina, JB,                                               Jamal Belica on the farm. Grandma Iktidal, and Benjamin.

Everyone ate their fill of fresh delicious strawberries and had a good time in the sun. So, if you live in the nearby area and have some free time and want a change from the bleak walls of the city, why not hop in your car and chug off to some place like Ward’s Berry Farm and enjoy the great outdoors while eating healthy food al fresco for a change.

Can't Lose Bully Proof by JB (featuring JC & Agron Belica) Newsic Album 2011 (Jamal Belica Talks About Release of New Song 'Can't Lose: Bullyproof')

Of Albanian descent, first-generation American Agron Belica is largely self-educated. He accepted the responsibilities of life after his undisciplined teen years, spent mostly on the street with reckless gangbangers and brushes with the law. He is now married and the couple now have three children, all boys. His about-face was total and he began to study inspirational works and comparative religion.

He attended classes on Islam in New Jersey focusing on religious tenets, doctrinal differences, and the claims and beliefs of various Muslim sects. He also studied the proper recitation of the Quran and attained such proficiency in it that he was selected to perform the call to prayer, a great honor in a mosque, second only to leading the formal prayers.

Belica had a special interest in the history of the Prophet Yahya—John the Baptist. In 2008, this interest resulted in the issuance of his first essay on the neglected prophet: The Revival of the Prophet Yahya, a small article presenting an unorthodox view of Yahya/John. His revolutionary ideas attracted critics, vilifiers, and supporters. Among the latter, was the enterprising reporter, and award winning journalist, Tim King of Salem-News.com, who interviewed Belica. With the publication of that interview, Belica’s ideas went global.

The following year, he released a more thorough exposition of various aspects of the Yahya question: The Crucifixion: Mistaken Identity? (harvardbookstore.com). This time, the historical circumstances of the career of John the Baptist, extra-Biblical sources were carefully studied and cited and Belica’s contention that John was not beheaded was reinforced by the inclusion of Dr. Jay R. Crook’s essay. Rethinking John the Baptist, that strongly contests the validity of the Biblical version of John’s death on chronological grounds. Dr. Crook has also included that essay as an appendix in the revised edition of the volume on Jesus in his The Bible: An Islamic Perspective.