What Ever Happened To Billy Ocean?

So, for those who don't know I am an okayplayer, which means I frequent the website founded by The Roots' musical director, Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson. But more than that, being an okayplayer is a way of life...I'll save that for another entry. Anyway, this is one of my favorite places to peruse and discover new artists, books, movies, etc. They support a host of my most loved artists and their message boards always generate interesting and often comical discussion. Today, I was taking full advantage of the overwhelming amount of idle time I had on my hands and decided to go to okayplayer.com and see what was new. I came across a strand on the message board that said: Billy Ocean. Trini-born and UK's biggest selling Black artist of all time, he is most remembered for his song "Caribbean Queen", which you can find here.
I love that song, my mama played the hell out of that record and "When The Going Gets Tough". What's interesting though is that originally the song was titled European Queen, but Clive Calder(Jive Records) thought it would "sound more exotic and appeal to a wider audience," if Billy was talking about a Caribbean Queen or an African Queen(which was recorded as well)... [silence]...no comment. Either way, I had an image in my mind about what Billy O. looked like. After seeing my mama's beat up Love Zone album cover like 126 times, I had that jheri curl and smile etched into my memory, securing Billy Ocean as the quintessential UK Black pop artist forever, in my mind. What was striking to me about the strand on the okayplayer message board was that someone commented that Billy Ocean was now a Rasta. I froze for a moment and thought about that, tried to imagine Billy as a Rasta....THIS is what is what flash figurizes in my mind when I think Rasta and not that there is anything essential about being a Rasta other than the belief in the principles peculiar to that spiritual system. But....Billy Ocean?!?! It just rocked me. However, it touched me that that brother found solace in this spiritual tradition after being consumed by the commercial music industry machine. It is a testament to our constant evolution as humanoids galavanting the planet in search of something more. Here's to new and life-altering/affirming experiences. Thanks Billy O. !