I'm not 100% clear on if this means he's denouncing Hasidic Judaism or not, but this morning orthodox Jew reggae rapper Matisyahu posted a beardless pic of himself to Twitter and released the following announcement on his website.

Since the beginning of the whole social networking craze, orthodox Jews -- though some secretly double as "magic Jews" when their wives aren't looking -- have faced a vexing dilemma: join in on the trend or break their notoriously strict Kosher laws.