Category: Ethiopia
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Aminé: The son of ETHIOPIAN immigrants who made it big
Aminé is an American rapper who is the son of Eritrean-Ethiopian immigrants. His parents moved to the United States in the 1990s, where both of them worked hard to achieve their idea of the “American Dream.” Aminé graduated from Benson Polytechnic High School, moving on to attending Portland State University.…
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Back Back- Lola Monroe
Lola Monroe is a rapper, model, actress, entrepreneur, and mother from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Lola describes herself as a “boss lady, health advocate, and self-love advocate”. She discusses the importance of supporting and empowering other women she says women have a magnitude of power when they work together. She started…
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Teddy Yo’s love of africa and ethiopian culture
Teddy Yo is a household name in Ethiopia. His rap career started with a group called the Gamo Boys, a group that launched is career but also held him back creatively. After he decided to go solo, his popularity and recognition as a rapper truly took off. Yo is known…
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Skat Nati’s “Sira” and how he depicts success as an ethiopian man
Being a Black man in the world is not an easy task. Even when having the darkest of skin doesn’t make you the minority, it doesn’t make life any easier. Skat Nati, an Ethiopian rapper who rose to stardom primarily from his massively popular song, “Sira,” makes this fact of…
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RESPECT HER “Akberat”- Nina Girma
Nina Girma is a female artist in Ethiopia who has had many features on popular songs. Her popularity has been rising recently as she featured on “Yetale Aleqa” with Yared Negu in 2019 which reached over 2 million views on Youtube. She has performed on Seifu on EBS which could…
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“Kuru”- Skat Nati
Skat Nati is an Ethiopian artist whose popularity grew when he released “Sira” in 2018. His genre of hip hop has grown over the years in Ethiopia. Hip Hop hasn’t always been very common in Ethiopia, but throughout the years it has gained a lot of attraction. Ethiopian artists like…
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Original Ethiopian Mixtape
Liner Note: Crop tops, lipstick, and dance moves seem to be the three adjectives that bring each song featured on this mixtape together. It is the essence in which women are portrayed in these videos that have in some way motivated me to write this liner note requesting a chance…
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Samsonyte
Debut mixtape – Elevated State Of Mind Debut album – The Muse, which accumulated tons of streams across all platforms. Samsonyte’s 12-track debut album contained “Lucy,” a mellow track sampling Dr. Dre’s “Xxplosive” and Erykah Badu’s “Bag Lady” Texas also has a vivacious Ethiopian community, with Dallas having the biggest concentration. Samsonyte’s…
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Ethiopia’s Artist: Teddy Yo
Teddy Yo is a solidified Ethiopian artist. He focuses on using elements of Hip Hop and rap to further his promote masterful use of words. His latest album came from 2018 Prisoner that focuses on how we are prisoners of culture. Yo elaborates on the human intricacies that force us…
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Art and Expression
Mereba is an Ethiopian rapper who I have been interested in for quite sometime. Her music is not only methodical but also reflects a lot of her heritage. In an interview with Sway, Mereba discusses the evolution of her sound. She discusses how growing up in America with Ethiopian parents…