Category: LIberia
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Mixtape: Social Justice Within Africa
Introduction Africa is no stranger to protesting wrongdoings in their society. For decades countries have been protesting corruption, health issues, wealth distribution, racism, and police brutality. Yes, police brutality too. It may come shocking to some because why would countries of majority one race have these issues but they are there and exist unfortunately. Artists
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Dope KNife–Extra Dope
Born in 1984 in Liberia, Dope Knife, Kedrick Mack, was born to his Diplomat father and his Liberian mother. He spent his youth traveling, having left Liberia after the civil war broke out when he was a child. His mother’s extended family was less fortunate, and he had to see them be left behind in
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AFRICAN WOMEN IN HIP-HOP: L.I.B INFAMOUS MC CARO
MC Caro is among Liberia’s upcoming female rappers venturing the music industry. In 2020, MC Caro released her single Don’t Ask Me which is among the different songs that are under her name. Essentially, as an artist, MC Caro considers rapping as her forte and thus uses it to spread awareness and also criticize the Liberian government
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MC CAro – “Pull UP”
Liberian artist MC Caro started her rap journey in the underground scene of Liberia. As a Monrovia native, Caro masterfully fits into Liberia’s native style of rap, HipCo which is evidenced through her rise to prominence after posting on Facebook several freestyles in 2018 where she criticized the shortcomings of the Liberian government. This quickly
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J Flow Repping Women in the Lib
Josephine A. Wisseh, more popularly known as J Flow, is a Liberian hip hop and hipco artist. She first got her start dancing on the street before realizing her talent for music. From there she joined her church choir until finally becoming an artist in an all-girls musical group called Black Angels. Unfortunately, the group
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MC Caro: Still Killing the Game
There are many blog posts about MC Caro on this blog, and for a good reason. She has been and continues to be one of the best women MC’s Liberia has. She really is, as she calls herself, King Caro. This title is part of her brand and also a great example of braggadocio. In
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Pro Poor Agenda – Bucky Raw
This song is called Pro Poor Agenda by Bucky Raw. This song elaborates upon all the injustices and grievances within Liberia. It delves into the spread of Ebola, the horrific and heinous slave trade in Liberia; in the song we find out that America partook in the Liberian slave trade; “people they was selling to
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“Revelation” – JB D’ General
JB D’ General, born James K. Williams, is a 31 year old Liberian rapper who makes up half of the HipCo duo Soul Fresh. JB was born in Bong County, Liberia and raised in Monrovia. The artist is not only a rapper, but also a writer and producer. The duo Soul Fresh got their start
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The Accountability Lab’s Voice2Rep: Creating Opportunity for Liberian Artists
Since 2015, The Accountability Lab has created Voice2Rep, or Voice to Represent (and formally Rap2Rep) to bring together the Liberian musical community for good. It started as a small group focused on empowering Liberian young people through a popular genre called Hip-co. Hip-co is an expressly political genre, which grew from the impoverished communities of
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Revoluxon Rocky: More Than a Name
Revoluxon Rocky is a Liberian rapper who primarily makes TrapCo music, a genre that is considered a subset of HipCo and seems to have been coined by fellow Liberian artist Bucky Raw. The style of music came about with the joining of trap and HipCo styles of rapping. Trap is a subgenre of Hip Hop