Tag: Ebola

• 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 toRead…

  fatimadiorr

  March 2, 2021

  Africa, Afropop Music, LIberia, Student Projects

  Bucky Raw, citizens, cry for help, Ebola, Goverment, grievance, injustice, pain, slave trade

• “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 startRead…

  morgank58

  February 24, 2021

  Africa, LIberia, Student Projects

  Afordoe, Ebola, hip hop, Hipco, james williams, JB D' GENERAL, Monrovia, Revelation, Soul Fresh

• 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 ofRead…

  laurflowers

  February 24, 2021

  Africa, LIberia, Student Projects

  corona, Ebola, henry amazin toe, hip hop, hip-co, liberian, liberianhiphop, Police Brutality, political issues, Takun J

• Takun J: Liberian Rapper and Activist

  Takun J is an Liberian hipco artist whose music is known to focus on societal issues including the injustices against his people. As an activist and rapper, it is almost natural for Takun to see how the people around him are being treated, including himself and often times it influences the songs that he writes.Read…

  ngeorgeon

  February 27, 2019

  Corruption, LIberia, Political Rap, Student Projects

  Activism, Ebola, LIberia, Social justice, Takun J