Tag: political issues
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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 ofRead…
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Imagine Uganda
Recho Rey born Rachael Mirembe , is an Ugandan Emcee. She began making music at the age of 19. Rey typically makes light hearted, fun, Hip pop music. Music that makes you want to dance. However, the now 23 year old, switches it up a little for one of her latest songs titled, “Imagine Uganda.”Read…
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using politics to influence music: DADDY SAJ
Daddy Saj, born Joseph Gerald Adolphus Cole, is a rapper from Sierra Leone who uses his platform to call out political corruption and provide hope to his community. He is arguably one of the biggest and most respected rappers in his country. In his rapping dialect, he uses rhyming and traditional goombay, the official musicRead…