Without a doubt, my favorite group of recent times has to be NYC outfit Das Racist. Dismissed by some as nothing more than stoner rap, to me they are a fresh new voice in hip hop. Two of the members are of Indian descent and they play around with “brown” identity in America, and perhaps globally. With lyrics like: “They say I act white, but sound black / but act black, but sound white / but what’s my sound bite supposed to sound like? ” they are able to challenge racial perceptions while at the same time not taking themselves too seriously.
Coming to America
April 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Boima Tucker
It would be difficult for me to write this post without revealing my excitement at discovering the talents of Sierra-Leonean, American, Atlantian, New Yorker filmmaker Nikyatu Jusu. After seeing her work, it almost seems like films that I had been wishing into existence my entire life have suddenly materialized. I selfishly (reppin’ Salone) cheer Nikyatu on as her emergence in the public spotlight has come as an answer for many unrealized personal visions.
Lagos vs New York
May 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By Keziah Jones, who has a new album, “Nigering Wood,” out this Spring, comparing his two favorite cities.
NEW WORK: MUSTAFA MALUKA
September 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
If you’re anticipating Finland-based, South African Mustafa Maluka‘s New York solo show, “A Place So Foreign” at the Jack Tilton Gallery, his new work (“The Rhetoric of Sincerity / The Sincerity of Rhetoric”) is opening in Switzerland later this week.
