Reality rap is what I call it. People such as Lowkey and Akala rap about real life. So I always think the voice of reason is great to have. I like to have multiple dimensions in my music.What do you make of Lowkey and the political/conscious hip-hop scene in the UK?It's a very positive thing to have multiple dimensions to any hip-hop scene.
We've found a home-base to fight from in the jungle. We are fighting a real guerrilla war in America in terms of getting independent music out, getting out music with a message. Without that diversity you're going to end up like we did in the States, and I hope that never happens.
They don't want people to hear about Palestine, slavery or torture. It's more people who see the music I make as a threat to the status quo of hip-hop. Why? Because it's a money-maker. There are forces within the industry who like very much what I do.
I've heard people criticise me for the most ridiculous things, calling my music abrasive. If someone shot your mother you'd be angry, right? But would you be wrong for being angry? No. Entertainment can be used for many things: to inspire and educate but also to pacify, to keep people stupid and preoccupied with things that aren't important.Where does the anger in your music come from?I think it's righteous fury. They believe hip-hop is sheer entertainment.
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I'm offended by seeing the graves of civilians that are there because they are the "collateral damage" of a drone strike in Afghanistan or Pakistan. You know what I'm offended by? I'm offended by seeing a child in Gaza who has had his skin burned off by white phosphorus. I'm not offended by fuck, shit, pussy, dick, motherfucker.
I learned to expand my arms so I get the extra 10% of breath that opera singers do when they sing. I had to learn to breathe with my diaphragm rather than my lungs. By Vol 2 I was mastering and perfecting the flow and by The Third World album my flow had a developed a lot more.
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But in Haiti after the earthquake, I saw some of the worst conditions in my life. We did hip-hop shows from one corner of the Earth to another.Afghanistan in terms of seeing struggle, poverty and strife. It was a seven-year-long project. But in terms of rap, I'm talking KRS-One, Ice Cube, Chuck D, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick, Big Punisher, Lord Finesse, DITC.What was involved in making the 2011 documentary film The evolution of Immortal Technique , and what did you learn?That I hate documentaries about my life but at the same time I loved making this. Like Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali – people who I thought were incredible speakers. If is your instrument, learn how to use it.Most of my lyrical influences came from people who didn't really do hip-hop.
Obama painted him as a man who will say anything to get elected. That affects you differently.What do you make of Obama's first term as president?Why are we held prisoner by this two-party system when neither of them represents the true values of America? Romney's position is fairly deceptive. When I went to Peru I saw a 10-year-old girl prostituting herself on the street. That is a 10-year-old girl! There were four or five families in one tent. She was feeding them and giving them water so they wouldn't die.
I have a lot of problems in actively supporting someone like that.In your song Point of No Return you say the government is after you. He didn't shut down Guantánamo Bay he deported more people than Bush did he supposedly ended the war in Iraq just to expand in Afghanistan he signed the National Defence Authorisation Act, which is very draconian. Obama is still a war president. He said he would start a war with Iran but when he realised the economic and political reality of starting another war and how much America is against it, he began mirroring Obama's policy.What should the world expect if Romney becomes president?I think he would make it end up looking like Bush's third term as president.
I like writing books, stories and essays – I may do that. I have had my passport confiscated and have been questioned by Homeland Security upon coming home – not from Afghanistan but anywhere in the world.Do you see yourself making music forever?In some capacity yes, but the soul has to develop in some form. They have tried to do my father for taxes they thought I was hiding money with him.
I have always been hounded by people about it people try and pry it out of me. What does religion mean to you and do you follow a faith?If I told people I was a Muslim, people wouldn't say: "Wow, that's wonderful you've found inner peace in your life by embracing Islam." They'd ask: "What type of Muslim are you? Are you one of them fucking Wahabbi, Sunnite, Salafi psycho-niggas? Are you down with Hezbollah and them?" If I told people I was Jewish, they'd ask: "Do you support Israel and do you support the colonisation of Palestine?" It's irrelevant whether you call yourself a Christian, Muslim or Jew because if you don't reflect that in your life, you aren't that at all. I found a lot of gratification in that because I saw people's lives turn around.Your lyrics contain a lot of religious messages.
I would suggest people research – for example when I said Bin Laden was part of the CIA and people said "that's not true". I'm not a "gay-rights champion", but if I'm going to talk about people being oppressed in my music, then aren't some people oppressed if they don't have the right to marry the person they want in a society that's supposed to be free? They shouldn't be punished by a government because of the way they are born.Do you feel a lot of your music is about conspiracies?I wouldn't call it conspiracy. It happened with me trying to take the word bitch more out of my music.
I understand a lot of people have used that word to express camaraderie. I have made a conscious decision to replace it in the music I make. I won't allow people to marginalise my music.Read, sleep, work out, box, spend time with people I love.I would say I use it less frequently than I have before. I'm not afraid to be wrong or debate it. When people say it's a conspiracy I welcome the criticism, because the music I make is backed by historical facts.
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