Damn, this is one macabre video. Nooses, snippets of an interview with a convicted murderer, and lines like “I could see the cherry stems in the fucking street” pervade this latest offering from Chicago MC Mick Jenkins. His decision to sample Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” is certainly justified. Watch
One Day Soon (LP) by Ian Kamau
Toronto rapper Ian Kamau’s latest album, One Day Soon, is streaming on Bandcamp, and it’s a great listen if you love your hip hop to have a sense of purpose. What I mean to say is this dude has a pretty
