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Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu

Jasiri X: Hip Hop and the Movement

Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu

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4.83.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Also - bonus episode tomorrow!Before Kendrick Lamar electrified the Grammys and Beyonce got mainstream America in “Formation,” rapper Jasiri X was making music with a message. His social justice-inspired approach to hip hop has won him countless fans – Angela Davis, Harry Belafonte, and Chuck D, to name a few. Molded by his experiences as a teenager in Pittsburgh, Jasiri’s songs address the challenges and current events that affect people of color in America. In this episode, Jasiri talks with Kamau and Hari about how art and activism are inseparable, the pros and cons of being a “conscious” rapper, and how there’s never a good time for your wife to find out you’ve just been arrested. Find Jasiri’s work at www.jasirix.com and follow him on Twitter at @jasiri_x.Hari’s coming to a venue near you! Check out his tour dates and find his new album Mainstream American Comic at www.harikondabolu.com. And subscribe to Kamau’s other awesome podcasts at www.wkamaubell.com.Tune in tomorrow for our much-anticipated “Mailbag” episode featuring YOU! Keep sending us your questions and comments at #politicallyreactive or politicallyreactive@firstlook.org

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0:00.0

It's always weird because people like what do you do and I'm like rapper?

0:03.0

I'm like, is that what I say?

0:09.0

From First Look Media and Pen of Pleas, this is politically reactive. I'm Debbie Kamal Bell.

0:15.0

And I'm God incarnate. Very condibolt.

0:18.0

The show where two comedians, one who has a God complex, try to make sense of politics in America.

0:23.0

Man, I hope we get called public intellectuals after all this. Then victory will be mine.

0:30.0

On today's show, me and Malcolm Gladwell Jr. are talking about activism and hip-hop.

0:38.0

We'll be speaking with Pittsburgh rapper Jazeery X. He came into prominence in 2007 with a song about the Gina 6 in Louisiana.

0:46.0

But they went further. They were starting to grow men for attempting murder for fighting high school.

0:52.0

They was named an example in Gina that white rule and you won't see this for your night in glue.

0:57.0

And if you don't think racism is real, go read the YouTube comments under that video. E-Ix.

1:04.0

In 2010, you created the song, what if the Tea Party was black?

1:09.0

Man, remember we thought that the Tea Party was as bad as it could get?

1:13.0

That was the good old days before.

1:15.0

Will you unequivocally condemn David Duke and say that you don't want his vote or that of other white supremacists in this election?

1:21.0

Well, I have to look at the group. I mean, I don't know what groups you're talking about. You wouldn't want me to condemn a group that I don't know nothing about. I have to look.

1:29.0

Okay, I mean, I'm just talking about David Duke and the cooklucks playing here, but...

1:32.0

Man, that clip never gets old unless he becomes president.

1:38.0

Today we'll talk to Gisiri about the history of conscious rap music and the times when rap was mostly silent on social issues.

1:44.0

We'll also talk about the responsibilities and the challenges that come with being labeled a socially conscious rapper.

1:50.0

Man, I bet Gisiri doesn't get invited to any of the good parties.

1:54.0

He's a narc.

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