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Switched on Pop

Snotty Nose Rez Kids on hip hop and Indigenous protest

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music, Music Interviews, Music History, Music Commentary

4.62.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Merging hip hop and Indigenous culture, rap duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids are creating a sound that goes hard for a cause. On tracks like “War Club” with DJ Shub, Yung Trybez and Young D connect Indigenous protests to the Black Lives Matter movement, and on “Boujee Natives,” Snotty Nose Rez Kids celebrate traditional culture through a modern lens. But as much as this music has a message, it also bangs, and SNRK’s new album After Life runs the gamut of emotions; from tackling police brutality on “Red Sky at Night” to celebrating their community on “Wild Boy.” Their first tour since COVID brought them to Los Angeles, where Nate talked to the band repping the Haisla Nation about pipeline protests, reclaiming the term “savage,” and how the hell the Disney movie Pocahontas ever got greenlit. Songs Discussed Snotty Nose Rez Kids - Red Sky At Night, War Club, Creator Made An Animal, Sink or Swim, Boujee Natives, Wild Boy, Northern Lights, Something Else Megan Thee Stallion - Savage Jay Z and Kanye West - Otis Kendrick Lamar - Alright Check out a playlist of our favorite SNRK tracks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.8

Welcome to Switched on Pop.

0:42.2

I'm a musicologist Nate Sloan.

0:44.6

Recently I encountered a band that stopped me in my tracks.

0:49.0

Merging the traditions of hip hop and indigenous music, the rap duo Snoddy Knows Reskids,

0:55.3

hailing from the Heiveslap people of what's now British Columbia,

0:58.4

make a sound that's not quite like anything I've ever heard.

1:02.4

On tracks like War Club with DJ Shub,

1:05.7

they connect indigenous struggle to the Black Lives Matter movement.

1:10.0

This beauty and unity, indigenous sovereignty, Black liberation,

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