Raw G (Mexico/Oakland)

Why do socially conscious rap?

In Mexico, we know that our government is corrupt. So for me to grow up in Mexico, my mentality was: "why is this happening? Why are we going through this? Why isn’t this being solved?" That’s what inspired me to write. We need to see what’s going on around the world, so we can solve these problems and reveal things being hidden. By expressing that through lyrics, through song, I’m doing my part as an artist, an activist and a person. Music talks to people, young and old. They listen more when you’re doing it in an artistic way.

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