Brooklyn-based emcee iLLspokinn unveils the visual to his hot new single, "The New JC", a song from Vagabond Road, the collaboration EP between iLLspokinn and French DJ/producer ZaJazza.
The New JC" is directed by Mtume Gant, the emcee/director currently touring in support of his second short film White Face. "As a teenager I was warned by my pops about the police force and how to act to stay alive," iLLspokinn says about the track. "I was told that I may be treated differently and it wasn’t until it really happened that it sunk in. It’s important that people know that this conversation still has to happen today. I also wrote about my personal experiences with my family for the first time on record. I grew up in a Cabo Verde/American household. Cabo Verde is an African island country that was colonized by the Portuguese. A lot of Cape Verdeans identify with being Portuguese and not African, and that is an issue. That colonized mindset, like in a lot of cultures, carries on through generations and it affects the darker-skinned folk of that group. I also address the struggle of having close family members in the police force. I know they are good humans but I’m aware of what that badge stands for in a lot of our communities. We do NOT live in a post-racial society."
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