Supaman
(Excerpted from article by Zak Cheney-Rice for Policy Mic) The Apsáalooke American Indian hails from the Crow Nation Reservation near Billings, Mont., and on March 21, the MTV Iggy blog named him Artist of the Week from among hundreds of competitors.
Amazing. This is an exciting victory for a unique brand of hip-hop that’s yet to garner significant mainstream recognition. Indigenous rappers have shaped the movement since the early days, from Melle Mel of the Furious Five – who is half Cherokee – to the contemporary stylings of City Natives and Red Cloud.
“Native Americans grasp that culture of hip-hop because of the struggle,” says SupaMan. “Hip-hop was talking about the ghetto life, poverty, crime, drugs, alcohol, teen pregnancy; all that crazy stuff that happens in the ghetto is similar to the reservation life. We can relate to that.” Read more…
