Asheru joined us to discuss his latest album, Sleepless in Soweto. This very pan-African album is inspired by his recent trip to the continent and is, for Asheru, his, “love letter to South Africa.” Check out this interview and support the album that drops Tuesday November 12, 2013 on Itunes.
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Did you know that Scottish people invented rap? Welp, here’s some revisionist history for anybody who wants to be on the cutting edge of the takeover of Black people’s newest art form:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3998862/Rap-music-originated-in-medieval-Scottish-pubs-claims-American-professor.html