Rapper Bobby Sessions recently signed with Def Jam Recording and just released his first major label single and video, “Like Me”. The poignant lyrics examines America’s long history with systemic racism (“500 years later no crime when they shot us / Baby mama knocked up / Baby daddy locked up / Running on the block cause / I’m getting sick of master”). The video also adds disturbing, but necessary visuals which highlights the pent up anger experienced by many black Americans.
In an interview with NPR, Sessions made the following statement: “We fear being judged by society for expressing our real emotions about what’s going on. We have the right to be upset about black people getting murdered without the murderer suffering any consequences.”
Sessions adds a powerful and thought-provoking voice to a much needed dialogue.