Here are 15 music videos that effectively deliver insightful social messages. The following are presented in alphabetical order. &More – Whoa (featuring Chuck D) The video features vocalist Donn T as a news anchor and rapper Chill Moody as a field reporter for the fictional news channel WHOA News Tonight. The visuals satirize the bombardment of the 24-hour news cycle, […]
Learn more →A recap of some of the socially conscious music released in the past week. Songs and Videos Gang Shit – Marlon Craft This provocative new track and video are from Craft’s upcoming new album Funhouse Mirror, which is out June 18. The verses are told from the perspective of three different characters, a racist cop, a Klansman and a black […]
Learn more →Instead of posting a formal best of 2018 list, I created a playlist of 150 songs. 129 of them were featured as a Daily Dose of Protest. The other 21 tunes are socially conscious tunes that are worth listening to. This isn’t an exhaustive listing, but it is a small sampling of the abundance of protest music that was released throughout […]
Learn more →Belly is a Palestinian born Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and producer. He recently released Immigrant, the long-awaited follow-up to his 2007 debut studio album The Revolution (but he has released several well received mixtapes). On the album’s title track Belly taps into his personal experience of his parent’s fleeing war-torn Palestine. The album version also features Meek Mill and M.I.A. […]
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