“Warn A Brotha” is another single from The White Mandingos’ The Ghetto Is Tryna Kill Me which has a June 11 release on Fat Beats. Tyrone White is rapping frantically about his ride through the music industry as the rare Black man with a guitar. He feels like he should’ve been warned ahead of time [...]
Murs starts the video for “Mandingo Rally” dressed as a regular urban dweller and ends it in white face with a white choir robe.
“Mandingo Rally” is a limited 7″ release for Record Store Day 2013 (tomorrow).
1. Wouldn’t it be a good idea if fans just forgot about the LL Cool J and Brad Paisley “Accidental Racist” song because even though it was well-intentioned it oversimplifies racism? 2. Was Jay-Z being hip-hop in his “Open Letter” lyrics about his close relationship with President Obama or did he go too far?
“Rubbertracks Meltdown” is a bonus song from The White Mandingo’s forthcoming full-length album. The band just posted videos on the origins of the song and the project here and here.
The Youngblood Brass Band has just taken their New Orleans jazz/hip-hop/punk mash-up to Tru Thoughts Records for the summer release of Pax Volumi. “20 Questions” will be the first single from their sixth album.
The White Mandingos have released the first video clip from The Ghetto Is Tryna Kill Me which will be released June 11th. Tyrone White is the album’s lead character suffering from identity issues being a Black Harlem ghetto resident who is the frontman for a rock band.
Murs, Ego Trip co-founder Sacha Jenkins and Daryl Jenifer of Bad Brains have joined forces in the punk-hop project called The White Mandingos. “The Ghetto Is Tryna Kill Me” is the first single from their forthcoming album of the same name. Murs is lead singer Tyrone White from a Harlem housing project and he is [...]
