Ra K7ng Returns To The Golden Age of Hip-Hop.

Hip-Hop creates moments in a person's life that turns smiles into memories. The memories then become stories, and those stories become inspirations. Ra-K7ng has created a statement project where he gives tribute to the Golden Era of Hip-Hop while also giving tribute to the creator of his rhymes: His Soul.

The Golden Age is an 11 song project where every track on the album is dedicated to every year in the 90s. With production from DJ Kawon, Ra K7ng talks about his past and the journey he has traveled to claim his life and give his love to the music. Revealing revelations of self awareness, growth, and a new love for life, this star in the making took his ability to raise a pen and create with paper a project that opens the soul of the artist to the ears of the listener.

Part of connecting to the listener is giving a story and a path to connect with the artist that is providing the entertainment you are experiencing. With DJ Kawon cooking up beats with a Boom Bap feel with modern sound effects, Ra K7ng walks the listener from being found in beats to listening to music that his father played, to renewing his spirit and finding himself in his journey into manhood,

With reflections of 90s music like Nas' Memory Lane, Deathrow and Street Knowledge music that was street and had messages in it, this album is not just a call back but an intro to the career of an artist that acknowledges his vocal pattern and rhyme skill is going to one day lead him to a conversation about Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole. On one of the highlights of the project 92 (Year I Was Born), Not only acknowledges his birth, it acknowledges his rebirth from new life, to new found life in one song.

The Golden Age of Hip-Hop saw Hip-Hop music expanding into the world showing the world the power, and influence it can have to enforce change. The Change was not only social but people were able to freely hear the voices of the next poets to inspire the world through beats and rhymes. Ra K7ng's projects The Healing Tape will teach his listeners and The Golden Age will aid in him growing with the listener by giving them the inspiration to live and create do to the gold Hip-Hop sewed into his soul.

The Golden Age is out now on bandcamp. Be sure to support the artist. Click the link below to get the album. It is available for Purchase and streaming here:

https://rak7ng.bandcamp.com/album/the-golden-age

The First Single from The Golden Age:

Follow Ra K7ng and DJ Kawon at these social media links:

Instagram:

Ra K7ng: https://www.instagram.com/ra_k7ng/

DJ Kawon: https://www.instagram.com/kawon_making_beats/

New Single The Golden Age Intro

Does Hip-Hop Fail Dr. Martin Luther King's Dream?

Hip-Hop may have started out in the park but the foundation of Hip-Hop is a story of struggle, poverty, and pain. These stories go beyond the story August of 1973, and the agreed upon date of Hip-Hop's beginning. These stories come from the experience of plantations, lynchings, and economic theft that built America since its' inception as a country, or in terms of some people a "world business".

The business of America has been to defraud people. With traits of that past still existing, some people like, Elijah Schaffer for example, believe that Black people in America are not citizens of America because they were slaves. Thoughts and ideals like this have been shown throughout the mental fabric of this country's history and have lead to the rise of people that fight for equality and inspire the movement of change.

One of those inspirations in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who is known for his "I have a dream speech". Being a civil rights leader he used non violence to make the world pay attention to the mistreatment of Black people on American soil. He also brought out the unfair contracts America has given to foreigners (mostly European) that have come to this country to defraud the people that were unjustly enslaved and cheated from land, voting rights and the right to speak using free speech to aid their advancement in society economically. Yes, there has been more growth from the Civil Rights Movement but the most impactful movement since the Civil Rights Movement in our country has been the Hip-Hop Movement.

From the South Bronx out of the economic poverty and social lynching of the inner city, came music and the desire to beat the racism, the nepotism, and the defunding of programs that gave children activities to inspire change and trades for career placement in society. In today's world the mainstream media has taken Hip-Hop and branded it as hateful, sex crazed, murder induced and evil to the conscience of the country. Is it fair to say Hip-Hop failed Dr. Martin Luther King's dream?

My answer is NO! Though I can say there are many hurtful images unfairly shown disproportionately in the mainstream media, Hip-Hop that is positive still exists and the message of freedom and human rights still lives on. It was Hip-Hop that fought for the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday in Arizona to be established. It was Hip-Hop that showed up to celebrate Selma, Alabama and recount the march that changed the world. It is Hip-Hop that aided in unlocking the GOD BOX that reminds the world that Black men stand for manhood, loving God and Family Values over the rhetoric of being drug crazed, over sexed, and violent people that the media tries to paint in the news or in racist one sided dialogue where numbers are used to portray a story not fairly told through the use of institutional racism and more.

Today Hip-Hop has led to growth of communities by giving people the opportunity to create and generate money through the creativity that was lost. Clothing lines, music business, curriculum writing, art, literature and more came out of letting the inspiration of "Letting Freedom Ring", and having every person have the right to fair, equal rights to express and have the chance to have their voices heard and their lives respected.

After reading this article, think of how Hip-Hop was there to aid people in going to college, eating healthy, reading books, and fighting unfair institutions in this country to give education and history to the youth they would have not gotten in the school or even religious institutions this country has built. It is an honor to write this article and to let the World know that no, Hip-Hop has not failed Dr. Martin Luther King's dream. It is still fulfilling it. The mainstream media will promote images of destruction to try to tell you otherwise. But like all great information, take the time to learn about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and about the people in Hip-Hop culture that have made music about peace ,knowledge of self, positive imagery and love to the world. In the word's of Hip-Hop, "We will be here forever", and "Everything's gonna be alright".

Here are videos to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Day:

Dr. Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream Speech

Dr. Martin Luther King Speaks of unfair money practices done to Blacks in America

Hip-Hop Fighting for the King Holiday - Salute to Public Enemy

The Mantra to over come the world - Salute Kendrick Lamar

Hip-Hop honors Dr. Martin Luther King - Salute Common and John Legend

Today's Hip-Hop Salutes the Dream - Salute Notes82 and Chris Crown

The Trilogy Of Dot - Honest Hip-Hop Returns

Hip-Hop has been around for arguably 50 years depending on who you talk to. Hip-Hop has taken on many identities and voices over those years. Youthful, Real, Gangsta, Loving, Joyous and Pain filled voices have been the narrative for many of those 50 years. As Hip-Hop matures there has been a new rise of projects that celebrate adult themes and making chill feel good music. The Trilogy Of Dot is one of those projects that leads Hip-Hop culture in finding a new sound in a way that celebrates maturity with good music.

This project can be defined as "Boom Bap Soul" music. Tre-Dot made sure when this project was made he gave the world his truth with honest 2 step vibes and many stories that give the picture of a man's life weaved into his music. On this project we get a man's heart, his struggle in life and his faith in himself and the path he walks in his journey in life.

This mixtape styled project is a mix of Boom-Bap music, with soulful vibes that gives music what it has been missing and that is Honesty. Opening the listener with a tribute to the DJs, then detailing the artist's growth in living life, finding a purpose in music and love. This project sets the listener up for the enjoyment of listening to life's redemption of a soul that found his passion in expression. Then from the appreciation of life to reflecting on family and ending the project with acknowledging the blessings of life given to him while thanking God for the road being traveled sums up the realness of this project.

Hip-Hop has people that are growing up through its' evolution from the sreet corner to the boardroom. Many people have lived their stories in many environments of this culture. The Trilogy of Dot is a project that when listened to will give the experienced ear the head nod of approval through the beats and truth being told. While the youthful ears may learn how to live and tell their story through music that comes from the soul and not from the desire to only be heard. Real music exist to inspire the growth of the listener and this project will do that for the ears that hear. Joy, Pain, Love and repentance outline our lives in truth and now we have a project that can travel with us as we walk our own journies through rhythm and life.

The Trilogy of Dot is available on Bandcamp right now, click the link below to get your copy of this project. Be sure to follow Tre-Dot by clicking the social media links below.

Album Link:

The Trilogy Of Dot:

https://tre-dot.bandcamp.com/album/trilogy-of-dot

Social Media Links:

Tre-Dot:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tredotmusic/

Tre-Dot Interview On Heritage Hip-Hop:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRfvBBHqLeI

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/45Jupeblr8ykyST8Yl5zKM?si=LS7oPWK7QtWzY6cVcDybnw

Apple Music:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heritage-hip-hop-podcast-ep-213-tre-dot/id1531573272?i=1000665453520