PROCLAIM is a Hip Hop music artist born and raised in East Los Angeles, California. In his early teen years he became involved in the Chicano gang culture that has plagued East L.A. for many generations. As a result, he eventually ended up having a short incarceration in the juvenile hall system, which led to a year and half long rehabilitation process at the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Texas. While there, he was able to transcend his gang mentality through a newly found passion for knowledge. This passion has led him to complete two bachelor’s degrees in psychology and philosophy at the California State University, Fullerton.
Even though he had listened to mostly West Coast rap his whole life with strong a influence from Tupac Shakur, it was during his time at CSUF that he discovered the conscious more positive side of Hip Hop music rooted in the East Coast underground tradition. Being exposed to this motivated him to start writing his own verses, producing his own beats, and eventually to record his debut album “Question Everything” released in 2006. His studies in philosophy and psychology had a big impact on the album and continue to influence his music to this day. After “Question Everything“, he became deeply interested in politics due to the pro-longed Iraq war and the continuous deceptions of the Bush administration, which inspired him to record his 2nd album titled “Necessary Dissent” released in 2008.
In addition to his music, PROCLAIM has worked in the mental health and social service field for the past 7 years. In 2010, he graduated from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco with a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology. It was during his last year of graduate school that he began recording his latest album titled “Free Associations”. Continuing in his passion for knowledge and desire to struggle with certain philosophical questions, PROCLAIM moved to the United Kingdom to pursue a master’s degree in philosophy at the University of Liverpool where he resided during his course.
He has now returned to Cali and is working as a Psychotherapist. He also represents the AIM Clika on the West Coast with his fellow AIM Cali soldados for justice. Moreover he has the honor of being the first ever MC to be selected for The AIM Raptivist Collective by AIM President AK47. He has recently released the album “Free Associations.” You can find alll his music available at all good online music stores. PROCLAIM is the emcee that brings Hip Hop and Philosophy together with outstanding results.
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Discography Question Everything (2006) Necessary Dissent (2008) Free Associations (2011) Lyrics Coming Soon! Division AIM West Coast Contact Details Proclaim on Facebook Proclaim on Reverbnation
AIM MC Paria B has won the award for the Best Female MC at The Urban Underground 5YR Anniversary Show Awards Honors 2011 in Los Angeles this July. Moreover her DJ DUWOPRose, also an AIM sharp shooter with her digits firmly on the decks, was nominated for the best female DJ award. They both repped their AIM Clika global family to the core and made us all very proud. Check it out!
You can also support our AIM Queenz at the pending American Black Music Awards on August 19th, 20th and 21st at the Mirage Hall Casino in Las Vegas by voting for Paria Bakhtiar as "Best Female Rap Artist" and De Castro as "Best Club DeeJay". Please support real underground political hip hop and our movement by voting for our soldadas right here.
AIM East Coast (NJ) General & MC Enki Graftin Hard for AIM Clika & Guerrilla Republik
Listen to real revolutionary internet radio with The First and Last Radio on Blog Talk Radio, hosted by AIM East Coast Dirty Jerz General Enki and his homie The Apprentice. The First and Last is a potent combination of anti-bullshit political commentary and raw intelligent hip hop. The AIM Raptivist Collective and Guerrilla Republik artists took over the airwaves and killed the ratings records for the third week in a row. Our AIM East Coast New Jersey shot caller Enki has been working on this weeks' playlist to make sure this coming Thursday is just as sick as always. Hit the link to hear previous shows muthafuckas. AIM!
AIM UK emcee Lyrical Agent has immense lyrical abilities and his 13 year old little brother Little Dread is no doubt his hip-hop prodigy. It's touching to see these two brothers spittin real lyrical semtex on the same video. We're also so proud to see Lyrical Agent reppin his AIM family to the fullest. We'd love to get both these sick political spitters up on stage sometime this year with other UK hard hitters like the AIM's Brent Lee Regan, and other killer emcees like Knew Eyes, Johnny Handsome, and Plato. Some beatboxing from Bigg Taj and Subsonic wouldn't go a miss.
2011 is going to see TheAIM spreading faster than wildfire in the UK, Canada, and on The West and East Coast of Amerikkka. Eventually we want chapters in every country which are cenralized to HQ (so that we never lose our core principles and strong organization). Injustice is global so this movement has to be global but we must approach our agenda locally, nationally and internationally to really make an impact. It also means that our talented hip-hop artists and street poets will have their message spread to the entire world rather than limited to their locality. The time has come for the sheeple to wake up and smell the thermite.
You can buy Lyrical Agent's sick CD Outside the Box right here. He also has a banger of a track called The Global Resistance featuring US artist Beast 1333, his homeboy Plato and himself which is also on our Lyrical Warfare Mixtape. Our mixtape is available at all decent online music stores. Please help support the work we do because we are a completely non-profit organization and receive no funding. Support the Revolution!
The Anti-Injustice Movement, aka The AIM, Guerrilla Republik UK, Outstanding Media and RHHFpresents Capital-'X' and Jehuniko'sI Want Justice Tour in the UK with emcee Brent Lee Regan from the UK, the legendary DJ Flako from Guatemala, and guest artists in London Lyrical Agent and Tekneek. This is the rawest, most brutally honest revolutionary Hip-Hop to explode onto the UK underground. If you want candy rap or weak and wavering conscious Hip-Hop then this is not for you because this collective of international underground raptivists are nothing short of revolutionaries. If you're down with intelligent lyricism, raw truth and hard-hitting beats then this is a show you can't afford to miss. People are sleeping and this performance is going to make them wake up and smell the thermite.
Capital-'X' Capital-"X" was born in Brooklyn, New York. His parents migrated to New York from Puerto Rico during the "Great Migration" in the 1950's after Puerto Rico's official status was changed to "Commonwealth". It was a time when discrimination was rampant in the United States and it was no different in New York. As stated by Lolita Lebrón, there were signs in restaurants which read "No dogs or Puerto Ricans allowed". Struggling to find his place throughout his life "X" spent nearly half of his life trapped within the web of the criminal justice system, a fate that is all to common for young Blacks and Latinos in America. No stranger to struggle it was no surprise that "X" took after his uncles who were imprisoned for their political practices within the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party fighting for Puerto Rico's Independence. While serving time in Leesburg State Prison in New Jersey Capital-"X" transformed himself into a prisoners rights activist. Inspired by his uncles and the likes of Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos, George L Jackson, Malcolm X and countless others "X" educated himself to stand up against the very system he felt set out to destroy him and countless others.
A very strong opponent of capitol punishment Capital-"X" now spends most of his time traveling across the US as well as over seas speaking and performing to educate and enlighten the masses on what he considers to be the truth about a corrupt and unjust legal system that he compares to the slave trade of the past. Intertwining facts gathered by years of extensive study in criminology, penology, law, personal experience and the experiences of fellow captives with hip hop music "X" intoxicates audiences with what he calls Raptivism. Calling himself the Voice of the Voiceless a title borrowed from "perhaps the best known Death-Row prisoner in the world", political rights activist/award winning journalist Mumia Abu Jamal, Capital-"X" claims to be the spokesman for over 2.5 million captives held in US prisons. He is a core member of The Anti-Injustice Movement and a member of Guerrilla Republik.
Jehuniko is an original, bluesy hip hop artist with lyrics in English and Spanish.
He shares words involving his personal experiences and struggles in life.
He is currently based in Houston, Texas.
Jehuniko has also performed alongside Kemo the Blaxican and opened up for Mack 10, HR of Bad Brains, Lupe Fiasco,De La Sol, KRS One, Raekwon, the Coup and many others.
He is a part of a hip hop trio called Almas Intocables along with Ikustion (LA) and Kiawitl (Houston) that rocks rhymes in English/Spanish.
Brent Lee Regan is an Alternative Hip Hop artist from the UK whose lyrical delivery and content is as varied as his musical style. His lyricism is deeply profound and explores issues of personal, political, philosophical and theological importance. He maturely addresses the power struggles and paradigm shifts in the shady world of global elite politics and religion but his message is one of hope because he is committed to change through praxis. Regan is not content to merely dance among the ruins like those in many factions of Hip Hop but rather is dedicated to standing to fight peacefully for justice through his music and front line activism. He has embraced the Christian message of hope and although he is wholly dedicated to his path of Christian Mysticism he is able to separate religion from politics because he understands the corrupt nature of those who seek power at the expense of others. Regan's spiritual message is one of love, acceptance and inclusion and thus it stands in stark opposition to the exploitative motifs propounded by both mainstream corporate rap music and many factions of underground Hip Hop. Regan has an uncompromising commitment to equality, freedom and truth and his authenticity as an individual permeates his hypnotizing Hip Hop. His voice is gentle but captivating, his flow is smooth and precise, and his beats and music are always mesmerizing in a way that is almost spiritual. Brent Lee Regan is the much needed future of Hip Hop.
As well as writing and producing all of his own material, Brent Lee Regan has also worked with many other producers, vocalists and bands both local and international and his music production and technique has earned him major industry clients such as Virgin1, Codemasters and Momentum Worldwide. After being front man and vocalist for twelve years in Ska-Rap-Metal band - The Prhyme, he recently split from the group and released his solo album entitled Apis Mellifera which was put out on his own label False Flag in August 2009. After only one year, 13,000 copies of Apis Mellifera were downloaded. The album has been a massive success and has already gained Regan an extensive following from all corners of the globe, both within Hip Hop and outside of it. His music and lyricism crosses many divides and his style manages to be true to the universal nature of Hip Hop but resonates with those who are attracted to other genres.
A fervent truth speaker both on and off the record, Brent Lee Regan is also a member of various groups including The Anti-Injustice Movement (The AIM), a global activist movement which utilizes Hip Hop to enable social change, Guerrilla Republik, Emcee's For Peace and Musicians For Peace. He also runs a website called Truth Music Directory which promotes independent and unsigned artists from the truth movement worldwide. Demand for Brent Lee Regan's live show is growing and there are both national and international shows planned for him in the coming months as the time has come for the world to be blessed with his music. With his determination and sincerity, Brent Lee Regan is going to be a powerful voice for global change.
DJ Flako is a top DJ from Latin America and he has travelled all the way from Guatemala to introduce the UK to the illest Latin American beats.
We are also hoping to have UK emcees Lyrical Agent and Tekneek spitting a few bars at the London show too.
The AIM are looking for anyone who is involved in Hip-Hop to come down to our London I Want Justice show on October 6th at The Bull and Gate to spit some freestyles and do interviews for a UK Hip-Hop documentary that is being filmed for Unite the Kingdom. Unite The Kingdom DVD is a music movement DVD dedicated to positive and moral change and new ideas. It'll be a great project which will be involved in our first international show and it will also help get UK conscious artists free promo. Not only those involved in the actual show but any UK artists who want to come see an explosive Hip-Hop show and get involved in the documentary. Moreover you may get recruited to be a member of The AIM and/or GREP UK depending on your skills and outlook. Both organizations deliver masses of opportunities for positive artists.
If you're interested in reserving tickets for the I Want Justice UK Tour, being part of the documentary or joining AIM and/or GREP UK please get at AK47 at theaim@hotmail.co.uk
Guerrilla Republik UK will also be selling the first ever GREP UK shirts at all three events so come buy some real underground merchandize from the people who supply threads to Immortal Technique.
Big ups to AIM emcee Perseverance who helped raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association by performing Hip-Hop for Charity with other sick emcees at The Berkeley Cafe last Friday. Hip-Hop can not only raise awareness but it can also raise money for campaigns, charities and causes so AIM emcees should try to contribute to such events as much as possible because first and foremost we are activists who are here to establish positive global change.
Thank you Perseverance for setting a great example to other emcees because for the most part Hip-Hop has been made about competition, wealth and fame as opposed to co-operation, altruism and change. The AIM has proven yet again that we will only commit to utilizing Hip-Hop positively not negatively, as we see exploitation and ethical bankruptcy both within the mainstream and the underground. Let's take Hip-Hop out of the hands of the oppressors and put it back into the hands of the oppressed. Moreover don't assume that all 'conscious' or 'underground' emcees are commited to positive change because many of them parrot the same individualism, violence, sexism, racial sterotyping, blind religious fanaticism, homophobia and consumer greed that we see in mainstream rap music. Read between the lyricism because Hip-Hop like everything else needs to be critically analyzed or it will be a problem not a solution. The AIM are the solution and Political Hip-Hop like Street Poetry and Guerrilla Graffiti are just some of our tools for raising awareness. Neverthless Hip-Hop should always be utilized in cohesion with activism because once one has raised awareness about injustice one has to take direct action against it. Essence is revealed through praxis so take AIM if you're hard enough!
The AIM is proud to be able to offer these Guerrilla Republik UK shirts available exclusively via The AIM. Please order at our online shop in your preferred currency or buy one on the UK leg of Capital-'X' and Jehuniko's I Want Justice Tour (sponsored by The AIM, Guerrilla Republik UK and Real Hip-Hop Forever).
The Anti-Injustice Movement, aka The AIM, Guerrilla Republik UK and Real Hip-Hop Forever presents Capital-'X'sI Want Justice Tour in the UK with guest emcees Jehuniko from the US and Brent Lee Regan from the UK, and the legendary DJ Flako from Guatemala. This is the rawest, most brutally honest revolutionary Hip-Hop to explode onto the UK underground. If you want candy rap, or weak and wavering conscious Hip-Hop then this is not for you because this collective of international underground raptivists are nothing short of revolutionaries. If you're down with intelligent lyricism, raw truth and hard-hitting beats then this is a show you can't afford to miss. People are sleeping and this performance is going to make them wake up and smell the thermite.
This is a very excited AK47 here because not only have I booked two excellent UK venues for Capital-'X's I Want Justice Tour but AIM emcee Greydon Square, aka The Black Carl Sagan, has given birth to his latest genius baby, The Kardashev Scale. He's even payed his respects to his AIM familia by including a really sick track called A.I.M. Anti-Injustice Music. I was fortunate enough to have previewed many of the tracks on Skype with Greydon himself a few months back, which was a great honour for me. Nevertheless I can't wait to see the download bar stop processing so I can bump the finest godless empirico-rationalist Hip-Hop album on the planet since The CPT Theorem.
This is a moment us hardcore Greydon fans have been anticipating for many months but Greydon wisely did not rush his art because he is satisfied with nothing less than perfection. This album is not only for atheists because even though you may not agree with everything Grey says about the noun 'God' you can not deny the escalating dangers of the more extreme factions of religion. The album has something to offer to everyone regardless of whether you're an atheist, an agnostic or a theist, or a Hip-Hop head or not because it's undeniably intelligent, covers a variety of relevant issues and is also beautifully executed both lyrically and musically. It also features some dope collabs from well known emcees like Canibus to lesser known emcees like Gripp who both hold their own with our lyrical titan Greydon Square.
I'd love to talk more about The Kardashev Scale but I think I've waited patiently long enough so I'm going to lay back, pop a can of Dr Pepper Zero and listen to what I know will be one of the best underground Hip-Hop albums of the year. The time has come for AK47 to completely marinade herself in The Kardashev Scale's beautifully godless futuristic technological quantum flava. Some of us like it hot.
You can buy The Kardashev Scale at any good online music store or through Greydon's sleek new website.
I have more super sick news coming your way with regards to The AIM Raptivist Collective but right now I have some serious Hip-Hop head nodding to do so I'm going to bounce.
"We declare our right on this earth to be a man, to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary."
(Malcolm X, 1965)
Tomorrow AIM General Capital-'X' will take the I Want Justice Tour to The Move 9 Rally in Philadelphia. He will be joined by AIM emcees Perseverance and MC Therapist. Many of our Guerrilla Republik comrades will also be there. 'X' invites you all to join him, his AIM and GREP comrades, and many other conscious individuals to stand up for the Move 9.
"This Saturday August 7th at 11am the "I Want Justice Tour" will join in to rally for the release of the Move 9 on the corner of 11th and Market Streets in Philadelphia. I urge everyone to educate themselves on the history of the Move 9 and join us. If we allow this injustice, it is like giving permission to the powers that be, to bomb and imprison any group that unites in opposition of oppression and repression. To unite against our oppressors is not only our Constitutional right, it is our birth right. Dropping a bomb, killing innocent children and then imprisoning innocent men and women was a tactic by these fascists to instill fear in WE the people. We must prove that their tactic failed for it is not WE the people that should tremble in fear, it is those that believe they our superior to WE that people that should tremble in fear. Our greatest weapon, IZ THA TRUTH, for the truth can not and will not be denied. All Power To The People!"
Sup underground hiphoppas. AK47 here, aka the Scottish Loca, bringing you up to date with what's going down in the subterreanean world of political Hip-Hop and Street Poetry. I'll regularly update y'all with regards to our own emcees and spoken word artists, aka The Aim Raptivist Collective, both individually and as a collective. I'll also keep you in the loop with anything pertaining to the growing international revolutionary Hip-Hop movement as a whole. However I am involved in running The AIM with the committee on a daily basis, not to mention organizing shows, steering The AIM Hip-Hop/Street Poetry Street Team and promoting all our individual artists. Thus don't forget to keep checking in on our sister site Real-Hip Hop Forever because Lady Chinita caters daily to your underground Hip-Hop needs and as a dedicated AIM member she'll also keep you posted on what's happening with us. We'll also be focusing on emcees and street poets from our other affiliate site Guerrilla Republik because I am their Chapter Leader for the UK and we all respect what they have to bring to the table.
To kick off today's update I want to welcome two new members to The AIM, hard spitting MC Therapist who's going to front for The AIM in Philly and renowned Street Poet, Musician and Gang Outreach Worker Warrior Bonds from Boston. We met Therapist through two of our core members AIM General Raptivist Capital-'X' and anti-NWO emcee Enki, and we were introduced to Warrior through notorious Street Poet and AIM Shot Caller Monte Smith. I can't emphasize enough how proud we feel to have both of these individuals clicked up with us because there is no doubt that they are realer than a brick in the face, more focused than a a top of the range Nikon camera and smarter than your average quantum physicist on a good day. They definitely got AIM to the core. We'll be pushing them forward so that all the world can hear what they have to say because they are voices of the imminent ethical revolution. I'll be putting up their pages on the site as soon as humanly possible but until then please check them out on Reverbnation and join The AIM Hip-Hop/Street Poetry Street Team on The AIM Raptivist Collective page on Reverbnation to help promote these hard men with hearts.
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There are so many things happening right now with The AIM Raptivist Collective, including Capital-'X's I Want Justice Tour in the US and Europe. It's going to be one of the most explosive tours in the history of Political Hip-Hop. We're going to ensure you don't miss it by keeping you in on the dates and details. Capital-'X' also has a dope new track out called My Life Times which you can preview below.
That's it from me for today but I'll be back in the next couple of days to talk to you about the highly anticipated new album by AIM emcee Greydon Square, The Kardashev Scale.
MC Therapist has traveled a long distance to arrive where he is today. His long journey began in the city of brotherly love when he began playing rhythm guitar and singing lead vocals for a punk rock band at age of twelve. After several years of performing cover tunes (as well as original material ) in local bars and winning multiple "battle of the bands" competitions, his band Blackout broke up as members creativity's grew in different directions. Being a huge fan of underground hip hop all the while performing with his band Blackout, Therapist decided to transmute his style of song-writing from deep angered "punk poetry" to a more aggressive lyricism which consisted of hardcore tongue-twisting rhyme schemes and social awareness. These are the events that took place and the end result was the birth of a revolutionary minded emcee who in time evolved into the conscious activist songwriter he is today.
Unlike many rappers of today, Therapist is true to the culture of hip-hop. He lives submerged not only in the element that most know as rap, he is also a talented and very well known graffiti artist. Even as a singer of a punk rock band Therapist had a deep heartfelt connection to this ancient art form. Today not a day passes that Therapist does not hone both of his crafts which he has mastered.
On his rise within the Philadelphia underground hip hop scene Therapist began hosting open mics throughout the city all the while seeking out like minded artists which eventually lead him to become a proud member of The AIM (Anti Injustice Movement). A global organization with a wealth of talent that is based in the United Kingdom.
Becoming a part of a global organization such as The AIM who use poetry and all the elements of hip-hop to battle against all injustice world wide, MC Therapist now has hopes of joining his European comrades in the near future to continue spreading his powerful therapeutic vibes and deep meaningful messages even further than he has.
Therapist has a lot to offer not just to the hip-hop community but to the world as a whole. His music and performance are spiritually, emotionally and mind captivating. Therapist commands the microphone and he literally owns every stage he sets foot on. This young and multi talented raptivist is a force to be reckoned with.
To date Therapist has performed with Jeru Da Damaja, Chief Kamachi (of Army Of The Pharaohs), Jus-Allah (of Jedi-Mind-Tricks), Doodlebug/Cee Knowledge (of Digable Planets) and Capital-”X” just to name a few and he is yet to release his long awaited debut release which is set for a 2011 release. Although his partner and main source of production (Unabeatz) was recently incarcerated, Therapist has not skipped a beat. Now working with producers from all over the world nothing can stop him from healing those that have been mentally damaged by the cookie cutter commercial main stream music corporations try to pawn off as hip-hop.
If you are into Street Poetry, Anarchist/Political Hip-Hop and real revolutionary lyricism please check out our political/revolutionary emcees and street poets from The Anti-Injustice Movement (aka The AIM) on our new AIM Raptivist Collective profile on Reverbnation. We just dropped a sick new underground Hip-Hop album, Lyrical Warfare Volume 1, which is a lyrical IED being hurled at the NWO global elites, the theocrats and the growing police state which is sweeping the entire planet.
The AIM's Ecuadorian Rebel, emcee SAI, has also donated his track 'Real Gangsta' as a paid download to help fund our organization. The track hits out at fake thugs who have their identity bastardized by white washed corporate cRap music and celebrates the real revolutionaries who deserve the title 'gangsta.' If you got love for Che Guevara more than Lil Weiner then you're going to want to download this track fo real.
We have to sell this mixtape, and our slick new t-shirts, as we are a non-profit group. We just need to make enough green for our Protest/Hip-Hop/Street Poetry/Activism Education Conference in the UK for early next year. Please buy our album Lyrical Warfare Vol 1, or even just a few tracks, at the Reverbnation Store, ITunes, Amazon, Napster or CD Baby. If you're flat broke like us just lay back, pop a can of organic root beer and bump the rhymes of the revolution.
In Revolution & Resistance, ~THE AIM~
www.antiinjusticemovement.com
Please join The AIM mailing list and Hip-Hop Street Team if you're real enough to support the struggle!
Lyrical Agent loved Hip-Hop from a young age. When he used to walk to school he would always freestyle off the top of his head about anything that came to mind. Then when he turned 16 he met an emcee called Lewda who fuelled his interest further. They started hanging out and then they met a producer that said he was willing to record and produce for them. This was the catalyst which inspired Agent to write and record his first mixtape alongside Lewda.
The duo pushed the tape locally in and around their area but they soon grew apart. The decision was mutual and it resulted in Lyrical Agent launching his career as an independent artist. He took everything he had learnt whilst working with Lewda and started becoming critical of every day life and conscious of the world around him. He then dropped his first solo project Caught in the System which was an 8 track EP. The EP was a mixture of the previous sounds he was bringing with Lewda, alongside his own message which was a conscious observation of reality. Although Agent had attained a new level of writing and awareness he still felt that he was far from peaking as an artist.
It didn't take long for Caught in the System to gain local hype. Along with the previous fans from the Agent and Lewda days Agent had also reached out to people who wouldn't ordinarily have been interested in Hip-Hop. They could relate to the message he was bringing about everyday life and many thought it was refreshing to hear positive music as opposed to the usual exploitative corporate rap music that gets air time. This gave Agent the inspiration to deliver something even bigger however he ran into his own problems within the system. This unfortunately prevented him from dedicating the time he needed to his music.
After hearing Agent's EP Caught in the System a close friend introduced him to numerous books and videos on a darker side to society. Agent initially thought he had gained a clear insight into society when releasing Caught in the System, however after months of research it soon became apparent that he had only touched upon a very small part of what was to become his newest piece of music.
His new insight gave him an incredible amount of inspiration, and after a seven month break, maturing along the way, he suddenly had a spontaneous urge to put what he had learnt into a track. This track became the breathtaking Open Your Eyes. After three days of continuously writing the track was ready to be recorded and after capturing it in the studio he contacted a film crew to record a low budget video portraying the same vibe which the lyricism reflected.
Within the first month this one single track had gained more interest than anything he had ever released. It caught the attention of many other emcees, one of whom was named Plato, and although the two lived within five minutes of each other they strangely had never met before. Within the first month of getting to know each other and sharing knowledge it soon became obvious that they were of the same intellect and portrayed the same message in their music. They had a vision, the vision was to share their combined knowledge by utilizing a calibre of Hip-Hop which was elevated above current rap music whilst maintaining a mature and positive stance.
Less than a month of networking together resulted in a collaboration between Agent and Plato with America's Beast 1333, founder of the Templars of Hip-Hop who was taught by one of greatest Hip-Hop icons KRS One. This opportunity was exciting as Beast has released tracks with KRS One and had recently returned from touring America with artists such as Fat Joe, KRS and the legendary DJ Premier. The track entitled The Global Resistance has given Agent and Plato exposure from all corners of the globe, resulting in a solid fan base worldwide.
This caught the attention of The Anti-Injustice Movement, a group of revolutionists sharing the same vision as Lyrical Agent. Their members range from poets to emcees, graffiti artists to promoters and activists. They dropped a mixtape entitled Lyrical Warfare Vol. 1 in which 'Open your Eyes' and 'The Global Resistance' feat. Plato & Beast 1333 were included. Lyrical Warfare is now available on Amazon, Reverbnation and iTunes for digital download. Agent says: "We are a global movement that believe in freedom of speech, justice and liberty."
From here an album is the next step for Lyrical Agent and Plato. The album is set to feature collaborations with Beast 1333, Jonny Handsome, Jaz O, AG of DITC, two members of Wu-Tang, Block McCloud (Army of the Pharoahs), Plazma (Rhyme Asylum), Lil Dreads and potentially more. The album is set to be ready for release by the new year and will be available for download on all major digital download outlets including iTunes.
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Discography The Lyrical Warfare Mixtape Volume One (2010) Outside the Box EP (2010)
SAI (South American Immigrant) was born in Quito, Ecuador in 1973, lived in Brooklyn during his teenage years, and attended Randolph High School in Harlem. He obtained a B.A. in Creative Writing from SUNY Binghamton. He has worked as a community relations coordinator at Barnes & Noble. For the many years he has been involved in the struggle for justice for farm workers with Farmworker Legal Services of NY, specifically under the human trafficking project. He has been on the frontlines of saving modern day slaves from modern day slaveowners. Moreover he has highligted the way in which human trafficking is an issue of grave importance in a world where people think slavery no longer exists. He has done this as an activist, an emcee/musician and also as a poet because he is a man who knows how to utilize his many talents to benefit the greater good.
SAI has performed his latin style hip-hop at local venues since 2004 and he is the music and lyrical composer/producer of more than 200 hip hop/spoken word songs, featuring various artists in the Rochester community (Including Henry Padrón & Jahaka Mindstorm).
Renan is fluent in French, English, and Spanish and spits lyrical fire in all three languages. He has worked with a myriad of producers and emcees from every continent and appears as a featured emcee in many albums. He has performed in endless amounts of open mic's in NY, LA, DC, Ecuador, and Canada. He recently performed in the Art of Lyrics underground event at The Point in The Bronx, NY., an invitation-only gathering of emcees in New York City. He also belongs to the 4th Sight, as well as to La Gran Colombia which was formed by SAI to represent Ecuador, Dante Vital representing Colombia, and El Veneco (representing Venezuela). He will be working on a collaborative album with all of these collectives by next year and it will be entirely in Spanish. He is also a fully fledged member of The Anti-Injustice Movement (aka The AIM) and has recorded a brand new track entitled 'Taking AIM' for the collective's new mixtape Lyrical Warfare Vol 1.
He published a book of poems in 1996 entitled Until I Meet Myself Again, I Write and therefore he will be an asset to the rapidly expanding Anti-Injustice Movement not only as an emcee and activist but also as a protest poet. The rhyming revolitionary freedom fighter, aka Ecuador's answer to Che Guevara, SAI will be a core figure in the up and coming genre of 'raptivism.'
The Anti-Injustice Movement (aka The AIM) is a global movement of activists, political emcees and street poets who are fighting together to achieve the slow but steady destruction of global injustice.
We struggle via non-violent and creative means against injustices perpetrated by corrupt governments, political and fundamentalist factions of organized religion, and corporate vampires.
To do this we utilize the Five Elements of hip-hop (knowlege being the fifth), street poetry, and grassroots campaigning as a means of awareness raising and political revolt.
We are against Western Militarism, Political Islam, and Zionism in equal measure and will combat them all because we refuse to choose between three evils.
We struggle for both human and animal rights.
To find out more about the campaigns we are involved in check out our Grassroots Campaigning section.
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