Albuquerque, New Mexico Hip Hop staple Wake Self has returned with his follow-up to 2014’s Good Things Happen to Those Who Wake in the form of Malala, named after the youngest Noble Peace Prize recipient in history, Malala Yousafzai.
Wake has shared the video for the title track, which is bursting at the seams with sharp social commentary on the way women are continually disrespected in not only the Hip Hop community, but also in billboard ads, commercials, magazines, and every day life. His specific call to action is to end misogyny in rap.
With generous contributions from Miles Bonny, Belgium artist Blu Samu, partner-in-crime Def-i, vocalist Alia Lucero, and Blackalicious’ Gift of Gab, Malala is exactly what Hip Hop needs right now.
“Making this album has already changed my life,” he said in an interview. “I am deeply connected to every word, syllable, rhyme pattern, feeling, concept, and idea that came through me on this project. I try to make music that can heal, inspire, bring love, awareness, happiness, and clarity. I want people to feel alive, and clear—to not only envision a new world, but to also start materializing it with our actions, and continue cleansing ourselves from the wounds of our past social patterns.”
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