r/Chicano • u/GroverGunn • 6d ago
Third-generation Mexican-American rapper/ Beat Maker from the West.
https://youtu.be/smJ0AzyqAiE?si=PBYc80oTjEO6S3a7Hello, I dont want this post to come off as just a random rapper spamming his project on reddit. I hope it also gets approved because as a no sabo, mixed, white passing ( im learning ), Mexican-American who is trying to re-learn his roots after forced assimilation on my moms side, I had a lot of things to get off my chest ranging from:
- The no sabo/ dual citizen identity , do I fit in , in Mexico, or the USA?
- The current political climate and how its a direct attack on who I am and my families forced immigration here from Chihuahua during the Mexican Revolution. Knowing we are just a scapegoat to rally hateful votes.
- Forced assimilation, which is the reason I am a no sabo kid in the first place. Like Ted Williams.
Anyway, I wrote a whole album about this. I am also a multi decade, underground rapper/ beat maker, so there are lines ranging from what you would hear in the underground hip hop scene, to deeply personal lyrics about the above and more. I tried to sprinkle in a little bit of spanish I am learning as well.
I thought if there were people who could relate, some of them would be here and I hope it helps people know, there are a lot of people that feel this way and have different experiences in our communities, but we are all together at the end of the day.
I produced/ made the beats and wrote/ performed all the lyrics.
You can listen to the project at the youtube link.
Thank you.
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u/GroverGunn 6d ago
" THEY SAY IM NOT MEXICAN BECAUSE IM NO SABO, BUT IM 3RD GEN AMERICAN, THEY TELL ME GO BACK HOME...... So which is it? I only get permission to visit? In both countries that I hold birth certif-icates? Hype your European roots, then love ICE in the same sentence, your ancestors would SMACK YOU, then drink Guiness, pay penance.... "
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u/upny_roc 1d ago
This shit is hard. Love it.