Bøker av Wilfred Kanu Jr.

Try to uncover the truth before forming misconceptions about people based on prejudice, ignorance, or cliches. What constitutes Hip Hop Culture? Hiphop is a refined way of living. It's a global civilization. What influences its language, cuisine, and entrepreneurial drive? How did Hip Hop originate, and who were its earliest trailblazers? Why does it face prejudice? Is playing loud rap music or creating diss tracks enough to be considered a Hiphoppa? Does rapping imply a degenerate? Who is a skilled lyricist?What does cultural graffiti represent? Who is considered a DeeJay? Do fans, Emcees, and adherents of Hip Hop always have to conform to criminal, exploitative, and rebellious archetypes? Those who listen to rap are devoted to hip hop; above all, TRUE Hip Hop enthusiasts embrace it as life! Prejudices against those who embody Hip Hop's Cultural mindset reveal a narrow-mindedness on their part. But what are the harmful aspects of this global community? Do they include misogyny, homophobia, materialism, and chaos?How does the origin of all things black tie into Hip Hop's cultural heritage? Is it accurate to say that individuals who turn to a life of crime are a product of social and economic marginalization stemming from poverty caused by racism and discrimination? Can Hip Hop be a form of political and social activism? In a multi-billion-dollar global music, fashion, and commerce industry, the lifestyle associated with this Culture, rooted in the inner cities and suburbs of New York, Los Angeles, London, and Paris, has spread worldwide.How can rap lyrics accurately depict their communities' living circumstances without promoting death and destruction? The author explores this philosophical work of art by possessing a precise understanding and consciousness of these realities. "Hip Hop Kru Zade: Path Beyond Cliches'," the 50th Anniversary Edition of Hip Hop, has been reissued by Badson Publishing and Swift Nightz Music Society. This re-edited, and revamped edition is in collaboration with the African Book Collective and was published in Berlin, Germany.As he has done previously, the author, Wilfred "Freddy Will" Kanu Jr., has published this title along with the accompanying studio album, "Laboramus Expectantes," to coincide with its release. This epic paperback is not only a striking addition to any bookcase or living room decor but also a faithful retelling of the Hip Hop Culture's history, evolution, and principles, as seen through the eyes of Freddy Will -an indispensable must-read for die-hard Hip Hop fans and truth-seekers looking to delve into this ever-changing civilization.

How did the region of West Africa called Romarong become what we know as Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone? Romarong was a hotbed. The Mali Empire collapsed, and the Songhai came into prominence. There were the Arab and European slave trades. This story concludes when the British colonized the region. Exploring this anecdote from the natives' perspective fits Freddy Will's impression that Sierra Leone was part of the ancient Koya Empire. It also sheds light on the specific impacts of her numerous ethnic groups.It's a bold outing that showcases the heritage and correlates how the unique traditional and religious culture hitches the ethnic groups. It encompasses the history and culture of the ancient West African coastal and hinterland dwellers who emigrated and intermarried as the Trans-Saharan and Trans-Atlantic slave trades proceeded. The reader follows the journey of Mende, Temne, Susu, Malinke, Kisi, Loko, and Fulani people. The author gives this account, connecting the West African perspective with the liberated Blacks who arrived there.Romarong means "a place of wailers" or "land of tears." Horrid weather conditions, pandemics, tribal wars, human trafficking, the assimilation of Islam and Christianity, and colonization. Learn about the repatriation of freed Blacks from England, the United States, Canada, and the West Indies and how the colonization of Freetown and her surroundings shaped what we now know as Sierra Leone. The legendary Bai Burreh's epic hut tax war against the British and the brave Sengbe Pieh's rebellion aboard the Spanish ship La Amistad Krio is a broken language from English, French, Portuguese, German (European cultural impacts), Mende, Limba, and Temne, among other African languages. Freed-melanated people returning from the United States, Canada, England, and the Caribbean islands developed the tongue. This book also includes the English translations of the Krio lyrics from the accompanying hip-hop album "Dark Horse from Romarong ...a City of Kings" by hip-hop recording artist Freddy Will. He recorded the music in the Krio language of Sierra Leone.

This is the musical journey of Grammy-nominated artist and author Freddy Will, a Sierra Leonean-American author in Europe. The story begins with his birth in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and his upbringing in Monrovia and Kakata, Liberia, where his interest in the performing arts peaked at a tender age. This semi-autobiography describes critical moments in his life, the circumstances that occurred after the teenager's family separated from him at the beginning of the civil war in Liberia. It tells how Hip Hop changed his fortune.He excitedly clung to the dream of one day reuniting with his family in the United States and pursuing a career in the performing arts. Only his emergent talent in music, theatre, and literary writing did not sit well with his family, who almost succeeded in ending his artistic pursuits. It's an Afropolitan tale about a displaced youth who flees two genocides through numerous events that almost led to his untimely demise. The betrayals he grieved inspired many of the lyrics on this book's accompanying studio album.As a teenager, Freddy Will was among the first West Africans to adopt Hiphop. He moved from country to country, living with relatives in Sierra Leone, Gambia, and Senegal, bringing his unwavering dedication to the culture and craft with the aim of becoming a Hip Hop recording artist and author. At the same time, he was waiting for the US Immigration and Naturalization Service to approve his application. Fortunately, at the height of his distress, he emigrated to New Jersey in the United States, after he received a clean slate.However, he's tormented by bittersweet memories of his extraordinary survival. In the US, the enthusiastic Hip Hop pioneer became distracted. He entered a period of speculative quests exploring theatre studies, American films, chemistry, and accounting. His aptitudes unheeded for nearly a decade, a chance encounter revitalizes his musical passion. After naturalizing in the US, he traveled to Toronto, Canada, to record his long-awaited debut album. There, he became a Hip Hop recording artist and a published author.This book includes his first crossover album, "While I'm Still Young - The Talking Drums 1.2v," which contains many songs he wrote and performed in West Africa. Follow the lyrics in this book as you enjoy these dynamic tunes. There is a QR code that gives exclusive access to the entire studio album. Today, Freddy Will has inspired numerous recording artists with his crossover style that blends Jazz, R&B, Soul, Rock, Afrobeat, Calypso, and Zouk rhythms with Hip Hop cadences. He writes and publishes his books in Berlin, Germany.