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In our memory, this is the second time for us to hear this statement “to be like water which doesn’t have a trace line while it can vary.” from a rapper’s mouth. (Jay-Z had a similar metaphor before). But this time we are able to sit in front of Jeru to hear his explanation of this sentence, giving us a kind of feeling that people suddenly see the light. And we are also aware that Jeru The Damaja is not just the one in that record whose mouth can match a thousand of black army generals. What’s more, he is also a person whose words are full of calm and peace, a thoughtful musician.
Your latest album “Still Rising” has a heavy political overtones, which is the same as your previous record. In addition to the reproduction of scene that black players protested against the racial discrimination in the 1968 Olympic Games, you still mentioned a lot about the history of black slave trade in “History 101″. But it is clear that now the Hip-Hop music audiences are not the same as what they used to be before. Do you feel that it is necessary to talk about such a heavy topic again?
JD: For me, doing so is still very important because I remember that my mother always taught me if you have the opportunity to express yourr own ideas you should seize the opportunity. Indeed, the current era is not the same as what it used to be, but some thing will not change. If you are able to express your own ideas, some people will receive it. So perhaps the message will be of particular importance for some people.
Jeru was born in the golden age of Hip-Hop music. And a lot of people take rap music very seriously. They treat it as one part of their lives while young people now just treat rap music as an entertainment.