Richard Raw performs at the House Of Ram for Sankofa Threatre. He performs a song off his upcoming "The Proletariat" album called "True Leaders" feat. Dr. Umar Johnson" to be released on May 1st on iTunes.Amazon. Listen To The Song Below!!
Lyrical wordsmith Richard Raw drops his new EP The Proletariat on May 1st, 2013. Combining cultural knowledge with revolutionary prose over banging beats, The Proletariat is an effortless crossover project that both popular and conscious hip-hop fans will enjoy.
"The Proletariat is the soundtrack to the struggle of liberation," says Richard Raw. "It is a revolutionary's theme music. I keep it conscious, but remain on a level that popular rap fans can relate to."
Following in the footsteps of hip-hop legends Nas and Common, Richard Raw has mastered conscious hip-hop expression without losing his fan base in the popular hip-hop realm.
"It's important for me to speak to revolution and the struggle of my people without losing the fans who like their hip-hop to be beats and basic rhymes. I had to find that balance."
When creating the EP, Richard Raw channeled the energy of the times; youth fighting against government power, unjust racism gaining global media coverage and social change becoming a reality. He also tuned into the slow but steady shift of hip-hop from anemic lyrical content to thoughtful verse and thought it was time to unite the changing social stratum with the maturing genre of hip-hop. What was born from this unity was The Proletariat, a ten-song project that promises to ignite your revolutionary spirit and keep you rockin' through the summer.
The Proletariat will be available at iTunes.com. For more information about appearances and other releases, please visit richardraw.com.
For Bookings Email: richardrawproductions@gmail.com
HAPPY BORNDAY TO THE ART OF LYRICS!!! 4 years strong in the unda, and we about to give you the first ever OPEN MIC SPECIAL featuring NABURI SELAH, RICHARD RAW, and CRAIG AND THE WHO BAND doing a live set of funky classics alongside RHINOCEROS FUNK and DJ FREDONES!!! Mega surprise guests coming thru throughout the night.
Richard Raw gives a preview of his new single "Muhammad Ali" off of his upcoming Soul Sessions Album. He also performs a song entitled "Feeling Myself" which will be included on his funk album "Spunkhole" to release in early 2014.
