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Projota saves political tone and denounces racism in new single

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To this day, racism limits opportunities for blacks in Brazil. Despite this, rapper project knew how to overcome adversity and build a successful career for more than twenty years. He began with rhyming battles and years later conquered the country with his lyrics, but always kept the political tone of his work.

Since January, without releasing music, the rapper returns to express all his outrage at racial oppression in the release of a single. Run!available on all digital platforms through Universal Music this Thursday (13), with a music video at YouTube artist.




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In this sense, not only the lyrics, but also the video for the track is also full of references: from the crown Notorious Big e Jean Michel Basquiatthe throne, which refers to the royal ancestors project and, of course, the film of the same name Run!directorial success Jordan Peele it addressed in a modern way the suffering experienced by black people. In fact, the clip is full of headlines that opened up such absurdities and inspired the rapper to write.

project comments on their new release: “I wrote this song after a lot of thinking and in the midst of a deep resentment that I have for every moment that racism has been present in my life. In my recent works I have dealt with inner problems such as depression and this has been reflected in the lyrics. that he spoke a lot about my problems, but now I feel able to talk about ours again. This song is a cry for freedom, it should make it clear that we are not descendants of slaves, but of kings and queens, except for religious people, thinkers, poets, musicians, doctors, engineers, etc. “RUN!” means to set fire to the big house.

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