HAWAII HIP HOP (The Good, Bad, Ugly)

You know as Black People (Africans, who have been colonized in America), we are raised to not allow any injustice we face, to be hidden under embarrassment, fear or shame. A long time ago, someone told me that the entertainment business, with the exception of the military was the most racist formal organization ever created in America. In both as many strides that have been made, there still remains much work to be done.

Three years ago before moving to Honolulu, Hawaii. The first thing I did, was a search for information, about the background of this place. What it was like to live, work and general things to do. During my search I didn't find much and what I did find was the basic fluff. So coming here I was completely blind, but I don't fear the unknown. I like to challenge myself to own, that which is not familiar to me. I mean I've been all types of places, Ohio, Florida, South Carolina and most importantly, my home city of Staten Island, which is a adventure in it self. Like any Man of the world, I seek to continue pursuits of successful endeavours, no matter where I am at. This is the right of any Man, created under nature.

Now for the whole story....

I never really intended to get too involved with anything here. I found it all so tainted and placid, maybe these people smoke a lot of weed I thought, maybe they just don't care about anything cause they have nothing, or they just bored to death for so long, they forget what it was like to be excited. Out of respect for a friend. I offered to help her out with her musical friend, Merc Majah. She had already been giving him, small kine accolades about his music, on her facebook. Which she received much hate over it. I thought she gets treated unfair, because she's one of the baddest bitches, on this pile of ashes. Plus she plays her own game! So I stood up for her and she ask me to help him out. I did just that.

Never in all of my endeavours and pursuits of business, have I ever experienced anything, like I have while living in Honolulu Hawaii, for the last three years. Let me start by saying this, the whole place is RACIST. Not really just racist in a privilege sense, but racist towards Black People mainly. Don't misunderstand it for there being isolated, all their life in the middle of nowhere. I know we stereotype and scrape goat the South and some parts of the Midwest, but Honolulu Hawaii takes the prize hands down. I can't start to tell you how much a ordeal, it is just to buy simple groceries on even given day. So with out much ado, I will share with you a brevity, of what Honolulu Hawaii is like from my P.O.V.... I hope to other Black people arriving here FOJ (fresh off the jet) that this is a hopeful guide.

Lets start with the obvious! Black culture is the top desired culture in the world right now. Our music, lifestyle, thoughts, struggle, which is our strength and talent is omnipotent. It's like cat nip, to these people of other races. They say it, "Hawaii Hip Hop". It's really "Hip Hop", in Hawaii! While not being taken to seriously by the majority of the population, who have adapted a more subtle liken for "Jawaiian" music. Influenced by what they are bombarded with daily, from the mainland. Many have adapted Hip Hop as their faux voice. Mostly as a way to sway attention, towards their boring selves in order to seem cooler. Which really means to get pussy, from the females here who are overly infatuated with Hip Hop. So the whole culture here is made up of a bunch of poser and fakes.

These people, rely solely on playing themselves off, as being more self important then required. Pushing more of their persona and reputation then their music. Which to serious Hip Hop ears, sounds like the same phoniness of it's creators. With the tone being, "stay humble!" While one can ride around and read bumper stickers, on the back of locals trucks that read, "Grown here, you flew here", "Defend Hawaii", "For locals only". One can obviously see the contradiction of this place in play. With that "Be Humble" shit! The only real Hip Hop culture comes from the transplants, who arrive here. Be they of military background or just travelers like myself, looking for somewhere decent to reside. For those artist, they encounter a very closed and icy reception. It's almost amazing, any get involved at all. The local rappers who number in the hundreds, running it like a small drug block. Locking out any real competition, self proclaiming themselves a authority, while not ever having left the state, for a time to learn anything else, but what they picked up from each other or T.V videos. On top of hijacking a culture created by the same Black Men, who's daughters they won't let date and a people they have a general disliking for.

So today, we are at this point. Merc Majah is the #1 rapper in Hawaii. (per. Reverbation charts) A fact to which he's peers can't stand at all. Everyday they get more time on facebook, then in the studio. Realize how long, they've been here and have just been shitting on themselves. Now they mad at someone who made it. They've made a enemy out of me, just for being stupid. I can't really imagine how anyone of basic intelligence can make the claims they have. I give'em credit for being the most delusional bunch I've every met. Now it all makes since to me. I not giving them any free game. I will enjoy watching them fall down flat on their swollen ego faces.