#respect #Repost @kingasheru_ga ・・・ FIVE years ago, on this day in Black history: "Sleepless in Soweto is more than just an album. It is a living, breathing document of solidarity between Africans and African Americans, tied together through the language of Hip Hop. It is also a culminating result of my recent travels to South Africa, where I have traveled 7 times over the last three years, spent performing, recording, and building with a dynamic community of artists that have embraced Hip Hop culture, which, much like jazz, blues, gospel, rock n roll and others that came before it, is a distinctly African American music tradition that has influenced the globe. This album is my love song to South Africa, a new home away from home...This album also serves as a direct challenge to the status quo, dominant media representation of Blackness both here and abroad. It is an example of where we can go with our artform and voice and the endless possibilities of what it could be. The time is near, we are almost ready...I can't wait for you to hear it." -ASHERU, Sleepless in Soweto liner notes, 11/12/13 #sleeplessinsoweto #RIPHHP #RIPJABBA https://www.instagram.com/p/BqFpKbDhFau/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8u0wtepfz139