Expect no gimmicks from San Francisco-bred emcee, DaVinci. Though his upbringing in the historic Fillmore District is a far cry from its jazz heyday, he represents a new generation of post-Reaganomic crack-era rap, whose often-unwitting participants had to hustle to survive past their adolescence. “My music has everything to do with my environment: from robbing, killing, pimpin’ to selling and abusing drugs…to family, gentrification, and shit, just havin’ fun,” he explains about his heavy content. “It’s a direct reflection of what my friends and family have been through and are still going through.”
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blame game is phenomenal and what you finna do is still the best rap song & video explaining gentrification + “urban renewal”. if rap was once “the cnn of the ghetto” then @DaVinci415 may be one of the last credible reporters we have left…
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rob l'etat. 