Sto:lo/Tahltan Rapper Hope Drops the Music Video to the Title Track of His Album "Red Man"
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Hope is a professional Hip-Hop artist and performer from Leq'a:mel First Nation British Columbia, and based in Vancouver BC. Inspired by Tradition, Hope uses the art of storytelling and rhyme to depict life on the reservation and illustrate to others what it is to be indigenous. Releasing his first album with Indigenous Hip Hop Duo "Status Krew" in 2011, Hope has been steadily contributing to the BC Underground Hip Hop scene as well as the Indigenous Hip Hop scene through EP, album and music video releases ever since.
In 2014 Hope along with his rhyme partner "Doobie" joined local artist Mamarudegyal MTHC in co-founding Indigenous Hip Hop and Multimedia group "Rudegang Entertainment". Winning a Fraser Valley Music award in 2017 (Best in Hip Hop - Male) sparked new motivation for Hope, who then embarked on a new project and the most important album of his career thus far, "Red Man”.
“Red Man” is an album that seeks to explore and depict the experiences of an indigenous man living in a colonized world. Hope's album seizes the opportunity to speak freely about his feelings towards reconciliation, cultural appropriation, and those who are willingly ignorant towards what Indigenous People know is undeniable fact; that supremacy exists and effects our people deeply. Hope's unique and sometimes off kilter style of lyricism brings this album to a level of artistry that is not so regularly seen in the world of Hip Hop; he is a modern day Indigenous story teller.
Watch the visual to “Red Man” right now, stream the album on Spotify and connect with Hope on his website and social media.