lyrically - The rich/poor divide, the damage caused by greed, intolerance, and ignorance, what the news & popular rappers doesn't mention, MLK Jr, Sarah & Angelina Grimke, C Hall aka "Why", Angela Davis, Howard Zinn, M.K. Asante, INDEPENDENT media like SleptOn.com & DemocracyNow.org, and many past and present activists, organizers, revolutionaries, radicals, or what I would call the truly educated who have sought the truth that the powers that be have always tried to surpress from our knowledge
musically - Jeru Tha Damaja, Group Home, Dead Prez, Public Enemy, Old School Survivorz
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Revolutionary hip hop bringing Tha Truth about the world out to the people.
Tha Truth is a political hip hop artist, poet, and activist known around the Philadelphia area for taking on imperialism, inequality, corruption, and discrimination.
He has performed in countless venues at concerts, colleges, demonstrations, conferences, and benefits. Among these appearances Tha Truth performed at “The People’s March for Peace and Justice” in Newark, NJ where he shared the stage with Amy Goodman of “Democracy Now!” and Congressman Jon Conyers (one of the initators of HR 676/the Universal Health Care bill). He was also featured as a special guest performer along with M-1 of Dead Prez at the 2008 People's Peace Conference at Rutgers University Law School in Newark, NJ.
In 2007 he made a presentation about the importance of political music at The Green Party of The United States’ Convention in Reading, PA, which also featured Green Party Presidential Nominee Cynthia McKinney and Ralph Nader. In November of 2007 Tha Truth performed at the ISO Conference at Columbia University in NYC. In the same month he performed in the Iraq Veterans Against The War (IVAW) benefit concert in Philadelphia and at the Worker's World National Convention in New York. Additionally, Tha Truth performed in the "Drop Beats Not Bombs" concert at Rutgers University.
In other appearances, Tha Truth spoke twice at Rowan University, He performed at The University of Pennsylvania, and he was also one of the artists who took part in the “Rock the Rulers” concert outside the Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
In July of 2008 Tha Truth was invited to perform at The Green Party National Convention in Chicago. On the day before the 2008 Election, Temple University's radio station interviewed Tha Truth and asked him to speak to the students about the issues. Tha Truth's song "U.S. Drug War," was included on the official American Drug War Movie Mixtape CD release.
Environmental benefit events Tha Truth has been featured in include concerts at Pennsylvania’s Cedar Brook Middle School Earth Day Festival and “Arts in The Park” in Elkins Park, PA.
Tha Truth put out his debut CD “Tha Civil Rights Movement” in 2006. His second CD “Tha Civil Rights Movement Part II” was released in 2007.
In late 2008 Tha Truth dropped his third CD "Tha People's Music."
"Tha People's Music" was heavily inspired by Howard Zinn's classic book "A People's History of the United States (from 1492 to Present)". On this CD Tha Truth sums up the suppressed, real history of the United States from 1492 to 2008 in just two songs!
Throughout the project Tha Truth alerts listeners to the most critical issues occuring throughout the US and the world. Through his complex rhyme patterns he describes how these issues go back through time, and specific ways to take action to fix them. Tha Truth takes on the death penalty, immigrant rights, bigotry, the prison industrial complex, U.S. healthcare, police brutality, Hurricane Katrina, NAFTA, military recruitment, US foreign policy/empire, and so much more.
Tha Truth has shown once again with "Tha People's Music" that he is one of the few artists presenting what his name entails. As he did on his last release, he again shows his skill at educating an audience while sacrificing nothing musically.
In a time where most musicians drone on apathetically about trivial and unoriginal subject matter, Tha Truth represents a breath of fresh air; he is an artist in every sense of the word. Utilizing originality, creativity, and a desire to use his talent to move the world in a better direction, Tha Truth is a rapper one ignores at their own risk.
When it was conceived, hip hop gave a voice to the voiceless on the streets of New York City. Tha Truth's music continues the tradition in providing a voice representing another side... the side often ignored in the media's agenda and the government's spin. Put simply, Tha Truth makes the case that to be politically neutral or uninterested is to condone what is taking place in the world.
TO GET THA PEOPLE'S MUSIC CD (directly from Tha Truth) CLICK THIS LINK:
TO LISTEN TO MORE SAMPLES and/or to buy Tha People's Music CD from an INDEPENDENT (non corporate) music store, click the link below:
ALSO ON AMAZON.COM and ITUNES.COM
BOOKING INFO:
THA TRUTH is available for live performances, speaking engagements, panel discussions, workshops, & interviews.
For serious booking inquiries email: thatruthmusic@yahoo.com
Yo yo. Whats good? I got a new banger up entitled "Put It To Music" from the upcoming album "Live From The Ghetto Blaster". Swing thru and drop some knowledge and thoughts on it. Thanks...-D.
“Viva Palestina” will be an epic journey from London to Palestine.
Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets over the past few weeks to protest at the slaughter of innocent men, women and children in Palestine.
A convoy of aid and essential supplies will leave London on February 14th a valentine for Palestine; to commemorate this fantastic initiative of people power, an album “Viva palestina” will be produced to add to the financial support.
Are you an artist that would like to headline the album? Or do you know someone famous in the industry who could donate a “track”.
If you would like to help on the album, please call Jay Stewart on 07981966945 or Andy Baxter 07904227517 or email album@vivapalestina.org
Just wanted you to know that your CD's were the very top of my Christmas wish list this year ... Hubby is ordering all of them for me. Played your tracks on my music player for my kids and they all FLIPPED, love your music.
Thanks so much for what you do and for the words you put out to the world.
(jeti, 2008, http://karmym. imagekind. com/) the jeti cares about the humans polictical going on. wars begin with lies - wrong flimsy reasons let innocent people suffer. he hopes humans unterstand that all living organism together are one undivided whole. for more information please visit (more than voting) Worldwide Progressive Movement
yo man I was trying to post a review for your album for a minute but it kept bringing me to my artist page when I would sign in to review it. It was quite frustrating. I give up. But anyway I was glad to see all those 5 star reviews and there were SOO MANY of them!! Keep doing it! Peace
Hello! I have been busy with music projects. Remixes and my album. I hope all is well and I hope ya check out my new album. If ya bought "The Soul Never Forgets" then you got to have this one.
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