Das Racist is a hip hop group out of Brooklyn, NYC that own a wickedly strange style highlighting deep knowledge of 90's Americana, old-school hip hop, and New York culture, among a variety of other odd throw-back and comedic influences. Consisting of Heems (Himanshu Suri), Kool A.D. (Victor Vazquez), and hype man Dap (Ashok Kondabulu), the cultural make-up of the group (including members of Indian, Italian, and Afro-Cuban descent) is as atypical to the hip hop world as their music. While critics can't seem to decide if Das Racist deserves "kind-of-a-big deal" or "joke" status, the group seems to embrace the whacked out dorkiness of it all.
I liked this quote...
Himanshu Suri stated in an interview:
| “ | I think being minorities at a liberal arts college and that type of environment had an impact on both the way we view race and our sense of humor, which people often use as a tool to deal with race. I always felt like Wonder Showzen was a television show that captured that type of thing perfectly. When I saw the little kid yelling "THAT'S RACIST" it blew my mind. And then it became a game ... to take all the seriousness out of making legitimate commentary on race, because that can get very annoying. So when something veering on racially insensitive would pop off in a commercial on television or something it would be like, who could yell "That's Racist" first. And then we thought it would be a cool name. Das EFX may have been an inspiration. <iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MzWxf7tf3Qo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
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