
Armenia is a small country of fewer than four million people
sitting in the south caucus region of Asia and landlocked between
Turkey, Azerbadjian, Georgia, and Iran. You should
know this because Los
Angeles is in fact home to one of the largest Armenian
immigrant enclaves in the world. Celebrities Serj Tankian and Kim Kardashian
(who both grew up in Los
Angeles) have each made a powerful impact on their
respective fields of alternative music and reality television, introducing
disparate and unique takes on Armenian identity into American pop culture. And
now, with lyrical prowess and melodious flow, Los Angeles-born, overtly-Armenian
rapper R-Mean is bringing word of his mountainous ancestral republic to one of
our biggest cultural expressions of all : hip-hop.
In early 2013, R-Mean is
dropped his most ambitious project to date, 7
Deadly Sins, on Pentagon Records; and the explosive first single "Lost
Angels" features non-other than multi-platinum artist The Game. A sleek, raw
black and white video helps take us inside R-Mean's version of Los Angeles, from Downtown
to Little Armenia and back. I was born and raised on the east coast and sometimes I can be east coast rapper bias. But these new east coast Emcees like R-mean has surely caught my attention. I've always been a fan of Game and he really is making his mark with so many different features. Check out the video below.
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