Lyrics Born Interview w/ Beyond Race Magazine

BRM has got a great interview w/ Bay Area MC, Lyrics Born. It’s seriously a must-read as everything from his race, to his influences, to the birth of his son is discussed. Here’s one quote that hade me particularly interested:

You’ve mentioned a little discrimination towards you because of your race in earlier interviews, can you elaborate on that?

There was a point where…and I say this not to complain, I say this matter-of-factly because it does exist. I’m a very optimistic person and I see things changing every day. But, I gotta call it how I see it. If you’re selling hundreds of thousands of records independently. You’re selling out a 150 to 200 dates a year, domestically and internationally. You have the number one song on commercial radio. You’re just clearly good at what you do…and I still can’t get on a cover of a magazine? It became very frustrating for me when I see people around me working with far less and being given far more. I just see it as how it is right now and not how it’s going to be later.

Make sure you check out the rest over at BRM!

Source: Ig’nant Witted x Beyond Race Mag