How long have you lived here?
what do hydrocodone pills look like BAZAWULE: Well, I've always felt hip-hop as a culture hasn't really yet embraced its international roots. The fact that DJ Kool Herc emigrated from Jamaica to America and, you know, is considered the godfather and plays a significant role in the birth of this culture. But also, you know, talking about the islands, talking about breakdancing culture, that was partially borrowed from kung fu flicks or Capoeira that's practiced in Brazil. It's just the beauty of the culture has always been that it is all-inclusive. And as a fan of it, I just never really thought that, globally, the voices are recognized.So I've always wanted to write music that is vivid in its nature and can paint these pictures to show the vast inclusion. And if you think about the culture, it's really sample culture. So you pick elements from all over and kind of create something out of it. And "African in New York," in particularly, was really just an assertion that, you know, we're here, and there are Africans in New York. And our experience is different from, you know, other groups in New York, you know, because there are specific elements about who we are that differ from other groups. And so I've always kind of kept that in the back of my mind, and I've always wanted somebody to write a song about, you know the elements, whether it's, you know, catch us on Canal Street or, you know, selling bootlegs or graduating from medical school or driving cabs.You know, it's all these things that are part of our life and our culture as immigrants that, you know, need to be celebrated. And so that's just a small piece of this big story that I feel like more and more young Africans are beginning to, kind of, assert themselves and speak about their experience the way they see it.