Canadian Quotes: Rollie Pemberton
On July 6th, we celebrate Rollie Pemberton!
When I'd tell folks that I was a rapper, I often received a look of confusion. For those of a certain age, rap was crap. Misogynistic, violent, ignorant, retrograde. Especially to those people living in a racially homogenous prairie province that had replaced thousands of years of Indigenous music with a few decades of country western. To the uninitiated, all rap music was gangsta rap. Most weren't aware that alternatives existed. What I considered to be a vibrant tapestry of divergent styles and unique perspectives was a monochromatic, hateful blob to most people in my immediate environment. As a result, much of the early part of my career involved me giving people a quick tutorial on hip-hop culture and my place in it.
- from Bedroom Rapper: Cadence Weapon on Hip-Hop, Resistance, and Surviving the Music Industry by Rollie Pemberton
