Okayplayer points to this new interview clip from our boy Blitz the Ambassador, in which he "reflects on his beginnings in hip-hop and its story-telling legacy based in West African tradition... and speak[s] about the relationship between African and American hip-hop." You also get some live footage from a recent Chi-town show. Watch it above!
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