Snotty Nose Rez Kids on hip hop and Indigenous protest

Published: Nov. 16, 2021, 10 a.m.

b'Merging hip hop and Indigenous culture, rap duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids are creating a sound that goes hard for a cause. On tracks like \\u201cWar Club\\u201d with DJ Shub, Yung Trybez and Young D connect Indigenous protests to the Black Lives Matter movement, and on \\u201cBoujee Natives,\\u201d Snotty Nose Rez Kids celebrate traditional culture through a modern lens.\\xa0But as much as this music has a message, it also bangs, and SNRK\\u2019s new album After Life runs the gamut of emotions; from tackling police brutality on \\u201cRed Sky at Night\\u201d to celebrating their community on \\u201cWild Boy.\\u201d\\n\\nTheir first tour since COVID brought them to Los Angeles, where Nate talked to the band repping the Haisla Nation about pipeline protests, reclaiming the term \\u201csavage,\\u201d and how the hell the Disney movie Pocahontas ever got greenlit.\\n\\nSongs Discussed\\n\\nSnotty Nose Rez Kids - Red Sky At Night, War Club, Creator Made An Animal, Sink or Swim, Boujee Natives, Wild Boy, Northern Lights, Something Else\\nMegan Thee Stallion - Savage\\nJay Z and Kanye West - Otis\\nKendrick Lamar - Alright\\n\\nCheck out a playlist of our favorite SNRK tracks\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'