Throughout the thirty plus years of hip-hop culture, there have been many strong statements of individuality, often times within a song title, such as Me Myself and I, Nobody Can Be You But You, I’m Me, Umma Do Me and so many others. Individuality and originality are both extremely important traits in a hip-hop artist, sadly also, as hip-hop has evolved into a multi-billion dollar corporate business over time, much of the individuality and originality gets lost in the shuffle of the powerful executive shot-callers looking for the next big thing in what has become a revolving door copycat industry.
Today we’ve got something new for you. You may already know him, you may not, but you don’t know him like you will after this, We The West is proud to introduce you to one of the best young talents coming out of the Bay Area, Erk Tha Jerk. Phrases like ‘a breath of fresh air’ get thrown around too easily much of the time, but this exemplifies an artist / producer like Erk who shows absolutely no fear in standing up strong for himself and his beliefs as he wears his individuality proudly each and every day of the week.
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