Stars & Stripes’ Seth Robson profiles enlisted hip hop artists involved with a small showcase at Camp Red Cloud in South Korea. He does a nice job of presenting the artists’ perspectives on poetry and lyric writing as personal expression.
There are actually a large number of hip hop artists at U.S. military bases around the world and some of them hope to be big stars one day. I first encountered this phenomenon while working on NC Hip Hop Online, a directory of North Carolina rap musicians and hip hop artists. Scattered among them are enlistees from various NC bases, especially Ft. Bragg in Fayetteville aka Fayettenam.
