Continuing his crusade in the fight against capitol punishment in the United States using hip-hop as his weapon of choice, Raptivist Capital-”X” unleashed a brutal music video on June 1, 2011 at 6pm Central time which is the exact time that the state of Texas executes prisoners. The idea to release the music video in such fashion was a decision made by the emcee before he learned that Texas actually had an execution scheduled on the same date, at the same time one of 2 scheduled executions for the month of June. Both proceeded as scheduled.
The song and music video “Legal Lynchings” are thought provoking to say the least. The lyrics are difficult to swallow because they are indeed the truth that many go to any lengths to ignore. The video which is very vivid is nearly the equivalent of a public execution. It is not recommended for the weak or fainthearted.
Capital-”X” released his debut CD “305375″ (The Voice of the Voiceless Vol.1) on May 19 of last year selling some 5000 copies world wide hand to hand. “Legal Lynchings” is said to be released as part of a compilation album being released by DJ Inti out of Kristiansand, Norway in July of 2011. Capital-”X” is currently in the studio recording his sophomore release titled “X” which is scheduled to be released on Christmas day of this year.
Great press release. Would have been nice to get the link to the video. I found it and true it is BRUTAL but then again the truth more often than not is. I am against capital punishment so I applaud this.
The video link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udLwwjVqplo