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"content": "\u003cp>Music fans should be easy to shop for this holiday season, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13968478']Wrong! What do you pick up for the friend who knew about that rapper months before the rest of the world? What about the audiophile, whose listening habits are particular and immovable? Your sister loves Taylor Swift, but surely she already owns everything the pop star has ever released, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a gift guide for the audio lover in your life — from a can’t-miss box set for the Elvis Costello obsessive to a set of wine glasses that will be music to everyone’s ears.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Play it by … wine\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Chances are, you’ve seen someone play water glasses before — rubbing the rim of a glass with a finger can produce musical notes, which change depending on how full the glass is. Uncommon Goods has taken the idea a step further: What if, instead of water glasses, you used wine? And what if there was a way to determine which notes could be produced, by marking each glass like a measuring cup? Well, that’s exactly what they did. Compose a symphony of one with these wine glasses. $68.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Clear the way\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A recent trend in venue security is the clear-bag policy. The goal is to streamline bag checks upon entry, making the process safer and faster. If you’re looking for a great gift for a loved one who plans their life around stadium and arena shows, look no further. The clear bag is an alternative to shoving everything in your pockets and clutching your smartphone to your palm. Herschel has a few reasonably priced bags that are practical, stylish and will meet most venue guidelines. $35.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Elvis Costello has entered the building\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968550\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1124px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968550\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-2.34.18%E2%80%AFPM.png\" alt=\"An album cover featuring a white man wearing a denim jacket and an elaborate crown.\" width=\"1124\" height=\"1078\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-2.34.18 PM.png 1124w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-2.34.18 PM-800x767.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-2.34.18 PM-1020x978.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-2.34.18 PM-160x153.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-2.34.18 PM-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1124px) 100vw, 1124px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘King Of America & Other Realms,’ by Elvis Costello. \u003ccite>(UMe)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A new six-disc Elvis Costello box set, \u003cem>King Of America & Other Realms\u003c/em>, has what you’d expect from a revisit to Costello’s 1986 \u003cem>King of America\u003c/em> album — a remastered version of the original, demos of most songs, a live concert from the era, even some newly recorded takes. The \u003cem>Other Realms\u003c/em> is what sets it apart. Building on the original album’s roots-based theme, half of the set explores other Costello recording adventures in the United States — many from the 2000s — with alternate versions and previously unreleased tracks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Highlights are duets with Lucinda Williams and Emmylou Harris, and the often overlooked “April 5th” song with Rosanne Cash and the late Kris Kristofferson. Inventive and full of buried treasures, the box is an enriching look back — and a great gift. $139.98.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Learn Korean!\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There’s no better gift to give or receive than one that expands horizons. In \u003cem>Learn! Korean with BTS\u003c/em>, K-pop fans can discover a new language through their love of BTS and members Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook. The book package teaches Korean consonants and vowels, using the names and songs of BTS. 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He lived in Warsaw and Vienna before settling in Paris, where he died in 1849 at the age of 39, likely of tuberculosis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s buried among a pantheon of artists at the city’s famed Père Lachaise Cemetery, but his heart, pickled in a jar of alcohol, is housed in a church in Warsaw, in keeping with his deathbed wish for the organ to return to his homeland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13968348']Artur Szklener, director of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw, the Polish capital city where the composer grew up, agreed that the document is consistent with the kinds of ink and paper Chopin used during his early years in Paris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musically, the piece evokes the “brilliant style” that made Chopin a luminary in his time, but it also has features unusual for his compositions, Szklener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“First of all, it is not a complete work, but rather a certain musical gesture, a theme laced with rather simple piano tricks alluding to a virtuoso style,” Szklener explained in a lengthy statement released after the document was revealed last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and other experts conjecture the piece could have been a work in progress. It may have also been a copy of another’s work, or even co-written with someone else, perhaps a student for a musical exercise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey Kallberg, a University of Pennsylvania music professor and Chopin expert who helped authenticate the document, called the piece a “little gem” that Chopin likely intended as a gift for a friend or wealthy acquaintance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of the pieces that he gave as gifts were short — kind of like ‘appetizers’ to a full-blown work,” Kallberg said in an email. “And we don’t know for sure whether he intended the piece to see the light of day because he often wrote out the same waltz more than once as a gift.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Ludwig, dean of music at The Juilliard School, a performing arts conservatory in Manhattan, agreed the piece has many of the hallmarks of the composer’s style.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It has the Chopin character of something very lyrical and it has a little bit of darkness as well,” said Ludwig, who was not involved in authenticating the document.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Ludwig noted that, if it’s authentic, the tightly composed score would be one of Chopin’s shortest known pieces. 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"content": "\u003cp>Who could forget the \u003ca href=\"https://www.glamour.com/story/the-story-behind-the-pussyhats-at-the-womens-march\">pussy hats\u003c/a>, the colorful \u003ca href=\"https://www.glamour.com/gallery/how-to-create-the-best-damn-anti-trump-protest-sign-ever-a-complete-guide\">protest banners\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/33376/so-theres-a-naked-donald-trump-statue-in-the-castro-now-nsfw\">nude statues\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160518-what-does-the-trumpputin-kiss-really-mean\">subversive murals\u003c/a> of the first Trump administration?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters, apparently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='news_12014032']Despite a surge in art-as-resistance eight years ago — hailed as crucial in the fight to defeat Trump once and for all — America is back where it started in 2016, give or take a few \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-charlottesville-college-protests-gaza-biden-antisemitism-b19a1ae593b076d5314f08549b1b0d7b\">racist marches\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/11/17/nx-s1-5192608/idahos-abortion-ban-one-of-the-strictest-in-the-u-s-is-being-challenged-in-court\">abortion bans\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/05/30/1198912466/in-a-historic-verdict-trump-found-guilty-on-34-felony-counts-in-hush-money-trial\">felony counts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while the stakes for the future of the country are unquestionably higher this time around, artist reaction has been conspicuously subdued. Not only are activists organizing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014032/dispirited-and-humbled-the-conspicuous-absence-of-bay-area-protests-after-trumps-win\">far fewer protests\u003c/a>, there’s noticeably less anti-Trump art. Yes, even in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How could that be? Well, it depends on who you ask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968235\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/BrentLindsay.Imaginists.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a black hoodie and tan pants stands among a cluttered studio space, looking up at the camera.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/BrentLindsay.Imaginists.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/BrentLindsay.Imaginists-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/BrentLindsay.Imaginists-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/BrentLindsay.Imaginists-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/BrentLindsay.Imaginists-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/BrentLindsay.Imaginists-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/BrentLindsay.Imaginists-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brent Lindsay, Artistic Director for the Imaginists Theatre Collective in Santa Rosa, pictured backstage on Nov. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It feels to me like everyone just got wiped out,” said Brent Lindsay, artistic director of the Imaginists Theatre Collective in Santa Rosa, of the relative quiet from artists, post-election. “Everyone’s just — I don’t know about \u003ci>retreating\u003c/i>, but everyone’s sort of going deep. Having to. And I don’t know what’s on the other side of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A time of reorientation\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lindsay is no stranger to explicitly political art. In 2017, the Imaginists presented \u003ci>Stop That Show!\u003c/i>, a \u003ca href=\"https://theimaginists.org/aimsarchive\">bicycle-powered, bilingual outdoor satire\u003c/a> squarely aimed at the Trump White House. Lindsay played “President Corn,” in a disheveled blonde wig and Russian-branded garb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was good in that we all needed to find joy in some darkness, and we all needed to find a way out, shake it off, be entertained,” Lindsay said, acknowledging that the show was more a balm than a weapon of resistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No one can predict exactly what the next four years will bring from the arts sector. But Lindsay believes that alongside explicitly political art, the world may see more politically informed work based in storytelling and emotional resonance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You need both,” Lindsay said. “We need the bombastic, the in-your-face, the revolutionary. And this may be a silly analogy, but we need the bunny slope. Because we need new people coming and trying it, and working their way up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13887378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13887378\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/WKamauBell.MAIN_.JohnNowackCNN.jpg\" alt=\"W. Kamau Bell\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/WKamauBell.MAIN_.JohnNowackCNN.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/WKamauBell.MAIN_.JohnNowackCNN-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/WKamauBell.MAIN_.JohnNowackCNN-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/WKamauBell.MAIN_.JohnNowackCNN-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/WKamauBell.MAIN_.JohnNowackCNN-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/WKamauBell.MAIN_.JohnNowackCNN-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">W. Kamau Bell in 2020. \u003ccite>(John Nowack/CNN)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/culture-makers/\">Oaklandside’s Culture Makers\u003c/a> panel on Nov. 14, comedian W. Kamau Bell, who endorsed Kamala Harris, was optimistic about the next era of direct political art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s going to be a type of artist now who’s going to be much more clear than they were in the past,” Bell said. “It’s an invitation to be much more clear on what the message is, what your goals are, to have art that actually points towards the change. I think it’s going to be a wave of really classic-era, political [art] — the right side of propaganda, pointing to the right side of history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bell’s friend and colleague Favianna Rodriguez is the founder of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.culturalpower.org/\">Center for Cultural Power\u003c/a>, an organization that supports artists and arms people with artistic tools for resistance. In 2017, in opposition to Trump’s Muslim ban, Rodriguez’s series \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://favianna.com/artworks/migration-is-beautiful-2018?\">Migration Is Beautiful\u003c/a>\u003c/i> surged in visibility. Climate justice and reproductive rights have also been prominent themes in her work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have seen both a moment of reflection, and a moment of reorientation,” Rodriguez said of the weeks following the election. “Our response as artists is going to take some time for us to get organized. But I do trust that artists are going to rise up and create work, and be angry and bold.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13881312\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13881312\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/ClimateWoke2019_brookeanderson-42.jpg\" alt=\"Woman in red outfit with microphone\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/ClimateWoke2019_brookeanderson-42.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/ClimateWoke2019_brookeanderson-42-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/ClimateWoke2019_brookeanderson-42-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/ClimateWoke2019_brookeanderson-42-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/ClimateWoke2019_brookeanderson-42-1020x681.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Favianna Rodriguez speaking in 2020. \u003ccite>(Brooke Anderson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Artists, Rodriguez asserts, have the power to change cultural narratives, which in turn shape political narratives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can show the humanity,” she says. “We can help normalize things that were once seen as rare. We can help tell human stories that move people’s hearts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Not just an attack against Trump’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Pianist, hip-hop artist and member of Oakland’s Cultural Affairs Commission Kev Choice says he’s angry and disappointed about Trump winning the presidency. He’s also contending with how many in his community — people who care about social justice and want an end to U.S. military aid to Israel — disengaged from the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13967557']He sees a disillusionment with the Democratic party’s role in the devastation in Gaza, as well as with the two-party system. Choice was just as disappointed with Trump’s victory as he was with progressive propositions, like rent control, failing in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been sitting with how to address it on all fronts, not just an attack against Trump, but just our general engagement in politics and how we can be more impactful — and have just honest conversations about what it means to even be engaged,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964204\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964204\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/240912-KEVCHOICE-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/240912-KEVCHOICE-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/240912-KEVCHOICE-22-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/240912-KEVCHOICE-22-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/240912-KEVCHOICE-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/240912-KEVCHOICE-22-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/240912-KEVCHOICE-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/240912-KEVCHOICE-22-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kev Choice plays the piano at his studio in Oakland on Sept. 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Choice says he’s working on a song that airs out his community’s disappointment and grief over the election results, but he’s also looking beyond music. “Music is one thing, but supporting grassroots organizations to get people to register to vote, who will get people to campaign for certain measures or props — the day to day things that it takes to win a campaign,” he says. “It’s not always the flashy notoriety, like being on TV or releasing a song. It’s phone banking, canvassing, calling, traveling to other areas — and also bringing up those issues constantly in the art that we create.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Filmmaker Josh Healey has advocated for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza with his podcast, \u003ca href=\"https://www.offsidesproductions.org/portfolio/friday-night-semites/\">Friday Night Semites\u003c/a>, and organizing with Jewish Voice for Peace and beyond. His work, including the comedy series \u003ci>The North Pole\u003c/i>, has also addressed class issues such as gentrification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the next couple of years we are going to see — and some of the people in this room are going to make — some of the dopest and most powerful art we’ve seen,” Healey said at Oaklandside’s Culture Makers panel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13808051\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13808051\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/ErickaJosh.jpg\" alt=\"woman and man pose with polar bear\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1367\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/ErickaJosh.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/ErickaJosh-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/ErickaJosh-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/ErickaJosh-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/ErickaJosh-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/ErickaJosh-1920x1282.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/ErickaJosh-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/ErickaJosh-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/ErickaJosh-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/ErickaJosh-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/ErickaJosh-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ericka Huggins and producer Josh Healy at the premiere for ‘The North Pole’ at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, Sept. 7, 2017. \u003ccite>(Brooke Anderson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Where I’m at as a filmmaker is not just ‘fuck Trump’ and whatever local billionaires are running these campaigns,” he continued, “but also, Hollywood is done. And I’m ready to actually celebrate that. And what I mean by that is not the death of filmmaking, but the death of capitalist, consumerist — the normalization. So many of the stories of what is normalized comes from arts and culture. And so that is my responsibility, and our responsibility.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Artists shifting to the right\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Supporting Trump was more taboo among artists during his first administration, but with rappers like Kanye West, Sexyy Red, Kodak Black and Azealia Banks backing Trump, some observers see a rightward turn in the entertainment industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968405\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968405\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/maddy-clifford.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/maddy-clifford.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/maddy-clifford-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/maddy-clifford-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/maddy-clifford-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hip-hop artist, writer and TikTok creator Maddy Clifford organizes for student debt abolition with Debt Collective. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Vanessa 'AGANA' Espinoza)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the Culture Makers panel, hip-hop artist and organizer Maddy Clifford, who campaigns for student debt abolition with Debt Collective, talked about this shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think a lot of the country will go to the right, let’s be honest about that,” said Clifford, who has contributed to KQED as a cultural critic. “And so it’s going to be more important than ever for us to be really righteous and really stand in our solid values, because there’s going to be a lot of pressure to basically sell out, straight up.” [aside postID='arts_13930867']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clifford looked beyond Trump’s candidacy — which made gains with young men — and pointed towards conservative trends in culture, name-checking social media movements that promote conservative gender roles and normalize misogyny. “People are like, ‘How did this happen?’” she said. “Well, what about trad wife content? What about the manosphere? This has been happening for a long time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Déjà vu\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>”We’ve been here before,” says \u003ca href=\"https://www.angelahennessy.com/\">Angela Hennessy\u003c/a>, an Oakland visual artist and California College of the Arts professor. Hennessy, whose work will be shown at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13955864/sfmoma-2024-seca-art-award-announcement\">2024 SECA Art Award Exhibition\u003c/a>, says this is déjà vu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s more surprised that people are surprised. “This \u003ci>is\u003c/i> America,” Hennessy wrote in an email to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13812676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13812676\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Angela Hennessy, 'Black Rainbow,' 2017.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angela Hennessy, ‘Black Rainbow,’ 2017. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist and Southern Exposure; photo by Raheleh (Minoosh) Zomorodinia)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13955864']Hennessy, a survivor of gun violence, uses hair weaving and braiding in her artwork as she navigates the connections between loss and liberation, death and despair, grieving and growing. She says that given her subject matter, her art is always political. And in this moment, Hennessy wrote, “My work can be seen as responding to the death machine that is our country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hennessy asks people to read beyond the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/no-place-self-pity-no-room-fear/\">popular Toni Morrison quote\u003c/a>, “This is precisely the time when artists go to work,” and see that the late author was making the connection between chaos and the potential of art as a kind of wisdom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this moment, “the opportunity,” Hennessy wrote, “is to be more brave, more unapologetic and articulate in knowing what we know. To make art, music, poetry, etc. as if something was at stake.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Despite a surge in art-as-resistance eight years ago — hailed as crucial in the fight to defeat Trump once and for all — America is back where it started in 2016, give or take a few \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-charlottesville-college-protests-gaza-biden-antisemitism-b19a1ae593b076d5314f08549b1b0d7b\">racist marches\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/11/17/nx-s1-5192608/idahos-abortion-ban-one-of-the-strictest-in-the-u-s-is-being-challenged-in-court\">abortion bans\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/05/30/1198912466/in-a-historic-verdict-trump-found-guilty-on-34-felony-counts-in-hush-money-trial\">felony counts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while the stakes for the future of the country are unquestionably higher this time around, artist reaction has been conspicuously subdued. Not only are activists organizing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014032/dispirited-and-humbled-the-conspicuous-absence-of-bay-area-protests-after-trumps-win\">far fewer protests\u003c/a>, there’s noticeably less anti-Trump art. Yes, even in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How could that be? Well, it depends on who you ask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968235\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/BrentLindsay.Imaginists.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a black hoodie and tan pants stands among a cluttered studio space, looking up at the camera.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/BrentLindsay.Imaginists.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/BrentLindsay.Imaginists-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/BrentLindsay.Imaginists-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/BrentLindsay.Imaginists-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/BrentLindsay.Imaginists-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/BrentLindsay.Imaginists-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/BrentLindsay.Imaginists-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brent Lindsay, Artistic Director for the Imaginists Theatre Collective in Santa Rosa, pictured backstage on Nov. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It feels to me like everyone just got wiped out,” said Brent Lindsay, artistic director of the Imaginists Theatre Collective in Santa Rosa, of the relative quiet from artists, post-election. “Everyone’s just — I don’t know about \u003ci>retreating\u003c/i>, but everyone’s sort of going deep. Having to. And I don’t know what’s on the other side of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A time of reorientation\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lindsay is no stranger to explicitly political art. In 2017, the Imaginists presented \u003ci>Stop That Show!\u003c/i>, a \u003ca href=\"https://theimaginists.org/aimsarchive\">bicycle-powered, bilingual outdoor satire\u003c/a> squarely aimed at the Trump White House. Lindsay played “President Corn,” in a disheveled blonde wig and Russian-branded garb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was good in that we all needed to find joy in some darkness, and we all needed to find a way out, shake it off, be entertained,” Lindsay said, acknowledging that the show was more a balm than a weapon of resistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No one can predict exactly what the next four years will bring from the arts sector. But Lindsay believes that alongside explicitly political art, the world may see more politically informed work based in storytelling and emotional resonance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You need both,” Lindsay said. “We need the bombastic, the in-your-face, the revolutionary. And this may be a silly analogy, but we need the bunny slope. Because we need new people coming and trying it, and working their way up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13887378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13887378\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/WKamauBell.MAIN_.JohnNowackCNN.jpg\" alt=\"W. Kamau Bell\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/WKamauBell.MAIN_.JohnNowackCNN.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/WKamauBell.MAIN_.JohnNowackCNN-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/WKamauBell.MAIN_.JohnNowackCNN-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/WKamauBell.MAIN_.JohnNowackCNN-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/WKamauBell.MAIN_.JohnNowackCNN-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/10/WKamauBell.MAIN_.JohnNowackCNN-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">W. Kamau Bell in 2020. \u003ccite>(John Nowack/CNN)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/culture-makers/\">Oaklandside’s Culture Makers\u003c/a> panel on Nov. 14, comedian W. Kamau Bell, who endorsed Kamala Harris, was optimistic about the next era of direct political art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s going to be a type of artist now who’s going to be much more clear than they were in the past,” Bell said. “It’s an invitation to be much more clear on what the message is, what your goals are, to have art that actually points towards the change. I think it’s going to be a wave of really classic-era, political [art] — the right side of propaganda, pointing to the right side of history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bell’s friend and colleague Favianna Rodriguez is the founder of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.culturalpower.org/\">Center for Cultural Power\u003c/a>, an organization that supports artists and arms people with artistic tools for resistance. In 2017, in opposition to Trump’s Muslim ban, Rodriguez’s series \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://favianna.com/artworks/migration-is-beautiful-2018?\">Migration Is Beautiful\u003c/a>\u003c/i> surged in visibility. Climate justice and reproductive rights have also been prominent themes in her work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have seen both a moment of reflection, and a moment of reorientation,” Rodriguez said of the weeks following the election. “Our response as artists is going to take some time for us to get organized. 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Choice was just as disappointed with Trump’s victory as he was with progressive propositions, like rent control, failing in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been sitting with how to address it on all fronts, not just an attack against Trump, but just our general engagement in politics and how we can be more impactful — and have just honest conversations about what it means to even be engaged,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13964204\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13964204\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/240912-KEVCHOICE-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/240912-KEVCHOICE-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/240912-KEVCHOICE-22-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/240912-KEVCHOICE-22-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/240912-KEVCHOICE-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/240912-KEVCHOICE-22-BL-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/240912-KEVCHOICE-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/240912-KEVCHOICE-22-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kev Choice plays the piano at his studio in Oakland on Sept. 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Choice says he’s working on a song that airs out his community’s disappointment and grief over the election results, but he’s also looking beyond music. “Music is one thing, but supporting grassroots organizations to get people to register to vote, who will get people to campaign for certain measures or props — the day to day things that it takes to win a campaign,” he says. “It’s not always the flashy notoriety, like being on TV or releasing a song. 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And I’m ready to actually celebrate that. And what I mean by that is not the death of filmmaking, but the death of capitalist, consumerist — the normalization. So many of the stories of what is normalized comes from arts and culture. And so that is my responsibility, and our responsibility.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Artists shifting to the right\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Supporting Trump was more taboo among artists during his first administration, but with rappers like Kanye West, Sexyy Red, Kodak Black and Azealia Banks backing Trump, some observers see a rightward turn in the entertainment industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968405\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968405\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/maddy-clifford.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/maddy-clifford.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/maddy-clifford-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/maddy-clifford-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/maddy-clifford-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hip-hop artist, writer and TikTok creator Maddy Clifford organizes for student debt abolition with Debt Collective. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Vanessa 'AGANA' Espinoza)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the Culture Makers panel, hip-hop artist and organizer Maddy Clifford, who campaigns for student debt abolition with Debt Collective, talked about this shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think a lot of the country will go to the right, let’s be honest about that,” said Clifford, who has contributed to KQED as a cultural critic. “And so it’s going to be more important than ever for us to be really righteous and really stand in our solid values, because there’s going to be a lot of pressure to basically sell out, straight up.” \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clifford looked beyond Trump’s candidacy — which made gains with young men — and pointed towards conservative trends in culture, name-checking social media movements that promote conservative gender roles and normalize misogyny. “People are like, ‘How did this happen?’” she said. “Well, what about trad wife content? What about the manosphere? This has been happening for a long time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Déjà vu\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>”We’ve been here before,” says \u003ca href=\"https://www.angelahennessy.com/\">Angela Hennessy\u003c/a>, an Oakland visual artist and California College of the Arts professor. Hennessy, whose work will be shown at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13955864/sfmoma-2024-seca-art-award-announcement\">2024 SECA Art Award Exhibition\u003c/a>, says this is déjà vu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s more surprised that people are surprised. “This \u003ci>is\u003c/i> America,” Hennessy wrote in an email to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13812676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13812676\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200.jpg\" alt=\"Angela Hennessy, 'Black Rainbow,' 2017.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/RZO4135_1200-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angela Hennessy, ‘Black Rainbow,’ 2017. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the artist and Southern Exposure; photo by Raheleh (Minoosh) Zomorodinia)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Chu’s long-awaited spectacular have been exhaustingly \u003cem>dramatique\u003c/em> — probably to be expected for the film adaptation of a Broadway musical juggernaut beloved by theater kids all over (I was one of them), and starring one of the era’s biggest pop stars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_84656']Ultimately, it’s what lands on the screen that matters. And with regards to \u003cem>Wicked: Part 1 \u003c/em>many things are true at once: the excellent Erivo and Grande couldn’t have been better suited to play Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Galinda, who goes on to become Glinda the Good Witch; the movie’s themes are evergreen and relevant; and whoever made the decision to divide the stage show into two separate movies deserves to be cursed by a spell from the book of the \u003ca href=\"https://wicked.fandom.com/wiki/Grimmerie\">Grimmerie\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Wicked\u003c/em>, very loosely based on Gregory Maguire’s \u003cem>Wizard of Oz \u003c/em>revisionist novel \u003cem>Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West\u003c/em>, tells the origin story of Elphaba and how she became L. Frank Baum’s emblematic villain. She’s shunned by her father and ostracized by her peers for the mere fact of being born with abnormally green skin, and at a young age discovers that in response to their callousness, her rage manifests uncontrollably as a magic force from within. Years later, that ability comes to the attention of Madame Morrible (\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13926277/michelle-yeoh-called-out-sexism-in-hollywood-will-it-help-close-the-gender-gap\">Michelle Yeoh\u003c/a>), the no-nonsense headmistress of Shiz University, who eagerly takes Elphaba under her wing for private tutelage in sorcery.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Two good friends, two best friends\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Elphaba is assigned to room with Galinda, the bubbly, supremely vain beauty queen who’s none too happy she now has to share her private suite with the school’s oddball. The two clash for all the expected reasons: if Elphaba’s whole vibe is “emo-goth girl who shops at Hot Topic circa 2003,” Galinda’s is “Barbie.” Galinda’s initially jealous that she herself doesn’t get to study with Madame Morrible. But soon enough, they become friends (best friends, even), just as Oz enters a period of social unrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6COmYeLsz4c\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a lot to recommend here, particularly for fans of the show — the humor is punchy, Christopher Scott’s expressive choreography enhances the characterizations, and Paul Tazewell’s costume design details are perfection. But by far the standout of \u003cem>Wicked \u003c/em>is that central relationship between these two enemies-turned-friends. Erivo and Grande have the goods: both come from theater backgrounds (the former has won a Tony) but are also naturals on camera, and so they’re able to bring subtlety and grandiosity as needed. Even under the green makeup and against the backdrop of some hideously overwhelming CGI aesthetics, their chemistry is undeniable, whether they’re bickering during one of the show’s highlights, “What Is This Feeling?” or finding common ground during the show-stopping Act I finale “Denying Gravity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is most palpable during the big Ozdust Ballroom sequence, in which Elphaba, once again ostracized by her classmates, defiantly reacts to their laughter with dance, and Galinda, feeling empathy for possibly the first time ever, joins her. It’s both the most musical theater-y thing that could happen in this most musical theater-y of shows, and gets at the essence of the show’s enduring appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A timely allegory — to a tune\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the show’s other central concern is striking to take in at this moment. Gregory Maguire’s 1995 book is a sprawling, bleak meditation on the nature of good vs. evil, and what it means to resist or give over into fascist movements. Oz is a world where animals have evolved to be just as intelligent as humans, with the ability to talk and live just as humans do, though they’ve long faced discrimination for doing so. (In the movie Elphaba’s beloved professor Dr. Dillamond is a goat voiced by Peter Dinklage.) The paternalistic, self-anointed Wizard (Jeff Goldblum, at his Goldblum-iest) is intent on stripping Oz’s animals of their autonomy and rights, and using Elphaba’s powers to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13968135']The musical, both on stage and screen, is a significantly diluted and altogether different take on Maguire’s novel. But its parallels to our real world — currently marked by calls for mass deportations, the erosion of abortion rights; etc. — are still unmistakably apparent to anyone reading today’s news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The allegories of minority persecution are rendered even more palpable by casting Erivo, a Black woman, in the role as Wicked Witch of the West. (To date, only one Black actress has played her in an onstage production full-time: Alexia Khadime, in London’s West End over a decade ago.) By coding the outcast-turned-political agitator as Black — her hair is in microbraids, and save for the green makeup, Erivo’s facial features are fully visible — the realities of the world we live in are inescapable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Her green skin is an outward manifestation of her twisted nature!” a character proclaims to the people of Oz at one point, riling them up to position Elphaba as the common enemy. Arguing that her skin — who she is — is reason enough to demonize her: It isn’t altogether different from, say, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/10/02/1202966831/haitian-immigrants\">recent rhetoric used to target Haitian immigrants in Ohio\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7952x5304+0+0/resize/1200/quality/75/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F30%2Fdc%2F57c15206467f8940cbd45fe9076e%2F2551-d031-00223r.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Bailey dances through life as Prince Fiyero as Boq (Ethan Slater) watches on.\">\u003cfigcaption>Jonathan Bailey dances through life as Prince Fiyero as Boq (Ethan Slater) watches on. \u003ccite> (Giles Keyte | Universal Pictures)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For all its virtues and relevance, however, it’s curious that in this two-hour-41-minute adaptation of \u003cem>the first act\u003c/em> of the show — longer, it should be noted, than the entire stage production without intermission — little of substance was added to justify making this affair a two-parter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13968236']Chu and screenwriters Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox stay quite faithful to the source material (which Holzman also wrote) and there are no new songs to go alongside all of composer Stephen Schwartz’s original ones. (Reportedly Part 2 will have some new songs, which may be for the best considering Act 2’s numbers suffer in comparison to the stacked first half.) There are few attempts to incorporate more of Maguire’s excessive lore from the book, and other secondary characters, like Elphaba’s younger sister Nessarose (Marissa Bode) and romantic interest Fiyero (Jonathan Bailey) aren’t fleshed out any more than they are in show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The result is a movie that, while pleasant and occasionally moving, concludes with its apex (“Defying Gravity”) which also happens to be a cliffhanger. It’s an unusually and exceedingly peculiar state — both complete and incomplete at the same time. The feeling isn’t quite loathing, exactly. But it is a bit tiresome, especially since it likely means we have to expect yet another full year of a \u003cem>Wicked \u003c/em>press tour. Like its predecessor, it’s an imperfect production that has a lot of heart and brains. 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The couple is no stranger to the world of holiday music, and their latest collection, \u003cem>When I Think of Christmas\u003c/em>, channels the spirit of their popular \u003cem>Christmas at the Ryman\u003c/em> residency in Nashville, with two new recordings: a duet of “’Til the Season Comes Round Again” and Grant’s take on the title track.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Carpenters, ‘Christmas Once More’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Don’t fix what ain’t broke is an expression for a reason: Sometimes the best holiday album listening experience is enjoying the classics, but newly remixed and remastered. Enter the 16-track \u003cem>Christmas Once More\u003c/em> from the Carpenters. 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That’s new territory. \u003cem>The Gift of Love\u003c/em> is her first, full of big-hearted classics like “O Holy Night,” “Winter Wonderland,” “Auld Lang Syne” and “Carol of the Bells,” which features the South African a cappella-meets-Zulu music group The Joy. The album also contains some inventive originals. In that category: “Almost Christmas” with Common. If there is only one album to grab this holiday season, you’d be wise to make it this one.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Little Big Town, ‘The Christmas Record’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Another big name in contemporary music has released their first holiday album. Little Big Town’s \u003cem>The Christmas Record\u003c/em>, produced by the legendary Dave Cobb, is a country music spectacular. Like Hudson’s, this one is a collection of familiar tunes along with originals — like the opener “Glow,” and the cheery vocal harmony of its chorus: “That shine, that shimmer deep inside of you / Find that magic, let the light in you show / Let it go / Let it glow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Toby Keith, ‘Christmas to Christmas’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13968326\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-10.02.57%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"688\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-10.02.57 AM.png 688w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-10.02.57 AM-160x157.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February, country superstar Toby Keith, a hit crafter of pro-American anthems who riled up critics and was loved by millions of fans, died at 62. 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His voice sounds as sweet and theatrical as ever — a natural partner to holiday classics.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Jimmy Fallon, ‘Holiday Seasoning’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13968327\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-10.04.11%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-10.04.11 AM.png 702w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-10.04.11 AM-160x165.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the intersection of Christmas and comedy albums comes Jimmy Fallon’s \u003cem>Holiday Seasoning\u003c/em>. The \u003cem>Tonight Show\u003c/em> host gets into the spirit of the season with jokes — and some A-list guests — included. Check out “Almost Too Early for Christmas” with Dolly Parton, “Hallmark Movie” with Cara Delevingne, and “New Year’s Eve Polka (5-4-3-2-1)” featuring the Roots and Weird Al. It’s exactly what it sounds like.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Philly Specials, ‘A Philly Special Christmas Party’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For a third year in a row, the Philly Specials — former Philadelphia Eagle Jason Kelce and current Eagles Lane Johnson and Jordan Mailata — have released a holiday album for charity. \u003cem>A Philly Special Christmas Party\u003c/em> benefits a few organizations, including the Children’s Crisis Treatment Center and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. If getting NFL stars to sing sounds funny, well, that’s kind of the point. The fun and absurdity are this album’s superpowers: On the Americana “Maybe This Christmas,” Kelce (brother to Travis) and Stevie Nicks duet, singing, “And maybe forgiveness will ask us to call / Someone we love / Someone we’ve lost for reasons we can’t quite recall / Maybe this Christmas.” It’s moving.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, ‘Ella & Louis Wish You a Swinging Holiday’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13968328\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-10.05.13%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"698\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-10.05.13 AM.png 698w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-10.05.13 AM-160x161.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s be honest here. 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Like Hudson’s, this one is a collection of familiar tunes along with originals — like the opener “Glow,” and the cheery vocal harmony of its chorus: “That shine, that shimmer deep inside of you / Find that magic, let the light in you show / Let it go / Let it glow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Toby Keith, ‘Christmas to Christmas’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13968326\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-10.02.57%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"688\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-10.02.57 AM.png 688w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-10.02.57 AM-160x157.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February, country superstar Toby Keith, a hit crafter of pro-American anthems who riled up critics and was loved by millions of fans, died at 62. 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His voice sounds as sweet and theatrical as ever — a natural partner to holiday classics.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Jimmy Fallon, ‘Holiday Seasoning’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13968327\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-10.04.11%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-10.04.11 AM.png 702w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-10.04.11 AM-160x165.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the intersection of Christmas and comedy albums comes Jimmy Fallon’s \u003cem>Holiday Seasoning\u003c/em>. The \u003cem>Tonight Show\u003c/em> host gets into the spirit of the season with jokes — and some A-list guests — included. Check out “Almost Too Early for Christmas” with Dolly Parton, “Hallmark Movie” with Cara Delevingne, and “New Year’s Eve Polka (5-4-3-2-1)” featuring the Roots and Weird Al. It’s exactly what it sounds like.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Philly Specials, ‘A Philly Special Christmas Party’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For a third year in a row, the Philly Specials — former Philadelphia Eagle Jason Kelce and current Eagles Lane Johnson and Jordan Mailata — have released a holiday album for charity. \u003cem>A Philly Special Christmas Party\u003c/em> benefits a few organizations, including the Children’s Crisis Treatment Center and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. If getting NFL stars to sing sounds funny, well, that’s kind of the point. The fun and absurdity are this album’s superpowers: On the Americana “Maybe This Christmas,” Kelce (brother to Travis) and Stevie Nicks duet, singing, “And maybe forgiveness will ask us to call / Someone we love / Someone we’ve lost for reasons we can’t quite recall / Maybe this Christmas.” It’s moving.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, ‘Ella & Louis Wish You a Swinging Holiday’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13968328\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-10.05.13%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"698\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-10.05.13 AM.png 698w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-19-at-10.05.13 AM-160x161.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s be honest here. 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"content": "\u003cp>On June 13, 1978, Joe Rees, the videographer that ran Mission District live venue/punk rock archive \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13938024/old-san-francisco-punk-venues-deaf-club-farm-sound-music-tool-die\">Target Video\u003c/a>, packed up a portable Sony black-and-white camera and drove to Napa with his cohort, Jill Hoffman-Kowal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two were hitting the road to film a live show — something they did all the time. As documentarians that saw the importance of capturing every grimy little punk show they could, they were accustomed to making things work under chaotic circumstances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even by Target Video standards, however, this set would be a little bit different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13967161']That sunny June afternoon, The Cramps would play a free concert at Napa State Hospital, a psychiatric facility that had been around since 1875, and which provided mental health services to resident patients. San Francisco’s The Mutants — easily as anarchic as their New York City stagemates — had agreed to perform too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time punk rock got to it, the Napa State Hospital already had quite the reputation. It first opened inside a beautiful brick building, complete with elegant arches and towers, to ease overcrowding at the Stockton State Hospital. But by 1891, Napa State itself housed more than 1,300 psychiatric patients — double the population it was designed for. By 1920, wards meant for 26 people were accommodating as many as 64, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/analysis-californias-forced-sterilization-programs-once-harmed-thousands-especially-latinas\">sterilization procedures became common\u003c/a>. In 1950, the hospital’s gorgeous architecture was demolished to build more practical, utilitarian structures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what The Cramps and The Mutants encountered in 1978, as they set up their equipment in the courtyard outside the hospital building, next to the gym. How both bands got there was a series of twists masterminded by music impresario Howie Klein. Back then, Klein was best known as the host of punk rock radio show \u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://radiothrills.com/outcastes.htm\">The Outcastes\u003c/a> \u003c/i>and the founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.discogs.com/label/16439-415-Records\">415 Records\u003c/a>. When the San Francisco date of their tour fell through, The Cramps approached Klein and asked for advice. He took it upon himself to book the Napa State show and, already a big fan of the local band’s live antics, invited The Mutants along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968185\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968185\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1170592108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1346\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1170592108.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1170592108-800x538.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1170592108-1020x686.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1170592108-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1170592108-768x517.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1170592108-1536x1034.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1170592108-1920x1292.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Mutants perform live at an outdoor show in the courtyard of Napa State Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Napa, California, on June 13, 1978. \u003ccite>(Ruby Ray/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>(Remarkably, there was precedence for this in the North Bay: Sebastopol art-punks $27 Snap On Face had \u003ca href=\"https://bohemian.com/what-happened-to-those-guys-1/\">previously played at Sonoma State Hospital for the developmentally disabled\u003c/a>, and included the applause of patients on 1977’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.discogs.com/release/2778143-27-Snap-On-Face-Heterodyne-State-Hospital\">\u003cem>Heterodyne State Hospital\u003c/em>\u003c/a> album.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sally Webster of The Mutants later stated in 2021 documentary, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwwRQVgW-0g\">\u003cem>We Were There to Be There\u003c/em>\u003c/a>: “We were not thinking of it as ironic or weird or anything like that at the time. This is just an adventure for everyone.” Webster also admitted that she and a number of friends she brought along that day had taken LSD, which gave her a heightened sense of unity with everyone at the show. “It was just an inclusive situation,” she explained, “where the audience and the band were kinda one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13845645']She may have been intoxicated at the time, but Webster was not exaggerating. During the Cramps’ eight-song set, hospital patients jumped onstage, mimed along, danced with band members and took over the mic and screamed into it. No one seemed at all concerned that some of those patients had come from a special unit at Napa State that housed individuals considered a danger to themselves or others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a beautiful, beautiful thing,” Rees later said of the show. “I mean, you don’t know who’s who in that video. The band members and the mental patients are the same.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people told me you people are crazy,” vocalist Lux Interior stated after The Cramps’ opening song, “Mystery Plane.” “But I’m not so sure about that. You seem to be alright to me…”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JnkW2JhHJc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As can be clearly seen in Rees’ footage above, The Cramps were a hit with the Napa State residents that day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were the people that were just discarded,” the filmmaker stated in his \u003cem>We Were There to Be There\u003c/em> interview, “and they were so overwhelmed by someone even caring to put on a show, and they got so into it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So into it, in fact, that rumors swirled afterward of several successful escape attempts by patients. “I think someone left with us, to be honest,” Webster vaguely recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13938024']Klein’s memories of the ride home were more specific. “There was this one woman,” he recalled. “She was basically wearing a nightgown and she was running down the road, and I stopped and she jumped in [the van], and we drove back to San Francisco with her. And she became a stalwart in the San Francisco scene. She became a respected and loved member of the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alan Gill, a psychiatric technician at Napa State throughout the 1970s and ’80s noted that the show was most definitely not a hit with one very specific faction: the administration of the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a lot of pushback,” he remembered. “Administrators obviously are the older folk — the suit-and-tie gang — and they were not at all pleased … I think there might even have been disciplinary action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Mutants’ set from Napa State is not currently streaming, but can be seen in\u003c/em> ‘\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ebay.com/itm/196542461769?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=196542461769&targetid=2299003535995&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9032200&poi=&campaignid=21203633013&mkgroupid=162035688435&rlsatarget=pla-2299003535995&abcId=9407526&merchantid=101492502&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA_9u5BhCUARIsABbMSPtvlqrnnDOnRx5-MWYhjCC_9kD4bji3zHbAIHVnbFa7k30iRQTNWpcaAqc9EALw_wcB\">The Cramps and the Mutants: The Napa State Tapes\u003c/a>,’ available on DVD.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n a Sunday afternoon in mid-November, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/larussell/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LaRussell\u003c/a> is onstage at The New Parish in Oakland, energetically hurling rhyme pyrotechnics, just days after the premiere of \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w40XbPyotj8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his NPR \u003cem>Tiny Desk\u003c/em> concert\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Known for his clever lyrics, charismatic personality and nonstop production, LaRussell has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13937331/larussell-vallejo-def-jam-record-deal\">refused to sign with a major label\u003c/a>. He hosts sold-out shows at a small venue, The Pergola, built in his backyard. Staunchly independent, he’s paved his own lane in the rap game by investing in himself, his community and his culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His latest investment: the reintroduction of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tharealrichierich/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richie Rich\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968024\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-66-scaled.jpeg\" alt='While on stage with rising Vallejo rap star LaRussell at the New Parish in Oakland, veteran rapper Richie Rich tells the crowd that \"Double R\" now stands for LaRussell and Rich.' width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-66-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-66-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-66-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-66-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-66-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-66-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-66-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-66-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the New Parish in Oakland on Nov. 10, 2024, veteran rapper Richie Rich tells the crowd that “Double R” now stands for LaRussell and Rich. \u003ccite>(Jason Hayes / \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/j.castae/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">J.Castae\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Minutes into Sunday’s show, after LaRussell warms up the crowd with violinist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/michaelprinceviolin/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Prince\u003c/a> and vocalist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/shante_music/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shanté\u003c/a>, Rich walks out on stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richie Rich’s pedigree is \u003cem>deep\u003c/em>. He’s a former Def Jam signee who influenced Snoop Dogg and was friends with Tupac. He had songs on \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC_RQEby1JQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>The Nutty Professor\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/track/3EcVo3nMBveyqGi7MzTZdM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>How To Be A Player\u003c/em>\u003c/a> soundtracks. His 1996 album \u003cem>Seasoned Veteran\u003c/em> spawned two singles on the Billboard Top 100. And his verse on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop/timeline#i-got-5-on-it-remix-a-meeting-of-greats-recorded-in-alameda\">the remix to the Luniz’ anthem “I Got 5 On It”\u003c/a> provided the Town with the classic line: “Where you from? Oakland. Smokin’.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fittingly, at the New Parish, the artist who founded the pioneering rap group 415 enters to the beat of one of his group’s best-known songs, 1990’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsOeXoZoYPo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Side Show\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQGqYHg-uyI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over a stripped-down instrumental on live keyboard, Rich raps bar-for-bar in his raspy, laid-back flow, crisp and clear, without any background vocals. When the chorus hits, LaRussell steps in and remixes it, pulling from \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4d7UwaNrIQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 2006 remake, “The Sideshow,”\u003c/a> by the late Traxamillion, Too Short and Mistah FAB.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It becomes clear: this isn’t just a guest appearance of Richie Rich at a LaRussell show. No, this is two emcees, with an age gap of over 20 years, trading bars, innovating on stage and moving the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the audience recites the lyrics, the energy builds. LaRussell and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/splashthakidd/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Splash Tha Kidd\u003c/a> are on stage giggin’, jumping as they dance. After the second verse, the crowd is turned up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richie Rich, grounded, laughs and calmly says, “Na… that’s how you got me last time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3TM5WSCvZs\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]F[/dropcap]our months prior in LaRussell’s backyard, onstage at the Pergola, the energy got the best of Rich.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a performance of the song “What We Doin!?” which features Richie Rich alongside LaRussell and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mal4chii/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an 18 year-old MC named MALACHI,\u003c/a> Rich was in go mode. The P-Lo–produced track, full of high energy, is the type of song that makes one jump on stage — even if they know damn well they shouldn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the scorching August sun, Rich was a few bars into his verse when the 56-year-old rapper, bouncing alongside the crowd, turned to his left. Suddenly, his knee popped. Falling to the ground, he kept rapping without missing a beat, freestyling new lyrics to communicate what’d just happened to his leg — “blew my knee actin’ out my age” — and even diagnosing it as a torn lower patella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGqKGhZkuug\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of this could’ve easily become a huge setback. Instead, in a world where the elements of hip-hop have expanded to include viral moments and social media influence, the widely viewed footage of Richie Rich kicking culture while sustaining a painful injury only helped reestablish his footprint in the rap game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I recently caught up with Rich for a long conversation at his home in the East Bay, his leg in a brace as he sat across from me. Rich is a mild-mannered person who was raised by well-to-do parents, but despite his upbringing — and lifelong issues with his knees — he ran the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968025\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1180px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968025\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6004-e1731530175543.jpg\" alt=\"With a scar on one knee and the other in a brace, you can tell that Richie Rich has had some conversations with his knees-- and they've done most of the talking.\" width=\"1180\" height=\"1554\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6004-e1731530175543.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6004-e1731530175543-800x1054.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6004-e1731530175543-1020x1343.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6004-e1731530175543-160x211.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6004-e1731530175543-768x1011.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6004-e1731530175543-1166x1536.jpg 1166w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">With a scar on one knee and the other in a brace, it’s clear Richie Rich has had some conversations with his knees — and they’ve done most of the talking. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Richie Rich)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m from up the hill, I’m not even from the flats,” says Rich, explaining his childhood and the topography of Deep East Oakland in one statement. “I went down the hill, and that shit changed me, bro,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Them spokes that you see on that car out here?” Rich says, pointing to the gold rims of his cognac-colored 1972 Cutlass Oldsmobile. He first saw them, he explains, on a Falcon when he was 12. Little Rich ran to tell the driver how clean they were, but the light turned green and the driver pulled off. A few weeks later, Rich caught the driver at a red light and properly complemented him. The driver thanked him, and suggested he could one day have a car like that, too, before tapping the gas pedal and leaving tire treads in the intersection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I live to be 90,” says Rich, fully committed to his cars, “I’ma have some gold ones and Vogues, you better know.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968026\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968026\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6682-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Rapper Richie Rich poses in a Raiders Bo Jackson jersey, while standing in front of his Cutlass Oldsmobile.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6682-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6682-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6682-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6682-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6682-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6682-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6682-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6682-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In a Raiders Bo Jackson jersey, Richie Rich poses with his 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Richie Rich)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rich’s street life and hillside upbringing brought about different perspectives. He had run-ins with the law, though he often evaded them. But the culture had a grip on him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was two people,” says Rich, from behind dark sunglasses. “I was Richie Rich and I was Double R.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He elaborates: “Double R was the dude who went down the hill, Richie Rich was the dude who lived up the hill. So Richie Rich wrote ‘Do G’s Get to Go to Heaven,’” he says. “Double R wrote ‘Side Show’ and ‘Snitches and Bitches.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s always been a tug-of-war between these two sides, he says. Fortunately his dad gave him constant reassurance, and his mom gave him spiritual guidance, even if it came in the form of heavy-handed discipline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom was so strict,” Rich reflects, “that when I got caught stealing at Longs Drugs and they told me they was going to call my mom, I said, ‘Na, call the police. Don’t call my momma!'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once his mother found the Lord, “she brought that spirituality to us and locked us in with it,” says Rich. A sweet woman who was very hard to impress, Rich says he’d get good grades and his mother would remark, “Want to impress me? Show me that you can fly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Rich signed with Def Jam, the label sent a car to take him to the airport. Misty-eyed, he reflects on his mother’s reaction. “She knocked on my door, and said, ‘There’s a limousine out front, Richie.’” Fanning out, she asked, “Can I go outside and see?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rich recalls her floating out the door in her trademark blue robe, sitting in the stretch limo, finally understanding that her son had made something of himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968116\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968116\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1293520518.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1353\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1293520518.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1293520518-800x541.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1293520518-1020x690.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1293520518-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1293520518-768x520.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1293520518-1536x1039.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1293520518-1920x1299.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richie Rich pictured in New York City on Aug. 10, 1996, the day he signed with Def Jam Records. \u003ccite>(Al Pereira/Getty Images/Michael Ochs Archives)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ich had a conversation with his knees when he was a kid. They told him, “We’re gonna hold you down if the red and blue lights get behind you, or the dogs get to chasing you. Outside of that, don’t be attending those softball games and don’t play no three-on-threes,” he recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Years later, Rich still has trouble walking in his own legacy. Almost 35 years since his 1990 debut solo album, \u003cem>Don’t Do It\u003c/em>, he’s on the verge of dropping a new project titled \u003cem>Richard\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The album, set to release on the platform \u003ca href=\"https://get.even.biz/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Even\u003c/a> next month and then to all streaming services in January, features \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/larryjunetfm/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry June\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/youngjr/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Young JR\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/msjanehandcock/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jane Handcock\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/e-40\">E-40\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thedelinquents86/?hl=en\">V. White of The Delinquents\u003c/a>. There’s a track where Rich pays homage to the slick players who came before him, as well as one with open critiques of current Oakland culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968027\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968027\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6378-scaled.jpg\" alt='\"Top of the Rolex, top of the Rolex,\" Richie says as he addresses people during his regular social media video check-ins.' width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6378-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6378-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6378-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6378-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6378-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6378-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6378-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Top of the Rolex, top of the Rolex,’ Richie says as he addresses people during regular social media video check-ins. \u003ccite>(Richie Rich)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rich has been open about his issues with the place that raised him. In January of this year the rapper made headlines for \u003ca href=\"https://www.tmz.com/watch/2024-01-19-011924-richie-rich-1761556-305/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a rant he posted on social media\u003c/a>, proclaiming that he was leaving California. “The cost of living here is going up, but the chances of living is going down,” he says in the video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, he explains that Oakland losing its pro sports teams and his favorite restaurants hurts. He adds that it’s very clear that the chasm between classes is growing, and when the haves and have-nots are at odds it makes it hard to own nice things without becoming a target. (And being a known rapper from that place adds another layer.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He stands by many of the things he said in the post, but given time to reflect, he says it’s more about where he’s at this point in life than the Golden State. “I think it’s the invisibility that I’m chasing, not so much a disdain for California,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rich’s California love is motivated by his ties to the people, from family members to world renowned artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968115\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/screenshot_2024-11-13_at_12.52.25___pm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1499\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/screenshot_2024-11-13_at_12.52.25___pm.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/screenshot_2024-11-13_at_12.52.25___pm-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/screenshot_2024-11-13_at_12.52.25___pm-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/screenshot_2024-11-13_at_12.52.25___pm-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/screenshot_2024-11-13_at_12.52.25___pm-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/screenshot_2024-11-13_at_12.52.25___pm-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/screenshot_2024-11-13_at_12.52.25___pm-1920x1439.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richie Rich’s motorcycle, Makaveli, bears a portrait tribute to his late friend, Tupac Shakur. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Richie Rich )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He says he’s appreciative that his friend, the late Tupac Shakur, has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13929233/tupac-shakur-street-oakland-tupac-shakur-way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a street named in his honor\u003c/a> and that there’s been \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/09/29/1202754616/suspect-in-tupac-shakur-murder-arrested\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an arrest in connection to his murder\u003c/a>. But Rich would prefer to see Pac alive now, enjoying all he accomplished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rich and Pac met around ’91 through a common friend, and became homies; not making music, just hanging out. As Rich’s career was in full swing and Shakur’s was just getting off the ground, Pac asked to be on a track with Rich. “Na, we’re doing gangsta music,” the rapper from the Rolling Hundreds told the young MC from Marin. “You on that Black Power shit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13927810']The two stayed in contact, though, and Rich watched Tupac’s career explode. When Pac was incarcerated, they exchanged letters; mail that Rich wishes he would’ve kept. With a custom Harley motorcycle parked behind him, painted with Tupac’s face on it, Rich says, “When it’s your homeboy, you not planning on him dying and being one of the most famous people in the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before his death, Rich saw visible changes in Tupac. “He was moving too fast,” says Rich, who urged him to lead a more private life. But that didn’t happen. Rich had to accept that “my little homie became my big homie,” as he says. So Rich did his best to look out for him in life, and continues to represent for him after his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the customized motorcycle — named Makaveli — Rich has photos, a framed plaque of albums commemorating the songs they recorded together, and a set of coat hangers in the form of middle fingers. (Tupac loved flipping people off.) Rich also has a handwritten contract ensuring songwriting royalties for his contribution to the song “Heavy in the Game,” framed and mounted on the wall in his house — signed by Tupac and his late mother, Afeni Shakur, just months before Tupac’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968028\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968028\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_7651-scaled-e1731531563979.jpg\" alt=\"A handwritten contract by Tupac Shakur, ensuring Richie Rich gets royalties for their work together; written just months before Tupac's death.\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1510\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_7651-scaled-e1731531563979.jpg 1800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_7651-scaled-e1731531563979-800x671.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_7651-scaled-e1731531563979-1020x856.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_7651-scaled-e1731531563979-160x134.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_7651-scaled-e1731531563979-768x644.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_7651-scaled-e1731531563979-1536x1289.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A handwritten contract by Tupac Shakur, ensuring that Richie Rich received royalties for their work together, written just months before Tupac’s death. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ll of the art in Rich’s house is properly positioned. His crib is well-kept and organized. His cars are pristine and his head is shaved clean. It’s all a reflection of who he is, and an extension of the discipline his mother instilled in him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are still times when everything isn’t all put together. Instances when the unpredictable happens, like when he hits the stage and literally breaks a leg. That’s when the cool, calm, collected Rich takes a backseat, and Double R comes out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know what happened that day,” says Rich, reflecting on the day he fell at the Pergola. He suspects that someone else showed up inside of him — someone he’s known for a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He always shows up when I’m in distress,” says Rich. The persona never stays there long enough to introduce himself, but Rich brags, “He’s raw. He knows how to rap, how to ride motorcycles, he knows how to drive cars. Yeah, he’s good at a lot of things.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968029\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968029\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-74-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"LaRussell, excited to see Richie Rich perform again, says this show was extra-special for his mother and father who were in the audience at The New Parish during the show.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-74-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-74-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-74-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-74-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-74-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-74-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-74-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-74-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">LaRussell, excited to see Richie Rich perform again, says the New Parish show was extra-special for his mother and father, who were in the audience. \u003ccite>(Jason Hayes / \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/j.castae/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">J.Castae\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The song that started all of this, “What We Doin!?,” was released in June 2024 — with some subtly prophetic lines. On the first verse, recorded weeks before Rich injured his leg while performing the song, LaRussell says “Broke a leg, re-learned how to stand.” In the third verse, Rich advises: “If you know me, never underestimate the OG.” Doctors told him it would take eight months to heal. Four months later he was back on stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At The New Parish on that Sunday afternoon in Oakland, Rich was sharp throughout the hour-long performance. A few weeks before the show, LaRussell had pulled some of his favorite Richie Rich tracks and asked if he could add them to the setlist. And though they didn’t rehearse beforehand, the two didn’t miss a beat, going through hit after hit, like Rich’s 2000 track “Playboy” and LaRussell’s 2021 song “GT Coupe.” They reimagined songs in never-before-heard iterations, spanning generations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following day, Rich tells me his leg is doing fine. Talking just after getting off the phone with LaRussell, he adds that the younger rapper discussed future collaborations and offered continued encouragement to the rapper who, nearly 30 years after his Def Jam debut, has more than earned the title \u003cem>Seasoned Veteran\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t know you was a dog like that, Double,” LaRussell told him. “A unc, you still got it.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fittingly, at the New Parish, the artist who founded the pioneering rap group 415 enters to the beat of one of his group’s best-known songs, 1990’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsOeXoZoYPo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Side Show\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/SQGqYHg-uyI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/SQGqYHg-uyI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Over a stripped-down instrumental on live keyboard, Rich raps bar-for-bar in his raspy, laid-back flow, crisp and clear, without any background vocals. When the chorus hits, LaRussell steps in and remixes it, pulling from \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4d7UwaNrIQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 2006 remake, “The Sideshow,”\u003c/a> by the late Traxamillion, Too Short and Mistah FAB.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It becomes clear: this isn’t just a guest appearance of Richie Rich at a LaRussell show. No, this is two emcees, with an age gap of over 20 years, trading bars, innovating on stage and moving the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the audience recites the lyrics, the energy builds. LaRussell and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/splashthakidd/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Splash Tha Kidd\u003c/a> are on stage giggin’, jumping as they dance. After the second verse, the crowd is turned up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richie Rich, grounded, laughs and calmly says, “Na… that’s how you got me last time.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/s3TM5WSCvZs'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/s3TM5WSCvZs'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">F\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>our months prior in LaRussell’s backyard, onstage at the Pergola, the energy got the best of Rich.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a performance of the song “What We Doin!?” which features Richie Rich alongside LaRussell and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mal4chii/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an 18 year-old MC named MALACHI,\u003c/a> Rich was in go mode. The P-Lo–produced track, full of high energy, is the type of song that makes one jump on stage — even if they know damn well they shouldn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the scorching August sun, Rich was a few bars into his verse when the 56-year-old rapper, bouncing alongside the crowd, turned to his left. Suddenly, his knee popped. Falling to the ground, he kept rapping without missing a beat, freestyling new lyrics to communicate what’d just happened to his leg — “blew my knee actin’ out my age” — and even diagnosing it as a torn lower patella.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/YGqKGhZkuug'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/YGqKGhZkuug'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>All of this could’ve easily become a huge setback. Instead, in a world where the elements of hip-hop have expanded to include viral moments and social media influence, the widely viewed footage of Richie Rich kicking culture while sustaining a painful injury only helped reestablish his footprint in the rap game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I recently caught up with Rich for a long conversation at his home in the East Bay, his leg in a brace as he sat across from me. Rich is a mild-mannered person who was raised by well-to-do parents, but despite his upbringing — and lifelong issues with his knees — he ran the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968025\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1180px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968025\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6004-e1731530175543.jpg\" alt=\"With a scar on one knee and the other in a brace, you can tell that Richie Rich has had some conversations with his knees-- and they've done most of the talking.\" width=\"1180\" height=\"1554\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6004-e1731530175543.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6004-e1731530175543-800x1054.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6004-e1731530175543-1020x1343.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6004-e1731530175543-160x211.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6004-e1731530175543-768x1011.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6004-e1731530175543-1166x1536.jpg 1166w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">With a scar on one knee and the other in a brace, it’s clear Richie Rich has had some conversations with his knees — and they’ve done most of the talking. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Richie Rich)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m from up the hill, I’m not even from the flats,” says Rich, explaining his childhood and the topography of Deep East Oakland in one statement. “I went down the hill, and that shit changed me, bro,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Them spokes that you see on that car out here?” Rich says, pointing to the gold rims of his cognac-colored 1972 Cutlass Oldsmobile. He first saw them, he explains, on a Falcon when he was 12. Little Rich ran to tell the driver how clean they were, but the light turned green and the driver pulled off. A few weeks later, Rich caught the driver at a red light and properly complemented him. The driver thanked him, and suggested he could one day have a car like that, too, before tapping the gas pedal and leaving tire treads in the intersection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I live to be 90,” says Rich, fully committed to his cars, “I’ma have some gold ones and Vogues, you better know.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968026\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968026\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6682-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Rapper Richie Rich poses in a Raiders Bo Jackson jersey, while standing in front of his Cutlass Oldsmobile.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6682-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6682-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6682-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6682-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6682-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6682-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6682-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6682-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In a Raiders Bo Jackson jersey, Richie Rich poses with his 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Richie Rich)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rich’s street life and hillside upbringing brought about different perspectives. He had run-ins with the law, though he often evaded them. But the culture had a grip on him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was two people,” says Rich, from behind dark sunglasses. “I was Richie Rich and I was Double R.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He elaborates: “Double R was the dude who went down the hill, Richie Rich was the dude who lived up the hill. So Richie Rich wrote ‘Do G’s Get to Go to Heaven,’” he says. “Double R wrote ‘Side Show’ and ‘Snitches and Bitches.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s always been a tug-of-war between these two sides, he says. Fortunately his dad gave him constant reassurance, and his mom gave him spiritual guidance, even if it came in the form of heavy-handed discipline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom was so strict,” Rich reflects, “that when I got caught stealing at Longs Drugs and they told me they was going to call my mom, I said, ‘Na, call the police. Don’t call my momma!'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once his mother found the Lord, “she brought that spirituality to us and locked us in with it,” says Rich. A sweet woman who was very hard to impress, Rich says he’d get good grades and his mother would remark, “Want to impress me? Show me that you can fly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Rich signed with Def Jam, the label sent a car to take him to the airport. Misty-eyed, he reflects on his mother’s reaction. “She knocked on my door, and said, ‘There’s a limousine out front, Richie.’” Fanning out, she asked, “Can I go outside and see?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rich recalls her floating out the door in her trademark blue robe, sitting in the stretch limo, finally understanding that her son had made something of himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968116\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968116\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1293520518.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1353\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1293520518.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1293520518-800x541.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1293520518-1020x690.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1293520518-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1293520518-768x520.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1293520518-1536x1039.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/GettyImages-1293520518-1920x1299.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richie Rich pictured in New York City on Aug. 10, 1996, the day he signed with Def Jam Records. \u003ccite>(Al Pereira/Getty Images/Michael Ochs Archives)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">R\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>ich had a conversation with his knees when he was a kid. They told him, “We’re gonna hold you down if the red and blue lights get behind you, or the dogs get to chasing you. Outside of that, don’t be attending those softball games and don’t play no three-on-threes,” he recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Years later, Rich still has trouble walking in his own legacy. Almost 35 years since his 1990 debut solo album, \u003cem>Don’t Do It\u003c/em>, he’s on the verge of dropping a new project titled \u003cem>Richard\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The album, set to release on the platform \u003ca href=\"https://get.even.biz/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Even\u003c/a> next month and then to all streaming services in January, features \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/larryjunetfm/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry June\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/youngjr/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Young JR\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/msjanehandcock/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jane Handcock\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/e-40\">E-40\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thedelinquents86/?hl=en\">V. White of The Delinquents\u003c/a>. There’s a track where Rich pays homage to the slick players who came before him, as well as one with open critiques of current Oakland culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968027\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968027\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6378-scaled.jpg\" alt='\"Top of the Rolex, top of the Rolex,\" Richie says as he addresses people during his regular social media video check-ins.' width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6378-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6378-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6378-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6378-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6378-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6378-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_6378-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Top of the Rolex, top of the Rolex,’ Richie says as he addresses people during regular social media video check-ins. \u003ccite>(Richie Rich)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rich has been open about his issues with the place that raised him. In January of this year the rapper made headlines for \u003ca href=\"https://www.tmz.com/watch/2024-01-19-011924-richie-rich-1761556-305/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a rant he posted on social media\u003c/a>, proclaiming that he was leaving California. “The cost of living here is going up, but the chances of living is going down,” he says in the video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, he explains that Oakland losing its pro sports teams and his favorite restaurants hurts. He adds that it’s very clear that the chasm between classes is growing, and when the haves and have-nots are at odds it makes it hard to own nice things without becoming a target. (And being a known rapper from that place adds another layer.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He stands by many of the things he said in the post, but given time to reflect, he says it’s more about where he’s at this point in life than the Golden State. “I think it’s the invisibility that I’m chasing, not so much a disdain for California,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rich’s California love is motivated by his ties to the people, from family members to world renowned artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968115\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/screenshot_2024-11-13_at_12.52.25___pm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1499\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/screenshot_2024-11-13_at_12.52.25___pm.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/screenshot_2024-11-13_at_12.52.25___pm-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/screenshot_2024-11-13_at_12.52.25___pm-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/screenshot_2024-11-13_at_12.52.25___pm-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/screenshot_2024-11-13_at_12.52.25___pm-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/screenshot_2024-11-13_at_12.52.25___pm-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/screenshot_2024-11-13_at_12.52.25___pm-1920x1439.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richie Rich’s motorcycle, Makaveli, bears a portrait tribute to his late friend, Tupac Shakur. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Richie Rich )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He says he’s appreciative that his friend, the late Tupac Shakur, has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13929233/tupac-shakur-street-oakland-tupac-shakur-way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a street named in his honor\u003c/a> and that there’s been \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/09/29/1202754616/suspect-in-tupac-shakur-murder-arrested\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an arrest in connection to his murder\u003c/a>. But Rich would prefer to see Pac alive now, enjoying all he accomplished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rich and Pac met around ’91 through a common friend, and became homies; not making music, just hanging out. As Rich’s career was in full swing and Shakur’s was just getting off the ground, Pac asked to be on a track with Rich. “Na, we’re doing gangsta music,” the rapper from the Rolling Hundreds told the young MC from Marin. “You on that Black Power shit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The two stayed in contact, though, and Rich watched Tupac’s career explode. When Pac was incarcerated, they exchanged letters; mail that Rich wishes he would’ve kept. With a custom Harley motorcycle parked behind him, painted with Tupac’s face on it, Rich says, “When it’s your homeboy, you not planning on him dying and being one of the most famous people in the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before his death, Rich saw visible changes in Tupac. “He was moving too fast,” says Rich, who urged him to lead a more private life. But that didn’t happen. Rich had to accept that “my little homie became my big homie,” as he says. So Rich did his best to look out for him in life, and continues to represent for him after his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the customized motorcycle — named Makaveli — Rich has photos, a framed plaque of albums commemorating the songs they recorded together, and a set of coat hangers in the form of middle fingers. (Tupac loved flipping people off.) Rich also has a handwritten contract ensuring songwriting royalties for his contribution to the song “Heavy in the Game,” framed and mounted on the wall in his house — signed by Tupac and his late mother, Afeni Shakur, just months before Tupac’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968028\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968028\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_7651-scaled-e1731531563979.jpg\" alt=\"A handwritten contract by Tupac Shakur, ensuring Richie Rich gets royalties for their work together; written just months before Tupac's death.\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1510\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_7651-scaled-e1731531563979.jpg 1800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_7651-scaled-e1731531563979-800x671.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_7651-scaled-e1731531563979-1020x856.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_7651-scaled-e1731531563979-160x134.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_7651-scaled-e1731531563979-768x644.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/IMG_7651-scaled-e1731531563979-1536x1289.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A handwritten contract by Tupac Shakur, ensuring that Richie Rich received royalties for their work together, written just months before Tupac’s death. \u003ccite>(Pendarvis Harshaw/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">A\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>ll of the art in Rich’s house is properly positioned. His crib is well-kept and organized. His cars are pristine and his head is shaved clean. It’s all a reflection of who he is, and an extension of the discipline his mother instilled in him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are still times when everything isn’t all put together. Instances when the unpredictable happens, like when he hits the stage and literally breaks a leg. That’s when the cool, calm, collected Rich takes a backseat, and Double R comes out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know what happened that day,” says Rich, reflecting on the day he fell at the Pergola. He suspects that someone else showed up inside of him — someone he’s known for a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He always shows up when I’m in distress,” says Rich. The persona never stays there long enough to introduce himself, but Rich brags, “He’s raw. He knows how to rap, how to ride motorcycles, he knows how to drive cars. Yeah, he’s good at a lot of things.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968029\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968029\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-74-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"LaRussell, excited to see Richie Rich perform again, says this show was extra-special for his mother and father who were in the audience at The New Parish during the show.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-74-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-74-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-74-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-74-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-74-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-74-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-74-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/LaRussell-x-Richie-Rich-New-Parish-Richie-Rich-111024-74-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">LaRussell, excited to see Richie Rich perform again, says the New Parish show was extra-special for his mother and father, who were in the audience. \u003ccite>(Jason Hayes / \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/j.castae/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">J.Castae\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The song that started all of this, “What We Doin!?,” was released in June 2024 — with some subtly prophetic lines. On the first verse, recorded weeks before Rich injured his leg while performing the song, LaRussell says “Broke a leg, re-learned how to stand.” In the third verse, Rich advises: “If you know me, never underestimate the OG.” Doctors told him it would take eight months to heal. Four months later he was back on stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At The New Parish on that Sunday afternoon in Oakland, Rich was sharp throughout the hour-long performance. A few weeks before the show, LaRussell had pulled some of his favorite Richie Rich tracks and asked if he could add them to the setlist. And though they didn’t rehearse beforehand, the two didn’t miss a beat, going through hit after hit, like Rich’s 2000 track “Playboy” and LaRussell’s 2021 song “GT Coupe.” They reimagined songs in never-before-heard iterations, spanning generations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following day, Rich tells me his leg is doing fine. Talking just after getting off the phone with LaRussell, he adds that the younger rapper discussed future collaborations and offered continued encouragement to the rapper who, nearly 30 years after his Def Jam debut, has more than earned the title \u003cem>Seasoned Veteran\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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