Probability The Rapper simply launched an alternate video for his single “YAH Know” as a celebration of Black revolutionaries who’ve been trailblazers in historical past.
The brand new video opens with a message that reads: “This Black Historical past Month we need to have a good time among the most necessary progress we’ve got made as a Individuals. This video highlights some revolutionaries and their revolutions.”
Probability’s undertaking locations the highlight on distinguished figures in Black historical past akin to Sarah Elizabeth Ray, Kwame Nkrumah and Nandi Azikiwe alongside Marcus Garvey, Fred Hampton and Mohandas Ghandi.
The video additionally affords followers the chance to unearth much more historic context by incorporating a number of clips from the PBS miniseries Historical past of the Negro Individuals: The New Temper, which first aired in 1965; the 1967 documentary Black Liberation; and The Warren Years: The Nice Selections, a movie which examines the Sixties Supreme Courtroom rulings introduced on by the Civil Rights Motion.
The video additionally consists of scenes from the Black Star Line Competition, which Probability The Rapper organized with Vic Mensa.
The 2 Chicago natives introduced the Black Star Line Competition in July 2022, explaining that the occasion’s title was a tribute to pan-African activist Marcus Garvey’s delivery firm.
“Based in 1919, and operated by Black individuals, the [Black Star Line] would hyperlink America, the Caribbean and Africa, to world delivery and tourism alternatives,” a press launch for the competition defined. “The Black Star Line was an emblem of satisfaction, not just for Africans, but additionally for Black individuals in all ports of name. After practically 40 years, the Ghanian authorities launched their fleet with the identical title, in homage to Garvey, and even added a black star to the nation’s new flag.”
Along with the live performance at Black Star Sq. on Friday night time, the Black Star Line Competition included per week’s value of particular occasions and panels, together with a hearth chat between Probability The Rapper and Dave Chappelle, who mentioned bringing new consideration and enterprise to native comedy golf equipment and his dream of at some point residing in Ghana, impressed by a dialog with JAY-Z.
Watch the video under.
