The Watts Prophet's Father Amde Hamilton on the Origins of "Rap"

Anthony "Amde" Hamilton is an original founding member of the Watts Prophets and a native of Watt's California. They recorded their first album in 1969 and stayed together as a group for over forty years and are claiming their place among the originators of modern rap and hop hip. On this pod Father Amde talks about poetry, activism and what he sees as the west coast origins of rap.

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