What would you like the conversation to be about? There was an interview with you that I read where you said that you regret the fact that you don't want Haiti to be always seen in the context of this trauma loop. I think that's something that I live with, for sure. So I'm hearing a lot more of that kind of talk in terms of "Well, what will become of us as a nation?" The dialogue is always, "What atrocity occurred today" now, and "How are we going to deal with it tomorrow?" We've just been consistently doing this collective crisis management since 1804. A lot of people are extremely depressed, more than anything, at the recent events. So when I call my family, it's, like, the same conversation. To me, it's a broken record that's on repeat. Well – what's going on right now reminds me of what went on with Aristide in the early '90s and the whole exodus, the whole " boat people," the whole political asylum. do you find yourself calling relatives every day just to check on them? But still, you know – the president killed in his own bed, his wife wounded. You say this has been what you've been living with. My personal mythology, insofar as the way I think about my origins and when I ponder whether or not there are powers beyond our understanding and comprehension, that influence what we do from day to day and where we go in life – for me, that thing in the tangible form is Haiti. It's "Kriminel," and in it, you talk about memories of hunger – I'm wondering whether the centrality of Haiti to your art is something that you arrived at, or was it always there? So I just want to play a short track here from your latest album, Pray For Haiti. And like all great art, it's universal, but it's also specific. Haiti has always been so important to your art. This kind of theme is a recurring theme with our nation and our history in the Western Hemisphere. So I wasn't really shocked by the recent events. A lot of our psychological energy and makeup is split between two places, because we have to be where we are, but we also can't leave where we come from. What's going on right now is kind of like the norm for us – especially abroad, where, most of us, we send more than our prayers back home. So it never really came as a shock to me. my predecessors, they kind of passed that concern down to me. The people that came before me, my role models. Well, for me, I've dealt with these kinds of issues insofar as political unrest and human rights violations and, you know, a whole other laundry list of other struggles that, you know, one just deals with, you know, as a member of the Haitian diaspora. How are you holding both those thoughts in your head at the same time? Saturday Night Lights Vol.Michel Martin, Weekend All Things Considered : You just released your latest project, Pray For Haiti, it's gotten a huge response – and yet so much going on in a place that you care so much about. Saturday Night Lights EP (April 22nd 2018) collaboration with Tha God Fahim Mach-Hommy) (September 28th 2017)įete des Morts AKA Dia de las Muertos (November 6th 2017) produced by Earl Sweatshirt (May 10th 2017) produced by Knxwledgeĭump Gawd - Hommy Edition (June 7th 2017)ĭollar Menu 3: Dump Gawd Edition (July 6th 2017) collaboration with Tha God Fahim (Haitian Body Odor) (sometime in 2016)ĭollar Menu (January 31st 2017) collaboration with Tha God Fahimĭollar Menu 2 (April 17th 2017) collaboration with Tha God Fahim Goon Grizzle LP (re-released in 2017, date of recordings unknown, possibly 2010-2011)ĭon't Get Scared Now (May 13th 2016) collaboration with Westside Gunn and Conway The Machine Other artists he has collaborated with include Earl Sweatshirt, Armand Hammer, Hus Kingpin, Your Old Droog, Quelle Chris, Knxwledge, The Alchemist, and Evidence. In an interview with Complex Muggs described him as "one of the greatest talents to ever walk the earth". His 2019 album "Tuez-Les Tous" (translated to "Kill Them All") was fully produced by DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill. While he does produce solo material, he works closely and extensively with Tha God Fahim. He has drawn attention for the high prices he charges for his work (between US$300 and $3000), as well as his anonymity and reclusiveness. Mach-Hommy is a Haitian-American rapper from Newark, New Jersey.
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