Selassie Drah
There’s a beauty in juxtaposition - in holding on to seemingly opposite ideas at the same time. On this week’s episode, High Level Hip Hop host, Biboye Onanuga, speaks with local artist Selassie Drah about the conflicting truths that motivate his work and make up the unique artist he is.
The Ghanaian-Canadian is both a rapper and recluse; striving to be authentic, but mindful of the vulnerability in living as your true self; and creating art for himself, but releasing it so as not to deprive others of beauty and inspiration. Underneath all of these divergent realities is a deep awareness of our mortality that impels Selassie to self-express. “There’s a sad truth about life, that we’re not gonna get to do everything that we want, and that’s ok. But we can work towards it little by little”.
We close with a brand new take on Selassie’s track, Falling, recorded live at CJSR this summer. A reflective song addressing the fine line between an artist’s public visibility, and shrinking back to privacy Selassie balances as an artist. You can checkout his track on Youtube with this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryS-VaRfQ5o.
Many thanks to Selassie for contributing his time and wisdom to this episode. To hear more music from Selassie, visit his Bandcamp at https://selassiedrah.bandcamp.com/.
There’s a beauty in juxtaposition - in holding on to seemingly opposite ideas at the same time. On this week’s episode, High Level Hip Hop host, Biboye Onanuga, speaks with local artist Selassie Drah about the conflicting truths that motivate his work and make up the unique artist he is.
The Ghanaian-Canadian is both a rapper and recluse; striving to be authentic, but mindful of the vulnerability in living as your true self; and creating art for himself, but releasing it so as not to deprive others of beauty and inspiration. Underneath all of these divergent realities is a deep awareness of our mortality that impels Selassie to self-express. “There’s a sad truth about life, that we’re not gonna get to do everything that we want, and that’s ok. But we can work towards it little by little”.
We close with a brand new take on Selassie’s track, Falling, recorded live at CJSR this summer. A reflective song addressing the fine line between an artist’s public visibility, and shrinking back to privacy Selassie balances as an artist.
Many thanks to Selassie for contributing his time and wisdom to this episode. To hear more music from Selassie, visit his Bandcamp.
The Ghanaian-Canadian is both a rapper and recluse; striving to be authentic, but mindful of the vulnerability in living as your true self; and creating art for himself, but releasing it so as not to deprive others of beauty and inspiration. Underneath all of these divergent realities is a deep awareness of our mortality that impels Selassie to self-express. “There’s a sad truth about life, that we’re not gonna get to do everything that we want, and that’s ok. But we can work towards it little by little”.
We close with a brand new take on Selassie’s track, Falling, recorded live at CJSR this summer. A reflective song addressing the fine line between an artist’s public visibility, and shrinking back to privacy Selassie balances as an artist.
Many thanks to Selassie for contributing his time and wisdom to this episode. To hear more music from Selassie, visit his Bandcamp.