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"Experience teaches you a lot about life, and about yourself," says Abdi Yusuf, who is more popularly known by his rap name B Plenty. Experience taught him humbleness, courage in times of need, and the pursuit of the fulfillment of one's ultimate goals.
The ROADBLOCK album was released July 1, 2007, marking Somali Independence Day. B Plenty says, despite his American citizenship, he is still a Somali at heart. He speaks the language fluently and sometimes adds a few Somali words in his rap lyrics. But his latest release, posted on the BUZHFAM website, is entitled " Ma Rabno" (We Don’t Want). The song, playing over a rhythmic reggae beat, addresses Somali warlords by name and follows with a "Ma Rabno" chorus between pauses. Listen Here!
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"Experience teaches you a lot about life, and about yourself," says Abdi Yusuf, who is more popularly known by his rap name B Plenty. Experience taught him humbleness, courage in times of need, and the pursuit of the fulfillment of one's ultimate goals.
The ROADBLOCK album was released July 1, 2007, marking Somali Independence Day. B Plenty says, despite his American citizenship, he is still a Somali at heart. He speaks the language fluently and sometimes adds a few Somali words in his rap lyrics. But his latest release, posted on the BUZHFAM website, is entitled " Ma Rabno" (We Don’t Want). The song, playing over a rhythmic reggae beat, addresses Somali warlords by name and follows with a "Ma Rabno" chorus between pauses. Listen Here!
Why the warlords?
"Warlords led to chaos. They destroyed a peaceful country and have not brought any new solution the Somali crisis," B Plenty says. His lyrics best describe the emotional sentiment: "Mothers cry, kids die/Warlords lie, s*** ain't right/Gunnin' high, runnin' wild/Runta sheeg, beenta daa (Tell the truth, stop the lies)."
B Plenty points to the ongoing war in Mogadishu, where more than 500,000 civilians have been displaced by war since 2007. As a young boy, he was witness to Mogadishu's first mass exodus so he says he can relate to today's victims.
On ROADBLOCK, B Plenty addresses his hope for Somali peace: "One day we will visit up in Puntland, kick it with my cousins/Or parlay in Somaliland, maybe even eat rice with banana in Jubba or Shabelle-land/Damn it is all my land, as long as we speak the same lingo, welcome me home, man!"
He says BUZHFAM plans new projects this year and next year, with tours throughout North America, Europe and Africa. Party anthems like "Waa ka Wataa" featuring D.C. Live, another BUZHFAM artist, have already rocked concerts and the album has been sold as far as Bakara Market in Mogadishu.