August 26th, 2008
Categorized under: News, Personal

The Rapper Emmanuel Jal

Emmanuel Jal grew up in Sudan during the conflict.  His father left and he was forced to become a war child.  At a very young age he was a trained killer witnessing atrocities beyond what we can fathom.  Now he urges peace through his music.  I really enjoy his song entitled “Warchild”.

I find it interesting that he raps about peace when other rappers are portraying lives of gangsterism in their struggle of life.  The thing is, Emmanuel is real, 50 Cent, Eminem, Bustah Rhymes etc… exaggerate their on-going struggle with distrust and immorality.

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