7.5.12

Yannick Ilunga


FIVE YEARS AGO, I WAS A BLACK KID GROWING UP LISTENING TO MUSIC SOME WOULD CONSIDER “WHITE” MUSIC. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD NEGATIVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THAT, AS IF MY CHOICES IN MUSIC HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE COLOR OF MY SKIN.
BUT, WHERE WAS I WHEN MY PARENTS WERE BEING MISTREATED FOR BEING BLACK? WHERE WAS I WAS I WHEN IGNORANCE KILLED THE BODY OF AN ENTIRE NATION? WHERE WAS I WHEN MUSIC WAS SEEN AS KRYPTONITE AGAINST THE “SUPER(IOR)MAN”?
EVEN THOUGH I FEEL THE AFTERMATH OF THOSE THINGS IN MY EVERYDAY LIFE, I NEVER SAW MUSIC AS SOMETHING THAT WAS SOLELY DEFINED BY RACE.
I TRIED LISTENING TO ONLY “BLACK” MUSIC JUST TO APPEASE CERTAIN PEOPLE – I STARTED FIGHTING MYSELF JUST TO MAKE OTHERS HAPPY. EVEN THOUGH I SHOULDN’T HAVE PAID ATTENTION TO SUCH, I’M ONLY HUMAN RIGHT? MY TIMIDITY AND INSECURITIES OVERPOWERED MY WILL AND COURAGE TO DO MORE, AND PURSUE THE VISION AND GOAL I HAD IN MIND. I THINK I WAS ADDICTED TO THE INNER CONFLICT AT SOME POINT. AT 17, ALL YOU REALLY THINKING ABOUT ARE GIRLS AND ACCEPTANCE. IF I COULD GO BACK FIVE YEARS AGO, I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE SUCCEEDED MORE THAN HALF THE THINGS I WANT TO TODAY BUT LIFE WORKS LIKE A BOOK. YOU WONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT UNLESS YOU FLIP THE PAGE.
RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING IS GROWING SUPER FAST. I HAVE BEEN TO TRAVELING FOR FREE AND MAKING MONEY ALL THROUGH MAKING “WHITE” MUSIC. EVEN THOUGH MY MUSIC DRAWS INFLUENCE FROM ALL OVER NOW, PEOPLE STILL WANT TO LABEL IT, SO TO ALL THOSE THAT ARE TOO IGNORANT TO GET IT, I UNDERSTAND -WE LIVE IN AN IMPERFECT PERFECT WORLD.



                         



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