By : Garfield
No Selling Out Over Here
Westside McFly sets the record straight on how he feels about Amerikkka’s current events.
2020 hit Los Angeles different. A pandemic kept us locked inside, some of us lost loved ones and a means to put food on the table, and nothing could compare to the pain we all felt the day Kobe passed away. Add that to the fact that Donald Trump has been promoting his racist presidency for the last four years and you got a city in turmoil. Westside McFly voices that aggression in his new music video Dear 2020, where the LA rapper shows the grip of racism and disenfranchisement that affects our residents.
Rhyming over a g-funk beat provided by Compton producer IamJameal, Westside McFly isn’t here for any “Platinum Plan” or any other claims that Trump wants to contribute to the black community. With an ear to the streets, he speaks on issues that are more relatable to people going through the everyday struggle. “They hung Robert Fuller / Called it suicide. What’s the future for the youth / My Daughter only 5.” Throughout his eye opening visual for Westside McFly’s song Dear 2020, he chronicles the countless acts of brutality waged on our culture from the cold blooded killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the horrific passing of George Floyd and the tragic shooting of Breona Taylor. While some wealthier rappers are worried about losing a little bit of luxury for being taxed for earning more than 400k, the rest of us are left thinking “will I be the next casualty in 2020?”
Black culture already had enough forces to contend with before 2020 rolled around. Before Trump was disrespecting everything we stood for, George Bush forgot Louisiana was part of America when the 9th Ward sunk into the ocean. Hilary Clinton defined us as “superpredators” and Reagan essentially flooded the hood with drugs, but Dear 2020 illustrates something that is far more important. We built this shit. Black is more powerful and everlasting than Republican or Democrat. Pandemic or Privileged. WestSide McFly is testament to the old adage that we don’t die. We multiply.