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Das Racist was an American alternative hip hop group based in Brooklyn, composed of MCs Heems and Kool A.D. and hype man Ashok Kondabolu (a.k.a. Dapwell or Dap). Known for their use of humor, academic references, foreign allusions, and unconventional style, Das Racist was widely hailed as an urgent new voice in rap, after ...
It’s been 15 years since the semi-satirical, pseudo-conceptual—let’s just go with unconventional—rap group Das Racist released its breakout hit, “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell,” a...
Your indie-rap group, Das Racist, is known for songs that wittily riff on Taco Bell, Google and the general limitations of American consumerism. Rap is a black art form that originated in the...
Das Racist turn rap into Calvinball, making and breaking the ground rules with no warning whatsoever: One moment, they'll be calling Mobb Deep's Prodigy "more Picasso than Schnabel," and the...
Born in New York to Indian parents, Heems watched the Sept. 11 attacks from his high school. The Das Racist rapper's new album explores how life changed, for himself and his community, after that...
The Das Racist rapper's new album explores how life changed, for himself and his community, after that day.
All Three Former Members of Das Racist to Perform at Whitney Museum Event Co-Curated by Heems. By Jenn Pelly. April 4, 2013. News. Listen: Two New Mixtapes from Das Racist's Kool A.D., With ...
