![]() ![]() The responsibility is accompanied by a personal frustration: the desire to be seen as an artist, not a representative. Rap is the global culture, and it’s important that we acknowledge and respect Black creators everywhere in the world.” ![]() ![]() “I have this responsibility to say, if you like my music, it’s because I studied Outkast, De La Soul, Tribe. “Because rap is so young in India, a lot of kids don’t know the culture’s history,” he says. This means learning more about his Tamil audience’s concerns, while also combating erasure of hip hop history. De Paul has found himself bridging the gap between the Tamil people of his heritage and the North American art of his upbringing. I’ve found my audience: the diaspora.”īut with an attentive audience comes responsibility. “You can make great art, but if you don’t have an audience, it’s futile. “I had to go to India, the US and the UK,” he says. De Paul says it’s difficult for Canadian artists to find support from the music industry - to gain respect in Canada, you have to leave Canada. He started a duo, toured constantly, started a solo career, released an album, all without much success. De Paul headed straight for the music studio. He graduated from college at his parents request, but detested his education’s Western curriculum. ![]()
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