Snotty Nose Rez Kids on hip hop and Indigenous protest

EPISODE 246

Merging hip hop and Indigenous culture, rap duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids are creating a sound that goes hard for a cause. On tracks like “War Club” with DJ Shub, Yung Trybez and Young D connect Indigenous protests to the Black Lives Matter movement, and on “Boujee Natives,” Snotty Nose Rez Kids celebrate traditional culture through a modern lens. But as much as this music has a message, it also bangs. SNRK’s new album After Life runs the gamut of emotions: tackling police brutality on “Red Sky at Night,” and celebrating their community on “Wild Boy.”

Their first tour since COVID brought them to Los Angeles, where Nate talked to the band repping the Haisla Nation about pipeline protests, reclaiming the term “savage,” and how the hell the Disney movie Pocahontas ever got greenlit.

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Check out a playlist of our favorite SNRK tracks

SONGS DISCUSSED

Snotty Nose Rez Kids - Red Sky At Night, War Club, Creator Made An Animal, Sink or Swim, Boujee Natives, Wild Boy, Northern Lights, Something Else

Megan Thee Stallion - Savage

Jay Z and Kanye West - Otis

Kendrick Lamar - Alright