Interview Kareem Burrell
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BY MUNCHY - PHOTOS BY EL PURU
Your father, the late great Philip ‚Fatis‘ Burrell passed away last year December 3. How did you experience that day and how did the news reach you? For the most part during my father‘s illness I was there, so I was in correspondence with the doctors and it actually came straight to me and his wife at that time, immediately. It was a sad day, unbearable. I never expected such a thing at that time, even though he was ill. He just came back from Zimbabwe and everything was alright. But what is to be... The Most High‘s talkings and doings are not to be questioned. How would you describe the relationship between you and your father? I can‘t even find words for that, but he was a dear, dear person to me. He was more than a father to me, he was a friend. He was even like a king. A great producer, a man with a lot of ideas and thoughts, thinking of others before himself. When it comes to certain moral things, he is a real pillar in my life and left his footprints and thoughts. I cannot really compare anything to that right now. It was a quintessential relationship, very pure, and nothing will ever break that, not even death.
Would you say that there was a difference between him as a father, a family man and him being this great producer? No, he was just my father and he was a man, that was bad in the music... but he never showed his fame. You never saw him collect an award yet, you never could see him taking a picture or even giving an interview. The man never dealt with those type of things, such as fame. He would rather be just a normal man. Really and truly he is a great, great producer but he always overlooked that, as if it was nothing. As he would say, the Most High uses him to transport and commit certain works, doing the works of the Most High. So, you‘re going to carry on this legacy of your father with your project XTM.Nation? Definitely! XTM.Nation is a continuation of Xterminator with the same roots and message, that we have to uplift the people in these cold and harsh times. The people don‘t even know, what to look to and what to look up to. We just stand for what the General has left before and carry that on. It is a honor to me to do that still and it‘s also a great responsibility.