THE PEACE OF MIND

WRITTEN BY KARIM EVANS

FORWARDED BY:

JEROME FITTS

When I started the single; “Peace Of Mine”, there were no intentions of doing a full album. The “Peace Of Mind” single is a blessing because I believe all music is inspired by life experiences. Real music is created by what is happening in a person's life at that time.

I was going through trials and tribulations in my life for some time The lyrics were composed of the energy I had at the time. That was the foundation of the song. The events that were taking place at that time led to the evolution of my peace of mind.

The single is part of my sixth studio album. It has to be said that it was my easiest album to record because of the time in between my last fulllength record, which was seven years It was long overdue but the life experiences in between explain why this record starting with the Peace of Mind single just flowed.

r countries' or various societies' relabelling hip-hop. For example German Hip-Hop or J-Pop in Japan and even Irish and UK Hip-Hop.

With the documentary "Soul Brother" we tried to keep the settings as real as they come The beat and movements that I displayed through the dance are real. I didn't choreograph any of it. It was how we danced during the incarnation of Hip Hop. This is why towards the end of the film, it was important to show where I came from, South Central Los Angeles.

Someone asked me why I think it was important to show the true nature of the origins of Hip-Hop.

When I was in Japan, I told the audience or students that I taught dance that Hip-Hop is American and derives from Black American culture. It was created by people of colour from within America. We call it HipHop and that is what it is. It is a culture and it is one genre.

For the last twenty years, people from different countries have been putting their culture in front of the phrase Hip-Hop They have made it their own. It is not theirs, the genre belongs to us.

It is universal, so you do not have to put a country's name in front of it. There is no need to pronounce another culture in front of Hip-Hop. The major problem is instead of acknowledging true Hip-Hop, they put their cultural moniker in front of the phrase Hip-Hop.

I understand why because of the dialect of Black American English. I get that part. They cannot rhyme the way we can.

It can be looked upon as disrespectful to the Hip-Hop culture but maybe they should study Black American culture first. This is where the genre originates from. You cannot say it is Hip-Hop and you do not know Black American people.

This is from my worldwide touring experience. I have toured all over the world but before going to some of these countries, I would research as much information as I could before I arrived

I wanted to understand what the culture was because I did not want to disrespect anyone’s culture or traditions.

It should be the same with true Hip-Hop culture. Everyone in the world tries to mimic Black American culture. I will say it again, it is universal and people gravitate to it because they like it. Perhaps it gives them an identity that they do not have within their society. For us, it is who we are.

We, meaning the ones who were a part of the creation of the Hip Hop culture also have to be open to sharing our culture. And more importantly the right way.

When it comes to those who call themselves hip-hoppers yet distance themselves from the Black American culture? They are essentially thieves They owe us