{"id":96779,"date":"2022-01-14T15:03:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T14:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=96779"},"modified":"2022-01-14T15:03:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T14:03:21","slug":"yugen-blakrok-pedestal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/yugen-blakrok-pedestal\/","title":{"rendered":"Yugen Blakrok returns for her \u201cPedestal\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The South African rapper brings her misty, hypnotic and powerful style up to date in a new video. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In her first new single in two years, Yugen Blakrok<\/a> breaks the limits of her mind to explore her own dimension, in a fascinating \u201cquest of the self<\/em>\u201d. Here are a few words the rapper shared about her new powerful track: \u201cConcepts. Idols. Civilizations. We build and we destroy. \u2018Pedestal\u2019 is about building oneself and breaking the mould. Growing, expanding and still remaining true to the spark. The pedestal is a physical framework for the senses. Civilization after civilization, it carries the weight of great symbols and the foundation of cultural and social edifices.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing up in the Eastern Cape and influenced by the political, militant and spiritual aspects of hip-hop, Yugen has been on the South African (and global) rap scene for over a decade. Her music, firmly rooted in the mind-set of the lyrical 90\u2019s, has been gaining considerable recognition notably through her two albums Return of the Astro-Goth <\/em>(2013) and Anima Mysterium <\/em>(2019). In between European shows, a COLORS Studios performance<\/a> and recording sessions in France, she found the time to collaborate with Kendrick Lamar in 2018 for the Black Panther<\/em> soundtrack. \u201cPedestal\u201d should be her \u201cfinal message before retreating back into the mist to write her next album<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to “Pedestal” in our Pan African Rap playlist on Spotify<\/a> and Deezer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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