Op-Ed: Rap Needs Artists Like Blakk North Right Now

By Amara Okoye — community organizer turned columnist

Too many songs dodge the hard conversations. Blakk North runs toward them. “REAL ‘STUPID!’” presses on gun violence and clout-chasing with the kind of plain-spoken urgency community leaders beg for but rarely get on a beat. The Instagram editorial blurbs about the track match how it lands in neighborhoods like mine: it’s a mirror and a warning. Instagram+1

Look at the pattern: message singles lined up across 2024, the independent engine purring, and CityWorld’s Street Noise magazine literally headlining him “Midwest Music Rising.” That matters. It’s local credibility scaling to national reach, and it’s proof that grassroots + craft still moves culture. Apple Music - Web PlayerCityworld