Tha Truth is a conscious/political hip hop artist, poet, and “rap-tivist” known around the Philadelphia area for battling imperialism, inequality, corruption, and discrimination.
He has performed in countless venues at concerts, colleges, demonstrations, conferences, and benefits. Among these appearances Tha Truth performed at “The People’s March for Peace and Justice” in 2007 in Newark, NJ where he shared the stage with Amy Goodman of “Democracy Now!” and Congressman Jon Conyers (one of the initators of HR 676/the Universal Health Care bill). He was also featured as a special guest performer along with M-1 of Dead Prez at the 2008 People's Peace Conference at Rutgers University Law School in Newark, NJ.
Tha Truth has performed at the ISO Conference at Columbia University in New York City, the Iraq Veterans Against The War (IVAW) benefit concert in Philadelphia, and the Worker's World National Convention in New York twice. Additionally, Tha Truth performed in the "Drop Beats Not Bombs" concert at Rutgers University in New Jersey, the Veterans for Peace National Conference at the University of Maryland, and the 2009 Green Party National Conference at North Carolina Central University.
In other appearances, Tha Truth spoke twice at Rowan University, He performed at The University of Pennsylvania, and he was also one of the artists who took part in the “Rock the Rulers” concert outside the Capitol Building in Washington, DC during the Troops Out Now Encampment of 2007. On the day before the 2008 Election, Temple University's radio station in Philadelphia interviewed Tha Truth and asked him to speak to the students about the issues. Tha Truth's song "U.S. Drug War," was included on the official American Drug War Movie Mixtape CD release.
Environmental benefit events Tha Truth has been featured in include concerts at Pennsylvania’s Cedar Brook Middle School Earth Day Festival, “Arts in The Park” in Elkins Park, PA, and The Brown Bear Music Festival to expose pollution in the Monoshone Creek in Philadelphia.
Tha Truth put out his debut CD “Tha Civil Rights Movement” in 2006. His second CD “Tha Civil Rights Movement Part II” was released in 2007 and is encased in a new form of packaging known as an eco-wallet. The eco-wallets are made of 100% recycled paper with 0% plastic. These CD cases still have a spine (side), and look similar to other cases, but the CD is held in place by paper instead of plastic.
On this project Tha Truth continues in his mission to enlighten the public about important social issues through his music. Unlike his first album, there aren’t many lyrics about his personal life. This time around it is obvious that he has evolved with time, done a lot more research, sought more knowledge since his first CD, and is eager to get it all out there. All around, it is obvious that this effort is much stronger than his debut release. The flow is tighter, the lyrics are more urgent, compelling, and complex, and the production is also notably improved.
Tha Truth’s lyrics on Tha Civil Rights Movement Part II address poverty, global warming, inequality, universal healthcare, Fox News bias, independent media, the CIA, Co-Intel-Pro, LGBT rights, right wing hypocrisy, distribution of resources, and the crimes of the Bush administration. Other themes of the album include the story of The Camden 28, and combating conformity, materialism, and sexism. Between songs there are some thought provoking skits by activists like Larry Hamm and Pam Africa (of Philadelphia’s The MOVE Organization).
In a time where the most well known musicians drone on apathetically about trivial, stereotypical, and unoriginal subject matter, Tha Truth represents a breath of fresh air; he is an artist in every sense of the word. Utilizing originality, creativity, and a desire to use his talent to move the world in a better direction, Tha Truth is a rapper/social critic one ignores at their own risk.
For more information on Tha Truth visit www.thatruthmusic.com (link on this page) and check out his other CD releases (links on this page).
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