Chicago-based rapper, singer and producer Semiratruth stops by the studio to discuss the meanings behind a few tracks on their most recent project I Got Bandz For the Moonlandin', how New York has helped shape their sound, the shortcomings of streaming services and more.
Follow Semira on Instagram and Twitter: @semiratruth
NEW PLAYLIST additions courtesy of Reina Danzy of From Chicago to the World
Get 'Em High - Ye, Common, Talib Kweli
Steamer - Brian Fresco, Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa, KAMI, Towkio
AIN'T GON' STOP ME - reggie, Monte Booker, Kenny Beats
I Don't Want to Lose You - Phyllis Hyman
MY GAWD! - Semiratruth
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