Center Stage: An Abandoned Albums Podcast Episode 808 - Do not go gentle into that good night - the story of X-RAIDED.
There are prisoners and then there are people who find themselves in prison.
X-Raided is an artist who falls into the latter category.
X-Raided was released after serving 26 years. And in the ultimate irony, he completed his sentence months before the world went into its own kind of prison - the COVID lockdown. Undeterred, he remained laser-focused on his career as an artist, using his platform to advocate for criminal justice reform, and his continued evolution as a man, mentoring younger people. His resilience and continued relevance in the rap industry make X-Raided an intriguing and influential figure in hip-hop history.
To listen to his catalog is to bear witness to growth. The line from a song like “Who’s the Ho” to “The Sunken Place,” much like life itself - in the joint or not - is not a straight one.
X-Raided’s artistic catalog is a document to the growth of the man and the artist.
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