{"id":9679,"date":"2017-01-09T11:24:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T16:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/?p=9679"},"modified":"2017-01-09T11:24:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T16:24:02","slug":"rappers-hym-and-kalypxo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/posturemag.com\/online\/rappers-hym-and-kalypxo\/","title":{"rendered":"Rappers of the Inland Empire: HYM and Kalypxo"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a Wednesday in August, I woke up early and sat down at my computer just as the sun was creeping in through my window. With a fresh cup of coffee in hand, I wanted to see what was happening in the world. Like many people, I start the day with Facebook \u2014 an unwelcome but un-avoidable addiction. As I was casually scrolling through my feed, a video appeared and automatically began to play the opener for the song “Who Dat,” which consisted of letters against a black background appearing one at a time to form the words \u201cSomewhere in Hollywood.\u201d Intrigued, my eyes glanced up to the description and landed on: \u201cWe take FEMALE and GAY rapper to the next level!\u201d Following this, I learned that the song was a collaboration between HYM<\/a> and Kalypxo<\/a>, two rappers I had admittedly never heard of. I was naturally very curious so I continued watching the video and was impressed by the high-quality production and incredible confidence that resonated from what I soon discovered to be two young ambitious humyns intent on changing the music industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is time for the industry to have openly gay people and more women in the spotlight. I feel like it\u2019s time to understand that \u2018gay rappers\u2019 and \u2018female rappers\u2019 are just rappers. It will take people like us to change this.” – HYM<\/p><\/blockquote>\n