{"id":184166,"date":"2025-06-14T16:18:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T16:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/184166\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T16:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T16:18:14","slug":"rappers-track-celebrates-the-black-kings-and-queens-in-bristol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/184166\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper&#8217;s track celebrates the black kings &#8211; and queens &#8211; in Bristol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s quite a buzz about Rising Son&#8217;s new song<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1_TCBR090625RisingSonBRI.jpg\" alt=\"Bristol rapper and hip-hop artist Rising Son - aka Shellers Oliviere\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Bristol rapper and hip-hop artist Rising Son &#8211; aka Shellers Oliviere(Image: Rising Son)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A rapper has turned the world of grime and hip-hop on its head in the city after releasing a new track celebrating black excellence in Bristol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The song, called \u2018Kings In My City\u2019 by Bristol-based artist Rising Son, was previewed at the end of May and is already causing quite a stir in Bristol, with repeated plays on Ujima Radio and on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/bbc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> Radio Bristol too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Rising Son, aka Shellers Oliviere, initially teased the track on social media by announcing he\u2019d recorded a song which includes the names of 37 people in Bristol &#8211; prompting an early buzz that it was going to be a song criticising other rappers and people on the Bristol music scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">But, after days of anticipation, when the song was finally premiered on Ujima, it turned out to be the exact opposite, with the song name-checking 37 people and organisations that Shellers said should be celebrated in the black community in Bristol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cI wrote &#8216;Kings in my City&#8217; because we needed it,\u201d he said. \u201cI wanted to publicly show love, as a black man, to other black men who I see working hard at what they do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;It\u2019s really not hard to do that, to be nice about people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cSome of those I mentioned are people I know with independent businesses who I really respect, most of the people I mentioned are pioneers of the city, and built the platform that everybody stands on today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I dedicate the song to the whole city.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1_TCR_BRI020424WordlifeBRI_02JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Krazy and Rising Son (right), from Wordlife Records, talking about their discovery of a fake AI diss track about them\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Krazy and Rising Son (right), from Wordlife Records.(Image: Wordlife Records)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cIt&#8217;s a song celebrating black excellence in Bristol, several local black-owned businesses, charities, the two main community centres, some of the legends past, present, and future generations, and with a special shout to some of the amazing Queens of the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cI felt like we as a community need to do more to encourage positivity and unity, and as an artist this is me doing my bit,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Among those name-checked are film-maker Michael Jenkins, graphic artist Ki Usherwood, award-winning restaurateur Ashley Burrows, Street to Boardroom founder Clayton Planter, radio legend Kevin Philemon and music stars Roni Size and Tricky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Former Mayor of Bristol <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/marvin-rees\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Marvin Rees<\/a> gets a mention, along with his former deputy Asher Craig, former Lord Mayor Cleo Lake and current Lord Lieutenant Peaches Golding, along with TV star Maya Jama.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A video for the song is currently in the pipeline with hopes that as many of those mentioned will appear in person as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s quite a buzz about Rising Son&#8217;s new songBristol rapper and hip-hop artist Rising Son &#8211; 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