{"id":46820,"date":"2020-12-17T23:53:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T07:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=46820"},"modified":"2021-02-20T21:17:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T05:17:06","slug":"qa-with-sf-hip-hop-group-trupeople-do-you-keep-it-tru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/qa-with-sf-hip-hop-group-trupeople-do-you-keep-it-tru\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A with SF hip-hop group TRUpeople: Do you keep it TRU?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>As we continue to shelter in place in an attempt to defeat COVID-19, this year\u2019s 39th Encuentro del Canto Popular will be celebrated virtually on Dec. 27. The opening act for this year\u2019s Encuentro will feature the San Francisco-based urban conscious hip-hop group, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/trupeople\"><em>TRUpeople<\/em><\/a><em>. El Tecolote sat down for a virtual interview with TRUpeople\u2019s three lyricists\u2014KE The Spirit, SoulyNes and RAF\u2014and the group\u2019s producer, Merk.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How did you all meet and tell us about the name TRUpeople?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#b1281c\" class=\"has-inline-color\">KE The Spirit:<\/span><\/strong> Basically, I\u2019ve known RAF and Mauricio (Merk) since elementary school. I actually found out that RAF rapped and that Mauricio made the beat. So I started rapping with RAF. This was over 10 years ago. We were just making music to play around and see what it sounded like. Me and Merk kept rapping and years later we got in touch again and started making music with RAF. RAF kinda fell out and did his own thing. And me and Merk continued to make music together and then Nes came through. And he spit fire. It was easy to get him on and we sounded so good together, we just kept it going.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#b1281c\" class=\"has-inline-color\">SoulyNes:<\/span><\/strong> As far as the name, we wanted something that we could get the handle of on Instagram, something that was available. We went through so many names. And I think I came up with the name out the blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#b1281c\" class=\"has-inline-color\">RAF:<\/span><\/strong> It was also a name that reflected on us too, you know. We didn\u2019t want to think of something random either. It was cool that the domain was available. But it just sounded us, who we are. It\u2019s what we\u2019re about. It\u2019s pretty much what we preached about in our music. It made sense for that name to be us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#b1281c\" class=\"has-inline-color\">SoulyNes:<\/span><\/strong> And the thing about the name, it\u2019s not only us. It\u2019s also people who really like our music and who really identify with our music. They\u2019re TRUpeople as well too. We\u2019re putting this out but we\u2019re receiving energy too.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TRUpeople2_WEB-1.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TRUpeople2_WEB-1.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TRUpeople2_WEB-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TRUpeople2_WEB-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TRUpeople2_WEB-1.jpg?resize=370%2C247&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TRUpeople2_WEB-1.jpg?resize=800%2C533&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TRUpeople2_WEB-1.jpg?resize=20%2C13&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 20w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TRUpeople2_WEB-1.jpg?resize=185%2C123&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 185w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TRUpeople2_WEB-1.jpg?resize=740%2C493&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TRUpeople2_WEB-1.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TRUpeople2_WEB-1.jpg?resize=72%2C48&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 72w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/TRUpeople2_WEB-1.jpg?w=1050&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>(From left) KE The Spirit, SoulyNes, RAF, and producer, Merk (not pictured) are TRUpeople, a San Francisco-based urban conscious rap group, is dedicated to spreading positive vibes through hip-hop. Courtesy: TRUpeople\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You will be opening for this year\u2019s virtual 39th Annual Encuentro del Canto Popular.&nbsp; What I love about your music is that you tell your own stories through hip-hop. Tell us about that?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#b1281c\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Merk:<\/span> <\/strong>A lot of the music I make is sample-based. I don\u2019t know how to play the keyboard, I\u2019ve never been trained in music. But a lot like hip-hop and the origins of hip-hop, it comes out of sampling music. Sampling R&amp;B, soul, is what I started out with. And I think using different drum kits, all of that makes a sound that is different. I\u2019ll leave the lyrics to the lyricists, but I always agree with what they\u2019re rapping about in terms of the content. I couldn\u2019t agree more with everyone\u2019s contribution when they rap on a TRUpeople beat. A lot of the things that they say, I resonate with. Kamani (KE The Spirit) will say a lot of things in a short amount of time. And you have to really listen to it. And like many songs, we can hear them again and again and then sometimes things hit you differently. And that repetition, that positive message it\u2019s relaying hits me and resonates with me differently than if I\u2019m listening to unconscious rap that\u2019s talking about women, money and clothes. That\u2019s not really the type of music we\u2019re doing. And that\u2019s special.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Can you share what songs you\u2019ll perform at the Encuentro?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#b1281c\" class=\"has-inline-color\">KE The Spirit:<\/span><\/strong> They will be definitely songs that are out. We\u2019re picking a lineup that will mesh well. And just something that we want to present as ourselves. But then again that the message is clear when you hear it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#b1281c\" class=\"has-inline-color\">SoulyNes<\/span>:<\/strong> The one song that will be on there is \u201cPeruvian Gods.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tell us about that track?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color:#b1281c\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Merk:<\/strong> <\/span>The beat had been made years ago. I have a bunch of beats that don\u2019t get used. The sample was actually from a nueva conciencia group from Chile. Their type of music comes from the Andes. Because you might be thinking, \u2018Why Peruvian Gods?\u2019 And I just thought the use of the flute, and the strings&#8230;there are these Andean types of sounds in it, that are really authentic to South America. And so I named it Peruvian Gods, just because the Incas are all over South America, but I thought Peru held a certain special spot for the Incas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we continue to shelter in place in an attempt to defeat COVID-19, this year\u2019s 39th Encuentro del Canto Popular will be celebrated virtually on Dec. 27. The opening act for this year\u2019s Encuentro will feature the San Francisco-based urban conscious hip-hop group, TRUpeople. 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