Baltimore’s Ill Conscious on 2015’s ‘The Essence,’ Getting the Poor Politically Reengaged

StayUp.News editor-in-chief Roberto E. Alejandro recently sat down with Baltimore Hip-hop artist Ill Conscious (above, in a courtesy photo), whose album, ‘The Essence,’ is available now. In our interview, Ill Conscious discusses the prophetic nature of ‘The Essence,’ how poor people might be convinced to engage more fully in our politics, as well as his upcoming EP, ‘Import/Export.’

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This interview was originally published by OnBckgrnd.com, on Sept. 20, 2016.