Support our efforts, sign up to a full membership!
(Start for free)
Register or login with just your e-mail address
RnB 02/02/2021

Raer One Is East LA's 2021 Hip-Hop Artist On The Rise

Hot Songs Around The World

Strangers
Kenya Grace
442 entries in 24 charts
Lovin On Me
Jack Harlow
293 entries in 22 charts
Popular
Weeknd, Playboi Carti & Madonna
266 entries in 18 charts
Lose Control
Teddy Swims
316 entries in 25 charts
Beautiful Things
Benson Boone
159 entries in 24 charts
Water
Tyla
306 entries in 20 charts
Stick Season
Noah Kahan
313 entries in 19 charts
Houdini
Dua Lipa
285 entries in 26 charts
Unwritten
Natasha Bedingfield
291 entries in 22 charts
Si No Estas
Inigo Quintero
283 entries in 17 charts
Greedy
Tate McRae
621 entries in 28 charts
Cruel Summer
Taylor Swift
572 entries in 20 charts
Anti-Hero
Taylor Swift
615 entries in 23 charts
Snooze
SZA
223 entries in 13 charts
Raer One Is East LA's 2021 Hip-Hop Artist On The Rise
New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Raer One is the son of first generation Americans. His Mexican-American family originally migrated to the City of Angels for a better life, and soon found themselves deeply submerged in East Los Angeles sureno culture along with the bitter feuds and politics that come with the territory.

Raer has unfortunately suffered from the negative externalities of this way of life first hand, with the tragic loss of his father in 2003 to gang violence, just months before his 3rd birthday. Though he was only three, Raer was greatly impacted by that day in Boyle Heights and carries the memory of his father in his campaign and exhibition as an artist that is largely centered around unity for the East LA Latino community. Raer still managed to celebrate the rich culture of the neighborhood and tells the stories, both good and bad, that define the lives of so many Angelenos.

In a society where gang violence (especially in LA) is increasingly glorified in popular music, video games, and movies; Raer One offers a rare glimpse at the real life casualties of the real people behind those scenes. Families torn apart like the 3 year old child in 2003 who was left fatherless at the hands of what has today been exposed as a CIA psychological operation, COINTELPRO, targeted towards the black and Mexican communities in Los Angeles. Many today regard the government's actions against the Chicano/Mexicano and Black Power Movements between the 1950s-1970s as crimes against humanity. By that logic, you could also deem people like Raer's father death as being the responsibility of the US government.

This is a subculture that Raer One doesn't shy away from in his music, that has a lot of depth from his upbeat party music to the other side of the spectrum exploring themes of loss, frustration and even societal sentiments that are more relatable to young people in LA than the average rigamarole and cliche talk of jewels, foreign cars and working over as many women as you possibly can.

Living up to his name, Raer clearly has the highest regard for not only his image, but that of all East LA. His great care for his culture is reflected in his work and engagement within the community of East Los Angeles.






Most read news of the week


© 2001-2024
top40-charts.com (S4)
about | site map
contact | privacy
Page gen. in 1.1726651 secs // 4 () queries in 0.67067909240723 secs


live