By Mustafa Abubaker
Kenny Mason, 28, was born the year Parisian writer, editor, and director Mathieu Kassovitz released his film La Haine. Nothing has changed since 1995 in regards to how people of color are treated by the police. The kid from Atlanta shows us he’s hip to the film and the sad truth the film expresses in his new music video for his 3:10 track “Facts”. The verses are rapped, the chorus is sung, but the chills that make someone feel something deep in their soul arrive at 2:25. It’s over at 2:33 but it does something positive and constructive for the overall song and video. There go those classic rock influences again, seeping into Kenny Mason’s music like syrup into pancakes. The kid’s already signed to RCA, too. I swear they’re sleeping on Kenny Mason. How can we real heads look at ourselves in the mirror the same if we let someone with this much good taste for rock’n’roll and hip-hop in good faith pass us by like Pharcyde without collecting a few Grammys, sold out world tours, and platinum plaques? Teezo Touchdown, if you’re reading this, pick up that phone and make that call. Pay it forward…
Kenny Mason is the now.
ROUNDHOUSE MUSIC 