{"id":34806,"date":"2020-08-11T11:30:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T15:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=34806"},"modified":"2020-08-11T14:42:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T18:42:56","slug":"playing-cincy-khari-this-is-how-we-feel-act-one-trapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/playing-cincy-khari-this-is-how-we-feel-act-one-trapped\/","title":{"rendered":"Khari Launches This Is How We Feel Series with Reflections on Incarceration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo Credit: Khira Burton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Khari<\/a> begins an introspective journey with his new project, This Is How We Feel: Act 1 (Trapped)<\/em>. Boasting his trademark thought-provoking lyricism, packaged in a silky melodic flow, Act 1 (Trapped)<\/em> is the first vulnerable offering from the trilogy.<\/p>\n

“Making this project was definitely therapeutic for me, but it was probably the hardest material I ever had to make,” he told Audiofemme. “I told myself that I wanted to touch on a deeper layer of Black plight and trauma that is prevalent in my music. For me, that layer was the feelings and the mental aspect that doesn\u2019t often get talked about when it comes to experiencing racism, police brutality<\/a>, drugs and gun violence.”<\/p>\n

The Cincinnati-bred MC<\/a> describes his This Is How We Feel<\/em> series as mirroring “the steps of a person going through the prison system.”<\/p>\n

“The first act is Trapped<\/em> because when you first are incarcerated, you are literally trapped in your cell,” he explained. “Throughout this first act,<\/em> I talk about different ways we may be trapped by society and our own personal struggles. I sometimes feel trapped by my thoughts, societal pressures, expressing my love and the longing for financial gain. I even feel trapped by the pursuit of my rap career, and these are all things I touch on in this first act.”<\/p>\n