THE LOST AND FOUND

A few months ago, when I invited a random graffiti writer from San Francisco to sleep on my floor, it took a few days before I realized he was the tour manager for, none other than, Del tha Funkee Homosapien. The result, besides me accidentally messing up his external harddrive (sorry, bro!), was this interview:

- J. Beso

By Douglas Haddow: (Originally published by The Aesthetic Poetic - Slight modifications by J. Beso in this version.)

“Next to Arctic crab fishing, Hip-Hop is probably the most difficult industry to stay afloat in. All the cutthroat competition, government pressure, fickle consumers, corporate greed and street-level violence make it easy for successful rappers to easily drop into obscurity. Not many artists are able to last longer than a decade, but bay-area lyricism magnate Del tha Funkee Homosapien has managed to stay in the game for 16 years now, a feat that has seen him outlast numerous pop fads from grunge to grime and everything in between. I hooked up with him prior to his show at Richards on Richards and we spent an hour chatting it up and smoking Beedis in his hotel room.”

- with photos by Jordan Todd

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