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By Kyle Eustice, High Times Magazine REVOLUTIONARY BAY AREA HIP-HOP LEGEND PARIS TALKS JOE BIDEN, THE LACK OF POLITICALLY-CHARGED RAP IN...
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- Jul 27, 2020
Paris - Pistol Politics
By Tairrie B and Brett Callwood, LA Weekly I have many favorite albums, all of which I consider essential eclectic listening pleasures....
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- Jul 7, 2016
How the Democratic Party Takes Black Voters for Granted
By Paris, Vice Op-Ed The party needs minority voters to win national elections. But the solutions they're offering are nowhere near...
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- Jun 23, 2016
Guns and the Big Business of Carnage
By Paris, Vice Op-Ed Who benefits from the endless cycles of sadness, anger, and partisanship that follow mass shootings in America?...
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- Jan 12, 2016
Bay Area rapper Paris maintains firebrand approach to Hip-Hop
By Jim Harrington, The East Bay Times Just because he’s 48 years old and long-settled in the tony community of Danville doesn’t mean...
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- Jan 7, 2016
Paris’ Top 5 “The Cipher” Q&A Gems
By Shawn Setaro, sohh.com Paris [The legendary rapper, producer, and songwriter Paris recently sat down with hip-hop personality and...
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- Jan 2, 2016
Amoeblog Interview with Longtime Bay Area Revolutionary Hip-Hop Artist Paris
By Billy Jam, Amoeba Music Longtime Bay Area hip-hop artist Paris, who headlines Slim's tonight (1/2) on a bill with Equipto and...
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- Dec 16, 2015
The 50 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2015
By D.W., SPIN Staff, SPIN Magazine 45. Paris Pistol Politics To Pimp a Butterfly was praised for avoiding the heavy-handed trappings of...
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- Nov 18, 2015
Why Hip-Hop Hates a Comeback | OZY
By Keith Murphy, ozy.com Keith “Murph” Murphy spars with brazen hip-hop moguls, Hollywood rebels, revered thespians, redemption-seeking...
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- Nov 16, 2015
Paris – “Hard Truth Soldier”
By Scooby Wilson, Allhiphop.com Bay Area revolutionary hip-hop firebrand Paris returns with the third single and video from his new...
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- Nov 13, 2015
Songs We Love: Paris, 'Lethal Warning Shot'
By Kris Ex, Npr.org "Stop acting like the Black movement is past tense" Paris snarls on "Lethal Warning Shot," the opening number from...
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- Oct 21, 2015
Paris Talks 'Pistol Politics' Album, Gun Control, Artists Chasing Trends, & More
By HipHopRevival.com Paris is a Hip Hop artist from the Bay Area that was first noticed in the hip-hop scene in 1990 with his hit single...
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- Oct 21, 2015
Paris - Pistol Politics
By Dana Scott, HipHopDX Paris has fought for both his music and people near the poverty line for the entirety of his twenty-five-year...
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- Oct 20, 2015
Paris - Pistol Politics
By Matt Jost, Rapreviews.com Just perhaps there is a pattern to Paris’ discography. “The Devil Made Me Do It” (’89/’90) positioned him as...
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- Oct 8, 2015
Paris Brings Some Much-Needed Realism on 'Pistol Politics' - XXL
By Brian McManus, XXL On the perpetual heels of yet another mass shooting in America, no song out right now sounds as prescient as Paris’...
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- Oct 1, 2015
Paris – Pistol Politics
By Matthew Alley, Blackgrooves.org Pistol Politics, the newest release from Paris, continues the San Francisco Bay rapper’s...
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- Sep 25, 2015
Paris - Pistol Politics - A-
The Bush Killa switched from rapper to stockbroker circa Y2K, made a modest fortune, then returned to music self-financed and angrier...
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- Sep 24, 2015
Paris Says “Buck, Buck, Pass” Isn't Intended To Change People's Minds
By HipHopDX Paris’ music has always reflected street struggle and the social divide in America. Recently sitting down with HipHopDX News...
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- Sep 11, 2015
Bay Area's Paris Unveils the Politically Charged Visual for "Buck, Buck, Pass"
By Rocko Rathon, The Source Bay Area native Paris finally unveiled his brand new album “Pistol Politics” which is currently available for...
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- Sep 10, 2015
Bay Area rapper Paris releases Pistol Politics
By The People’s Minister of Information JR, SFBayview.com One of the fathers of political Hip Hop on the West Coast is still at ‘em and...