‘MOsley WOtta’ Transcends Boundaries Of Music, Poetry And ArtPosted in Articles, Arts, Audio, Media Archive, United States on 2012-01-25 17:03Z by Steven |
‘MOsley WOtta’ Transcends Boundaries Of Music, Poetry And Art
OPB News
Oregon Public Broadcasting
2011-12-30
David Nogueras, Central Oregon Correspondent
Bend, Oregon
Note from Steven F. Riley: I will be the co-host on the February 22, 2012 podcast of Mixed Chicks Chat with featured guest Jason Graham.
It’s been a good year for Bend’s MOsley WOtta. The hip-hop group played shows around the state, opening for acts such as Ice Cube and Tricky. The band plans to close out this year with a New Year’s Eve show in Bend. That’s where the band will unveil its third official release, titled Amalgum X. Bend isn’t typically thought of for it’s hip hop scene. But MOsley WOtta isn’t your typical hip hop group.
“No matter where you come from, what era you come from, there is some kind of music inside of hip hop that will grab you,” says Bend artist MOsley WOtta.
“Light skin, blue blood, gentlemen and ladies, girls and boys, this is that love, pain, grow, if you are living and breathing right now. You know exactly what I’m talking about.” MOsley WOtta is the alter ego of 28 year old Jason Graham. It’s also the band that Graham fronts…
…“I think he’s a classic artist, a classic creative brain. You might meet artists and creative people who are introverted or socially awkward. This is not that case,” says Salmon. Up on stage, Jason Graham is in his comfort zone. But growing up biracial in the 1980 he says he’s always kind of felt as if he lived between worlds. He was born in what he describes as a somewhat rough neighborhood in Chicago and moved to Bend at age 9. These days he’s tough to miss. He’s tall, lanky and exudes energy. Graham says sometimes people don’t quite know what to make of him.
“Maybe people come up and they’re like so are you Mexican? Are you Filipino? Indian right? That is just like with the music, I do see a total correlation there. Between it’s like well it’s not exactly one thing. And it never will be one thing, cause I’m not one thing,” says Graham…
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