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Inuit grandmas make rap debut

For two Inuit grandmas, rap was always for the younger generations until it wasn’t.

Photo courtesy of Ming Wu / Asinabka FestivalIvalu saw the same post and ignored it too: “Inuit elders don’t do rap,” she said to herself. Grandmothers are always trying to teach the younger generations, but along the way learn from the youth as well, McLister said, pointing to the rap songs and video she watched to prep for Tagvauvugut. Photo submitted Tagvauvugut was produced by Obeatz with lyrics co-written by Pitsulala Lyta and direction by Zoey Roy, a Cree-Dene Michif spoken word poet and hip-hop artist in her own right.

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