Underground Rap icon & Sacramento native X-Raided & Richmond, Bay Area-based emcee Locksmith unveil their powerful new single CALIFORNIA STATE, via Strange Music

Back with a bold statement, underground rap phenomenon and Sacramento native X-Raided sets his sights on the prison industrial complex with a provocative and powerful new single entitled ‘California State‘ with Locksmith.

The production wraps airy piano around an understated beat. While a steady bassline thumps like a heartbeat, X-Raided and Locksmith hold nothing back as they spit facts in the face of an intrinsically flawed system,

“It’s impossible to grow when the soil wasn’t fertilized and every form of media encouraged you to murder guys”.

It culminates with a climactic declaration in the tradition of incarceration anthems, “New Folsom Prison Blues, no Johnny Cash.” The prison industrial complex disproportionately affects minority families and Hip Hop culture, so X-Raided has spoken up!

About the song, he said, “The population is difficult to empathize with so it’s a challenging industry to reform. Lady Justice may wear a blindfold but she peeks”.

It lands in the wake of X-Raided’s ‘It’s Up‘ featuring Ras Kass and KXNG Crooked. The track has begun to gain steam at DSPs in addition to earning acclaim.

V13 raved, “‘It’s Up’ will surely be a contender for rap song of the year,” and Rock The Bells promised, “These three West Coast stalwarts deliver heat”.

Global Grind also showcased it on ‘This Week’s New Music Roundup’.

‘It’s Up’ followed X-Raided’s ‘No Conversations‘ featuring Ellis Prescott. From the jump, ‘No Conversations’ garnered looks from I’m Music Magazine and Global Grind. Prior, the fan-favorite ‘The Sunken Place’ racked up over 118K YouTube views on its music video. The song attracted plugs from Music Existence, Underground Hip Hop Blog, and Hip Hop Over Everything, among others.

Stay tuned for more from X-Raided.

X-Raided x Locksmith – California State via iTunes/Spotify

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