MC RedCloud Freestyled for 18 Hours, Smashed a World Record, And Donated the Money to MMIW

The one and only MC RedCloud blasted through 18 hours straight of freestyle rapping—all to benefit and raise awareness about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

At the Indigenous Angels II benefit show on November 29th, after months of preparation and training, Huichol MC RedCloud threw down the hip-hop gauntlet on every MC who's ever gone before him and proceeded to freestyle rap for eighteen consecutive hours.

More than an hour past the current Guiness World Record of 17 hours straight.

And as if that weren't already more than enough, as Indian Country Today reported:

When he reached the 17 hour mark, RedCloud rhymed the names of every indigenous or missing woman. He also rapped those of the 43 students recently murdered by a drug gang in Mexican state of Guerrero—which lies just a couple hours down Mexico's west coast from the region that is home to his Huichol people.

That's right. In the final hour of his world record attempt—after rapping for 17 hours straight—RedCloud worked the names of more than a thousand missing and murdered Indigenous women and the murdered students of Ayotzinapa into his final hour of rhyming. Then he donated funds raised from the show to “Stolen Sisters” to support volunteer work and organizing for MMIW.

Now that's how you break a world record.

Actually that's exactly what one does. When that one is the mighty RedCloud.

Salute.

RPM YouTube Playlist - Native Hip-Hop

As always, accompanying our RPM Podcast #007 is a YouTube playlist from our channel. This week we bring to you some Indigenous hip-hop music videos. Boom.

Red Cloud featuring Pigeon John - Tapatio Lakota Jonez - Movin' On (LIVE) Hellnback - Keep It Movin' Mils & Eekwol featuring Luckyiam - The Gauntlet Samian featuring Florent Vollant - Tshinanu War Party - All For One Conway K - The Flow Joey Stylez - Living Proof

Got some music videos you're digging these days? Comment below and let us know...or hit us up at: info@rpm.fm 

1491 Nation Presents: MC RedCloud

Huichol Hiphop legend RedCloud comes at us with his new album release just in time for summer - "1491 Nation Presents: MC RedCloud".

MC RedCloud and the 1491 Nation bring a great release for the summer including 18 tracks, some funny skits, bangin' beats and Redcloud's usual deadly rap flow. Best of all, this release is FREE for download, but we recommend you purchase the entire CD - you name the price! - and support the MC Redcloud and 1491 Nation movement.

A legend in the game in his own right, RedCloud has been representing Indigenous Hip-hop for the last decade out of Hawthorne, California. His freestyle skills carry with it a reputation of high-energy, mind-boggling skill and style that has rocked crowds all over Turtle Island. It's one thing to freestyle in front of people and be OK at it...but to dominate with crowd suggestions and rhythmic flow and style is what separates RedCloud from the rest.

Now he lays a beating to your speakers with this new summer release fully laced with real Hip-hop style and sounds. A mix-tape style album, he uses some amazing sounds and rap styles we haven't heard since the golden-era of the early to mid-nineties but updated to a new bump of west coast rap grooves and RedCloud's unmistakable flow and voice.

It's amazing to hear one of our own bring an amazing level of rap skill and musical talent into the Hip-hop game. This album definitely raises the bar and benchmark to another level.

This release is sure to get some plays in your ride, BBQs, 49ers and wherever else you have a great sound system.

To listen to, download and purchase the new MC RedCloud album go to mcredcloud.bandcamp.com.

L.A. Skins Music Festival: July 15th, 2011

The 2011 L.A. Skins Music Fest hits the City of Lost Angeles this weekend bringing Indigenous music talent to the world-renowned Autry Center, July 15th, 2011.

Los Angeles, California holds the largest urban population of Indigenous Native Americans in the United States. With over 250,000 Natives in the city, you can be sure the talent pool of musicians holds some true stage power within it.

On July 15th, the 2011 L.A. Skins Music Fest will bring to the Autry Center an amazing collective of Indigenous music talent. This is the fifth year that the L.A. Skins Fest has showcased Indigenous music to the people of Los Angeles.

The show includes acts such as Ainjel Emme, a pop, folk and soul singer, RedCloud a widely renowned Huichol rap artist known for his deadly freestyle skills and his Cree DJ Crystle Lightning, Dey & Nite the identical twin Spanish-Arapaho R&B duo from New Mexico, and Quese IMC the East L.A. underground legend from Pawnee/Seminole heritage out of Oklahoma.

The 2011 L.A. Skins Fest will be an amazing venue for Indigenous artists to showcase their talents and has also received recognition and support from large entities such as SONY and the American Composers Forum and is sponsored by CBS, NBC/Universal and Paramount Pictures.

The L.A. Skins Music Fest starts at 7pm on July 15th at the Autry Center in Los Angeles, California.

This will be a great show, so if you're in the Los Angeles area be sure to check it out!

For more information, check out the L.A. Skins Music Fest website.

Also check out this great promotional video for the festival.

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DOWNLOAD: Heath McNease ft. RedCloud - "Chopstlevania"

Holy fast-flowing wordplay and quick-changing cadence madness from two dynamic hip-hop artists Heath McNease and famed Huichol MC RedCloud. This track is straight fire. We love the 8-bit videogame, boom-bap in the background but it's the rapidfire flows of the rappers who steal the show. Look out for RedCloud's new album dropping in August.

Download: Heath McNEase ft. RedCloud - "Chopstlevania"