Category: pumba

+ «Ghettoparasitt», «Hvor jeg kommer fra», Hkeem, holberg laureate, John Ertzgaard, norway, paul gilroy, pumba

Norwegian Identity and Nationality in Pumba’s «Hvor jeg kommer fra»

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Speaking about his research, Holberg Laureate Paul Gilroy told the committee, “I am particularly engaged by the fate of people who have not themselves migrated, and who by virtue of being born in Europe, have had to pursue varieties of recognition and citizenship from which they have been excluded on the grounds that they are supposed to belong somewhere else.” Norwegian hip hop artists … Read More Norwegian Identity and Nationality in Pumba’s «Hvor jeg kommer fra»

+ Achille Mbembe, bergen, Norway, fulbright, fulbright award, hip hop, Hkeem, karpe, karpe diem, norway, pumba, toni morrison

What’s Next? Norwegian Hip Hop

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In my previous post, I wrote about the Norway and Slavery research group that I started with a couple of colleagues at the University of Bergen. Today, I want to dig a little more into what I plan to do with my work on Norwegian hip hop, specifically Karpe’s work. Over the past few months, I have written multiple posts on artists such as … Read More What’s Next? Norwegian Hip Hop

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+ «Hvit menn som push 50», «Hvite menn som pusher 50», «Hvor jeg kommer fra», chirag, hip hop, karpe, karpe diem, magdi, norway, pumba, rap

Tensions in Karpe’s «Hvite menn som pusher 50»

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Last post, I dove into the refrain of Karpe’s «Hvite menn som pusher 50» (“White men pushing 50”), specifically looking at the ways that the “Heisann Montebello” operates within the song and across the album. Today, I want to continue my discussion of «Hvite menn som pusher 50» by looking at the verses and parts of the video and live performance that I mentioned … Read More Tensions in Karpe’s «Hvite menn som pusher 50»

+ Øyvind Holen, «Hvit menn som push 50», «Hvor jeg kommer fra», «Lett å være rebell i kjellerleiligheten din», «Vestkantsvartinga», chirag, heisann montebello, hip hop, karpe, karpe diem, magdi, norway, pumba, rap

Language and “Heisann Montebello” in Karpe’s «Hvite menn som pusher 50»

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Over the past few posts, I have been looking at songs on Karpe Diem’s Heisann Montebello. Today, I want to continue that discussion by looking at «Hvite menn som pusher 50» (“White men pushing 50”). This is the second song on the album, following «Au pair», a song that sets up the ways that the album will interrogate whiteness, white privilege, and wealth. This … Read More Language and “Heisann Montebello” in Karpe’s «Hvite menn som pusher 50»

+ «Hvor jeg kommer fra», benjamin hermansen, bergen, Norway, Cecelia Cutlre, hip hop, norway, pumba, rap, rune bergelund steen, Unn Røyneland

Identity and Nationality in Pumba’s «Hvor jeg kommer fra»

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When I started digging into Norwegian hip hop, I came across Pumba pretty quickly and the video for his song «Hvor jeg kommer fra» (“Where I come from”). Released in 2008, «Hvor jeg kommer fra» came seven years after the racist murder of Benjamin Hermansen, a Ghanian-Norwegian fifteen year-old, in Holmlia in Oslo. Pumba (Richard Edward Bravo) was born in Norway and is of … Read More Identity and Nationality in Pumba’s «Hvor jeg kommer fra»

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