04-03-2015 22:00 via thestranger.com

You Need to Hear Seattle-Based Somali Rappers Malitia MaliMob's New Album. Umm, it's Called ISIS.

Malitia MaliMob don’t sympathize with those statue-smashing dickheads.
A lot of people of my generation first heard of Somalia in the early 1990s, during its civil war. What I didn't know was that Somalia is also known as the Nation of Poets, where being slick with words and nice with language is an honored tradition, intrinsic to the people. Skilled poets hold prestigious roles within the culture, from the royal family on down...
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