Hip Hop Pops is a series of interviews profiling dads who’ve carved out careers in Hip Hop while raising a family.

Ed OG, in nineteenth hundred and ninety-first year of our Lord, said it best:

Some people wrongly assume the spirt and posture of hip hop is antithetical to the spirt and posture of fatherhood.  This series will prove that assumption wick, wick, wack.

First on the mic is  Humble Beast recording artist and San Gabriel Valley’s very own, Propaganda. He’s kicked rhymes from Cameroon to Cameron Park, and has helped pack out venues all across the country. His firebrand delivery and lyrical dexterity has proven him to be one of the dopest spitting out of the west coast.

Today, we’re chopping it up about our favorite hood, father hood.

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Tell us about your daughter.

Luna’s 9, high energy and loves to laugh.  And she’s never, I repeat, NEVER at a loss of words. She’s passionate, affectionate and admires her mom.  She’s a music lover. If I were to predict, she will live out of a suitcase touring the world.

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What makes your relationship special?
We share a love for the arts. I’m her ‘step-dad’ but we don’t use that type of language in our home. We say ‘birth dad’ and ‘home dad.’ But there was a time when she called me her real dad and her birth dad step dad because it just made more sense to her like that.
What’s your favorite thing to do together?
We love to make-up songs.
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What has she taught you?
She taught me to slow down. I have a way of not letting people finish their thought because “I know” what they are trying to say. She taught me that people need to know they are being heard.
What does she think about your hip hop career?
She doesn’t really know anything different.   But when I showed up on Pandora, it hit her that her Daddy was for real a professional artist.  She definitely enjoys the benefits and unique opportunities she gets. But my traveling is a little tuff for her.
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Is there a song or verse on a song where you mention her?
Who would you say “fathered” your rap style?
Foundation Funkollective, Project Blowed and Native Tongues.

Who is your favorite TV dad?

This one is tough…maybe Hank Hill from King of the Hill. I think he’s the most dynamic in the sense that he learns and also stands his ground. He’s just doing his best to lead his family while maintaining his identity. Plus he’s funny.
Big Daddy Kane or Ol Dirty Bastard?
Kane for bars and moxie and ODB for confidence.
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ODB purportedly has a fatherless style.

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