#FLASHBACKFRIDAY: Akala - Knowledge Is Power

London Real · Sep 18, 2020 · 1h 55m

When you get the opportunity to sit down for 90 minutes with the English rapper, poet and journalist Akala, you'd better fasten your seatbelt and bring your passport because your destination is unknown. Akala is probably the most well-read and historically-versed person I have met in my entire life.

Whether he's breaking down the evolution of the Wu Tang Clan, discussing the socioeconomic implications of the British public school system, or discussing the history of slavery in Jamaica, he has the facts at his fingertips and constructs compelling arguments with incredible agility.

I kept…