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June 8, 2016
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Portland hip hop entertainer Swiggle Mandela in his new
music video.
Portland Rapper’s
Edgy Video
American Red Cross Portland Blood Donation Center
3131 N. Vancouver Ave.
11:30 AM — 12:30 PM Discussion Panel
Guest Speaker: Marcia Taylor, Executive Director, Sickle Cell Foundation of Oregon
The Lamberth Family — Living With Sickle Cell and Blood recipient story
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Swiggle Mandela has just
released a controversial new
hip hop music video with a
positive message.
The Portland rapper’s “40
Acres and a New Car” is
breathtaking and riveting for
its strong images and lyrics
about gentriication, prosti-
tution, child neglect, and the
dark history of Portland’s rac-
ist past.
The video starts with Swig-
gle being escorted to his exe-
cution in a convoy of black
cars for a lynching perpetrated
by an “urban tribe” of people,
complete with participants of
all colors, some with tribal
paint. The video is meant to
represent a right-of-passage
and to honor our history with a
spiritual rebirth.
Swiggle Mandela will also
be performing at Portland’s
historical Juneteenth celebra-
tion on Saturday, June 18. To
watch the music video “40
Acres and A New Car” search
Swiggle Mandela, on You-
Tube.com Facebook.com, Ins-
tagram, or Twitter.
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