Originally from Douala, Cameroon and now based in Toulouse, France, multi-talented rhymer Dirtsa is back with a new slammer called “Say Shit”—her first since last year’s monster six-track EP Aletheia’s Calling.
From poetry to painting to rap, Dirtsa has a lot of strings to her bow and even more to get off her chest. The new track, packed with shuddering walls of bass and laid out with a rabble-rousing flow, is teaming with energy, but it’s so much more than an energetic joint for the clubs.
As with a lot of Dirtsa’s art, it’s a cathartic experience for rhymer and listener alike. Pouring in her years of experiences of racism and a system stacked against her, it’s a defiant, not-gonna-take-it-anymore line in the sand.
Explaining further, Dirtsa shares: “This song was inspired by my will to explore and stretch my sound further. I wanted to explore my sound but also Black music in general and channel all this in a different way. In situations of injustices, I don’t think we should stay silent. When people are trying to share things with us that matter to them I don’t think we should stay silent. This song particularly deals with that and resilience to that.”
Ahead of the track’s official release tomorrow, May 19, get fired up with “Say Shit!” below.
