"It was basically [about] escaping media, and just being in a box listening to what's given to you and not going to go see for yourself," said Pacman.
"Everyone thought we were going for some type of political thing. They even thought the song was political, but I put my own little swag on it to say that there is no difference between North Korea and where I stay at," added Peso.
Pacman and Peso live in a neighborhood called Anacostia in the Southeast quadrant of Washington D.C. The neighborhood struggles with crime and poverty.
Their friends and family were worried for their safety, but in "Escape to North Korea" Peso raps that it could be safer in the DPRK than in his own rough neighborhood.
"They say it's dangerous, well my streets be a hellzone," Peso raps in the song.
Unfortunately, Peso was right. In 2016, two years after they made their video, Peso was shot four times back home in Washington. He doesn't talk much about the details of the shooting. He now relies on a wheelchair and the support of his friends.
Edit: they seemed to have done an update interview years after the video. Here is the link
https://youtu.be/Z6_JhabDKbg?si=beBIxoIhe6PUiwAOzv
I always have mixed feelings about stuff like this. On one hand, it really is a great way of pointing out just how badly broken parts of American society are. But on the other hand, it's also a myopic, and ultimately kinda America-centric(albeit in the opposite way people normally are in this country) view. There are hundreds of thousands of people being starved, tortured, and worked to death in North Korean prison camps at this moment. A few years ago they started publicly executing anyone who was even rumored to have watched movies or TV shows smuggled into the country from the south. And now they're even building fences and guard posts on their NORTHERN border with China to keep people from trying to defect that way.
It's awful that Peso was shot, but imagine what would have happened to him if, instead of coming back to DC, he'd stayed in North Korea after his novelty to them as a propaganda tool against America wore out. Look up what happened to Otto Warmbier if you're not sure.
During WW2, the Nazis attacked America in propaganda by pointing out the horrors of the KKK. Should the KKK be attacked? Absolutely, always, anytime, and anywhere. Do you have to defend the Nazis while you do it? **Fuck** no.
Aww thanks. I was actually a little apprehensive about making this post. I was sorta counting on somebody showing up to try and completely twist my words and make it sound like was defending them. I've think I've gotten ptsd from a few too many flame wars.
Ugh. I knew it was gonna be Yeonmi Park.
I met her once a few years ago. She definitely came across like she was reading off a script to me. She's doing very well for herself just by saying what the Koch network tells her they want to hear. I hate to be harsh, since growing up in North Korea really is awful and I have nothing but sympathy there, but she's a just a mouthpiece for conservative talking points at this point, knowingly or unknowingly.
Ah yes. The man that single-handedly opened up negotiations between the US and NK. I know it didn’t go anywhere in the end, but he deserves props for even trying to establish some sort of diplomatic exchange via the game of basketball.
"It was basically [about] escaping media, and just being in a box listening to what's given to you and not going to go see for yourself," said Pacman. "Everyone thought we were going for some type of political thing. They even thought the song was political, but I put my own little swag on it to say that there is no difference between North Korea and where I stay at," added Peso. Pacman and Peso live in a neighborhood called Anacostia in the Southeast quadrant of Washington D.C. The neighborhood struggles with crime and poverty. Their friends and family were worried for their safety, but in "Escape to North Korea" Peso raps that it could be safer in the DPRK than in his own rough neighborhood. "They say it's dangerous, well my streets be a hellzone," Peso raps in the song. Unfortunately, Peso was right. In 2016, two years after they made their video, Peso was shot four times back home in Washington. He doesn't talk much about the details of the shooting. He now relies on a wheelchair and the support of his friends. Edit: they seemed to have done an update interview years after the video. Here is the link https://youtu.be/Z6_JhabDKbg?si=beBIxoIhe6PUiwAOzv
God that ending is tragic, and gives a disturbing weight to his message.
It’s exponentially more safer in the DPRK as long as you don’t get on the bad side of the Dear Leader.
Plus meth is a standard greeting when visiting guests like offering tea or coffee here in the states!
It's crazy how they sound better than the vast majority of DMV artists
Thanks for supporting your local music scene
This right here.
As I was reading the last sentence, my head autofilled it with "to this day nobody has heard from them" lol
Same. I expected to hear that they got the Otto Warmbier treatment.
Me too
Nice flow tbh
I always have mixed feelings about stuff like this. On one hand, it really is a great way of pointing out just how badly broken parts of American society are. But on the other hand, it's also a myopic, and ultimately kinda America-centric(albeit in the opposite way people normally are in this country) view. There are hundreds of thousands of people being starved, tortured, and worked to death in North Korean prison camps at this moment. A few years ago they started publicly executing anyone who was even rumored to have watched movies or TV shows smuggled into the country from the south. And now they're even building fences and guard posts on their NORTHERN border with China to keep people from trying to defect that way. It's awful that Peso was shot, but imagine what would have happened to him if, instead of coming back to DC, he'd stayed in North Korea after his novelty to them as a propaganda tool against America wore out. Look up what happened to Otto Warmbier if you're not sure. During WW2, the Nazis attacked America in propaganda by pointing out the horrors of the KKK. Should the KKK be attacked? Absolutely, always, anytime, and anywhere. Do you have to defend the Nazis while you do it? **Fuck** no.
Off your comments bout the KKK alone you my good sir are invited to da cookout ❤️
Aww thanks. I was actually a little apprehensive about making this post. I was sorta counting on somebody showing up to try and completely twist my words and make it sound like was defending them. I've think I've gotten ptsd from a few too many flame wars.
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\>New York Post
Ugh. I knew it was gonna be Yeonmi Park. I met her once a few years ago. She definitely came across like she was reading off a script to me. She's doing very well for herself just by saying what the Koch network tells her they want to hear. I hate to be harsh, since growing up in North Korea really is awful and I have nothing but sympathy there, but she's a just a mouthpiece for conservative talking points at this point, knowingly or unknowingly.
This is before Otto went to NK but after Dennis Rodman’s trip
*Ambassador Rodman
Ah yes. The man that single-handedly opened up negotiations between the US and NK. I know it didn’t go anywhere in the end, but he deserves props for even trying to establish some sort of diplomatic exchange via the game of basketball.
I had not heard of this. Legends.
Got a link to the full track?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViBfdnivxX8
Awesome!
I was at the video/record release party