Ho99o9
Hello My Name is OGM and Yeti
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hen industrial-metal, punk, rock / rap duo Ho99o9 formed in 2012, they had one idea: bring the chaos. Blending their love of the gangsta rap they grew up on with the punk rock / hardcore shows they discovered as teens, the duo set out to make music that was
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unapologetically confrontational, aggressive, and politically charged. Drawing from their own experiences, their songs called out the racism, injustice, police brutality, and oppression they saw every day. No topic was too taboo, whether it be about sex, drugs, or political upheaval.
But Ho99o9 have evolved since the release of their 2017 debut album. Yeti Bones has been sober for nearly a decade. theOGM is a father, which has shifted his view of the world. Don’ t get it twisted – the anger, brutality, and outspokenness are still a part of the duo’ s music. But their new record, Tomorrow We Escape, introduces us to a different side of the group. They open up and become more personal and vulnerable than they ever have before. This intimate side lets them connect with fans on a different level and emphasizes the record ' s overall message: shared humanity. It’ s still unapologetically Ho99o9; it’ s just the next phase of their evolution.
Before they hit the road next month for their fall North American tour, theOGM and Yeti Bones sat down with Illinois Entertainer to talk about their latest album, how they fell in love with the punk rock scene, and how they continue to evolve and grow.
IE: Back in June, you guys released the new single“ Power in Numbers,” a call to arms for people to come together and fight back against the oppression we see in the news every day. Tell me more about the song. When did you write it? Did it come from the Tomorrow We Escape recording sessions?
theOGM: Nah, it was before that. Some of the Tomorrow We Escape songs are like six years old, but they stand the test of time. When you think of the climate of politics or just the upbringing of where we ' re from and where everyone sees the issues in black and brown communities. That shit ' s always been a topic of discussion for us. It ' s always been there because we ' re black; we ' re always going to speak on those things. These are things that we ' re always talking and writing about, you know what I mean? We recorded“ Power in Numbers” maybe three or four years ago.
Yeti Bones: That song is four years old before a lot of current things were happening. Some interviewers be like, yo, I see you ' re back on it, and I ' m like, we never left. We ' ve been making songs and expressing ourselves and speaking up and putting it in an art form that can relate to other people, and other people can feel it rather than an Instagram post with a long caption that gets lost in the sauce. So, we like to articulate ourselves.
theOGM: Sometimes it ' s timing, you know, trying to figure out the right timing. But I want to say that to some degree, we also allow ourselves to play the game when it comes to the indus-
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