We recently connected with Don Faro and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Don thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. What’s been the most meaningful project you’ve worked on?

Growing up in the rural south of Georgia I always felt like a foreigner in my own country. Not really understanding my Black heritage left voids in my identity, confidence, and vision as a youngster from the hood. As I got older I gravitated towards learning history and how music helped tell that story. After finishing my Masters I had developed to be a polymath. In 2019 I gathered members of record label to curate my life’s masterpiece: EP labeled simply “Black History”. To accompany the album I even published my first book as well on Amazon titled “Future Black History”. This project helped paved a new genre for me that was purposeful: Conscious trap music. Southern beats and flow with a motivating message of Black economics, justice, history, and purpose. The album tied Black History together from pre Ancient Egypt all the way to Mike Brown. In 2020 my album sales skyrocketed due to the George Floyd murder. I got lucky off history repeating itself. Now I’m extending my music catalog to release a new song everyone Friday for an entire year. Unfortunately America keeps giving me fuel to keep making social justice music. Here we are

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I begin recording music in studios at the age of 9 in 1996. This was right after Tupac was killed and I remember so much sadness in my hood. My mom was the one who actually brought me into the studio. I was instantly addicted as it was verbal therapy.

With my music I aim to discuss social justice issues for the Black and Brown community. I inspire listeners to create economic leverage, invoke political change, and create actionable agendas all while jamming to some of the best beats ever.

I’m most proud that we have seen progress in this country and I hope 200 years from now our ancestors can hear my music and see what invoked that change. This music I create is the voice of the voiceless, power to weak, and hope for the those who live in fear.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

When I dropped my first single of being a musical political activist, marketing companies, radio stations, etc. would shut me down. I’ve had Black owned marketing firms tell me: “Dude I can’t play this”. It’s a sensitive topic and it would rub America the wrong way”. I thought that what America needed: to be rubbed the wrong way because this ain’t working.

The key of resilience was that I knew this message needed to be heard because the song Reparations is all about giving yourself Reparations. Not waiting on the government. It’s all about creating generational wealth for you and yours by any means necessary.

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

My mission is a very unselfish one. I’m smart enough to know my music is ahead of it’s time and it may not be popular according to todays washed standards. I’m ok with knowing that in 50-100 years my music will be heard and it will hit at the right time to create a revolution that this world needs for Black and Brown people to be respected again globally.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://linktr.ee/Donfaro
• Instagram: Trumuzik

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