Canary Sing

"The mulatto in America functions as a canary in a coal mine. Canaries were used by coal miners to gauge how poisonous the air underground was. They would bring a canary in with them, and if it grew sick and died they knew the air was bad and eventually everyone would be poisoned by the fumes. Likewise, mulattos have historically been the gauge of how poisonous American race relations were. The fate of the mulatto in history and literature will manifest the symptoms that will eventually infect the rest of the nation. We are the first generation of canaries to survive, a little injured perhaps, but alive! (Danzy Senna, Caucasia) CanarySing is ispire and lioness. we rep youth speaks seattle. we rep 206 hip hop. we rep hip-hop worldwide. we are sultry yet hype, playfully political, and invested in building solidarity on a local and global level. since december 2006, we have performed in portland, washington, d.c., vancouver, b.c., new york city, san francisco and all over seattle. we've performed at bumbershoot, under the volcano music festival, and the san francisco mission arts project. we've performed at events also featuring artists such as saul williams, talib kweli, d... more...