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Come Hear NC On Songs We Love: G Yamazawa

By Kamaya Truitt-Martin
Published July 6, 2019 at 6:29 AM EDT
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Poet and Emcee G Yamazawa
Source gyamazawa dot com

We've teamed up with Come Hear NC on a podcast series that explores North Carolina music one song at a time. On this episode, Kamaya Truitt-Martin is in for Eric Hodge. She talks with the WUNC Youth Reporting Team about G Yamazawa's 'North Cack.'

"...I felt pride, I felt strong, and I felt that BEAT."

2019 Youth Reporting Institute left to right: Ambrosia DeConto, Emma Pollard, Jeremiah Henderson, Allison Swaim (YRI Director), David Brower (WUNC Program Director), Victor Amaya, Da'Mon James , Kamaya Truitt-Martin (YRI Director), Kayla Beckett, Amanda Tsuetaki
Credit William Cumbo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqWxGE7zSPA

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Brian Burns
Brian Burns is the Music Director for WUNC Music, WUNC's AAA music discovery station. He has been working within the local music scene for over a decade. On the weekends you might see him DJing at various spots around the Triangle, or digging through boxes of records. He's also the host of Future Shock on WUNC Music and a contributor to NPR Music. He graduated from UNC’s School of Information and Library Science with an MSLS in 2015.
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