- Culture
- 22 Jul 20
JyellowL returns with new single 'Doesn't Feel Like'
JyellowL has risen rapidly to the forefront of the Irish rap scene.
21 year old rapper JyellowL has released a new single from his upcoming debut album. Fuelled by the rapper's political action, 'Doesn't Feel Like' chronicles JyellowL's experience as an immigrant.
Born to Jamaican and Nigerian parents, JyellowL moved to Ireland in his teens. "It was the first time I was made conscious of my racial and cultural difference," he said in a statement. "The first time I experienced racism, covert and blatantly overt. The first time I met people who hated me because of my race and wanted to cause me bodily harm as a result. The first time I met people who truly believed they were my superior because of my skin colour. The first time that my character was judged based on the actions of groups of people, whom I shared nothing in common with but complexion, and faced the physical consequences in some instances.
"Those experiences I faced coupled with the historic injustice faced other black people all over the western world, made me feel like I didn’t belong here. They say home is where the heart is, but I found it very difficult to place my heart somewhere that I was regularly reminded was not my 'actual' home."
Watch the stunning video below.
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