Liroy and Mata (EN)

As I research Polish rappers for an upcoming show at Bunkier Sztuki, I’ve been thinking about how the speculative ai art project “Frihed, Lighed og Hiphop,” is real in unexpected and slightly disconcerting ways. When I have already imagined several Danish ’90s hip-hoppers becoming political figures, I never expected to encounter real examples like polish rappers Liroy’s journey from pioneering rapper to right-wing parliamentarian and Michał “Mata” Matczak, who declared his presidential ambitions for 2040. History is always weirder and more complex than anything I or the AI can dream up.
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