Interview with Capital-"X"

A Hip Hop Artist Who Advocates for Prison Reform and Abolishment of the Death Penalty Through His Music

Raised in the streets and in prison, Capital-"X" turned his life around through his music he calls Reality Hip Hop, or Raptivism. A strong supporter for death row inmates, and activist for prison rights, Capital-"X" brings awareness to people through his music, and lyrics. Like he has stated, "My music speaks for itself", this powerful interview with Capital-"X" does also.

"This is what I live for, and this, is what I will die for. The struggle is for all of us. Don't look at me like I am crazy, they are killing people by the hundreds. Over 2 million are locked in cages. Thousands have been murdered and hundreds are waiting to be murdered. I spent over 20 years trying to get out of the system, near 13 were spent in cages. They condition the weak for this, for imprisonment. They profit from this. Am I crazy? Judge me."I'd rather die for the Cause, then to live and DO NOTHING!" "X" AKA 305375 Hebrews 13:3

Here is my interview with Capital-"X"

Can you give us a Bio of yourself?

I'm a Nuyorican Born in Brooklyn, I was raised everywhere. I live in New Jersey right now. I pretty much was raised by the streets. I started getting high when I was 12, by 14 I was selling drugs. Ran drugs for many years. I spent over half my life trapped within the system, finally breaking free in 2002. I was either in prison, jail, or under some kind of judicial supervision for over 20 years. It didn't make me a better person, it made me get worse.

Within this mayhem I found one thing that I say saved my life, Hip Hop. I grew up around hip hop, I personally know some of the founding fathers till this day. I was in the front row when the hip hop culture was born, back when it was only found in New York. Both my criminal activity, and my musical life span over two decades.

I say hip hop saved my life, because its the only thing in life I found that gave me hope. Seeing my history goes back so far, my bio's often turn out to be short books, so let me just run it down like this.