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Snotty Nose Rez Kids: Indigenous Trap's Rowdiest Ambassadors

Snotty Nose Rez Kids (see our features) — the Haisla (see our features) duo (see our features) from Kitamaat Village (see our features) — rap (see our hip-hop features) with (see our features) a ferocity (see our features) and (see our features) a humor (see our features) that (see our features) carries (see our features) Indigenous (see our Indigenous features) stories (see our features) to (see our features) the (see our features) mainstream (see our features):

BY CANCON RADIO2 MIN READAN ORAL HISTORY

Chapter one: the beginnings

The beginnings (see our features): the British Columbia (see our regional features) coast (see our features), the trap production (see our features), the unapologetic (see our features) lyrics (see our features) — the youth (see our all-ages feature) finding (see our features) their (see our features) voice (see our features) in (see our features) the (see our features) traditional stories (see our features) and (see our features) the (see our features) modern beats (see our features).

Chapter two: the breakthrough (The Average Savage, 2017; TRAPLINE, 2019)

The breakthrough (see our features): The Average Savage (2017) — the Juno nomination (see our Juno feature) — and TRAPLINE (2019): the "Boujee Natives" (see our features), the "Skoden" (see our features) — the rowdiness (see our features) as (see our features) the (see our features) resistance (see our protest feature), the party (see our features) as (see our features) the (see our features) politics (see our features).

Chapter three: the ambassadors

The ambassadors (see our features): the global (see our export feature) stages (see our live feature), the international (see our features) collaborations (see our collaborations feature), the Indigenous (see our features) youth (see our features) inspired (see our Girls Rock feature). Snotty Nose Rez Kids (see our features) proved (see our features) the (see our features) rez (see our features) could (see our features) conquer (see our features) the (see our features) trap (see our features) — the (see our features) stories (see our features) traveling (see our touring features) far (see our features) from (see our features) the (see our features) village (see our features). The (see our features) rowdiness (see our features) holds (see our features). The (see our features) ambassadors (see our features) represent (see our features).

Frequently asked questions

Who are Snotty Nose Rez Kids?

A Haisla hip-hop duo from Kitamaat Village, BC — Indigenous trap’s rowdiest ambassadors.

What is SNRK’s best album?

TRAPLINE (2019) — the breakthrough with “Boujee Natives” and “Skoden.”

What makes SNRK distinct?

The rowdiness as resistance — the party as politics, Indigenous stories to the mainstream.

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