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<blockquote data-quote="Adrian Spinelli" data-source="post: 6625">Nobody should have to deal with this much loss. In the past year, Bay Area rapper <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/outside-lands-festival-artists-interview/" target="_blank">Rexx Life Raj</a> lost both his mother and his father and as he’s picking up the pieces of what the future holds, he’s navigating his grief and emotions in song. “Balance” is the first offering from his upcoming album and it’s an ode to his late mother and a powerful overall meditation on loss.“We are battling obstacles in life and I know it comes with it’s challenges. But to me what separates the good from great is just the way you choose to handle it,” <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/rexx-life-raj-lockheed-martin-video/" target="_blank">the rapper</a> says on the hook over an affecting guitar and crisp snare drums. It’s an intense reminder of how music can help heal and find yourself amid insurmountable loss.“Balance was a concept I’d had in my mind for a while because it was something I had been dealing with,” <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/rexx-life-raj-red-lobster-biscuits-video/" target="_blank">Raj</a> said in a statement. “Trying to juggle being a caretaker, music, businesses, and relationships were weighing heavy on me. I wrote it as an affirmation to myself and hopefully the listener.”The video plays out like a memory of spending time with his mother. She reads the boy a story, then he accompanies her to the doctor where she gets bad news. The next cut is outside of her funeral and it’s all spliced with footage of a grieving Raj leaned up against a hillside tree, delivering the song’s lyrics in a somber moment. The end of the clip is a cellphone video of Raj in the car with his parents, smiling together and enjoying life.This is no doubt an impassioned introduction to the next chapter for Rexx Life Raj.Watch the video for “Balance” above.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/rexx-life-raj-balance-video/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Adrian Spinelli, post: 6625"] Nobody should have to deal with this much loss. In the past year, Bay Area rapper [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/outside-lands-festival-artists-interview/']Rexx Life Raj[/URL] lost both his mother and his father and as he’s picking up the pieces of what the future holds, he’s navigating his grief and emotions in song. “Balance” is the first offering from his upcoming album and it’s an ode to his late mother and a powerful overall meditation on loss. “We are battling obstacles in life and I know it comes with it’s challenges. But to me what separates the good from great is just the way you choose to handle it,” [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/rexx-life-raj-lockheed-martin-video/']the rapper[/URL] says on the hook over an affecting guitar and crisp snare drums. It’s an intense reminder of how music can help heal and find yourself amid insurmountable loss. “Balance was a concept I’d had in my mind for a while because it was something I had been dealing with,” [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/rexx-life-raj-red-lobster-biscuits-video/']Raj[/URL] said in a statement. “Trying to juggle being a caretaker, music, businesses, and relationships were weighing heavy on me. I wrote it as an affirmation to myself and hopefully the listener.” The video plays out like a memory of spending time with his mother. She reads the boy a story, then he accompanies her to the doctor where she gets bad news. The next cut is outside of her funeral and it’s all spliced with footage of a grieving Raj leaned up against a hillside tree, delivering the song’s lyrics in a somber moment. The end of the clip is a cellphone video of Raj in the car with his parents, smiling together and enjoying life. This is no doubt an impassioned introduction to the next chapter for Rexx Life Raj. Watch the video for “Balance” above. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/rexx-life-raj-balance-video/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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