Wu Tang Clan rapper releases song dedicated to refugees

Wu Tang Clan rapper releases song dedicated to refugees
Video: Hip Hop legend calls on America to remember that it was built by immigrants in new track dedicated to refugees.
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28 March, 2017
RZA calls America's new immigration policies into question in 'No Refuge' [Getty]

Wu Tang Clan rapper RZA has joined forces with Italian music duo Parisi to release a song addressing the current refugee crisis.

Proceeds from the track entitled 'No Refuge', which debuted on Apple Music's Beats 1 radio on Monday, will be donated to the United Nations Refugee Agency.

"I don't understand how you could ban a man from a land that was said to be a beacon of light for men escaping the plight of tyranny," RZA says in his opening verse.

The rapper's words are accompanied by a chilling video depicting dancers walking through a misty landscape, echoing the long and gruelling journeys undertaken by many displaced people.

Speaking to Mic.com, the Parisi brothers said: "Every year, especially in the summer, refugees from the Middle East and north Africa cross the Mediterranean from north Africa and land in southern Italy — not far from our home town of Salerno".

"As a country and as a family, we do our best to help and welcome everybody, but it becomes more difficult every day to manage the situation properly…The refugees need support from people like us and from institutions".

In the same interview, RZA said he hopes that the US will flourish under President Donald Trump, however said that his country should remember that it was founded by immigrants.

"I'm a patriot, bro," RZA said. "I defend my country verbally, musically, my family’s here and all that. But it's like defending your kid when you know when your kid was wrong."

Since forming in New York in 1992, the Wu Tang Clan have sold over 40 million albums worldwide. The group, who cite eastern philosophy, martial arts and Islam as being among their influences, have also released seven gold and platinum studio albums.

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