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Local rapper gives youth a voice

Guest host Duncan McCue interviews local hip-hop artist Kia Kadiri about growing up in a mixed race family in Victoria.

Kia Kadiri uses her early experiences being of mixed race to fuel her songs.

Local rapper gives youth a voice

10 years ago
Duration 6:40
Black History Month ​feature interview with Kia Kadiri

Our Vancouver guest host Duncan McCue interviews local hip-hop artist Kia Kadiri about growing up in a mixed race family in Victoria with few people around who looked like her.

Watch the video to hear Kadiri talk about how she uses her experience in her songs and in her work with young people of all backgrounds.