Oakland group’s “The Movement,” which won the award for Best Children’s Album, features social justice themes. A parent and child received the same award for just the second…
) clinched it. Founded in 2007 and led by Kaitlin McGaw and Tommy Soulati Shepherd, the multigenerational, racially mixed group partners with communities and leaders in the music industry to not just create but to be, see, say, rap and sing about social justice.
With a parent and child winning the same Grammy award for only the second time , the Shepherds, who live in Alameda, participated in separate, back-to-back interviews a month after their Grammy win. Tommy says the conversation with Davis was a rare opportunity to meet someone whose shoulders he and his generation of social justice activists are standing on.
“We’re both stubborn and hard-headed. When we think something’s right, we think it’s super-right. What I like about my dad is that he raps and plays drums; I rap and play sax. I’m gonna be a role model who’s successful at rapping and instrumental music. I can see being even better than my dad. Like him, I want to be kind, bring joy to all situations and be a revolutionary who changes things for the better for a long time.
When he and co-founder McGaw are asked if the focus or content of the topics they address are “too mature” or “might scare kids,” Shepherd speaks about having complex thoughts as a kid and not understanding why conversations about those ideas were withheld. As an adult, he says his primary role is deep listening.
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