Borrowing a refrain from the
2000s hit from the Montreal hip-hop group Muzion, Haitian-Canadian
artists Ronald
Lebeau and Kwaliti today released an updated version of “Lavi Ti
Nèg (Rasanble).” Check it out right here:
The
song is the duo’s second single released via Disques Nuits d’Afrique and Believe. The lyrics address the socio-political
situation in Haiti, where
President Jovenel
Moïse was assassinated
in his home in the
capital, Port-au-Prince, in
July.
In August, the country was hit with a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, which
destroyed 50,000 homes in Haiti’s southern peninsula, and killed
over 2,000 people. Three days after the earthquake, Tropical Storm
Grace hit the island, dumping rain and hindering relief efforts to
remote communities.
“For
us, the only way to emerge from misery, insecurity and abuse of power
is to regain our identity as a people and to come together,” the
two artists stated
in a press release.
Lebeau
was born in Anse-à-Veau, Haiti. He won Afropop's Syli d’Or prize in February 2021.
