Short Ubuntu mit Metaphysics (English)

00:00:00: Wuppertal. Was geht? Der Podcast.

00:00:05: Der Zugang zu unterschiedlichen Möglichkeiten in der Stadt.

00:00:09: Hallo everybody, we are here in Pinnavauc, with Marina and...

00:00:18: Hi, my name is Metaphysics and I am a Rapper.

00:00:22: Okay, maybe you can tell us a little bit more about you.

00:00:25: Well, I am originally from Zimbabwe, that's where I was born, but now I live in Wuppertal,

00:00:31: which is in Germany for over 15 years and I'm an artist, I live from music and yeah, just a really cool dude.

00:00:40: Hey, so you're really Wuppertal already after 15 years, more time than we are here now.

00:00:45: And you know the city, you know the places and you're also having a lot of events here already in Wuppertal?

00:00:52: Yes, I've lived here, like I said, 15 years and in that 15 years I've hosted a lot of events,

00:01:00: parties, Hip-Hop-Jams and like today participating in this beautiful festival Ubuntu.

00:01:09: Ubuntu, really nice. What is Ubuntu, also event?

00:01:14: So Ubuntu is the name of the festival and Ubuntu is an African word that means unity.

00:01:20: So Ubuntu is actually Ubantu, which translates to the way of the people and unity and this is what this festival is about today.

00:01:29: And your music, what's the music about?

00:01:31: I'm part of a big band in Germany called Zerner Mannheims, we've been active for 30 years.

00:01:37: I performed with a very famous artist called Xavier Naidoo, I was part of his band.

00:01:42: And yeah, our music is about just consciousness, social consciousness, social awareness and also just some really nice songs along the way, some good tracks.

00:01:52: Okay, yes, I heard about them, I heard them also.

00:01:55: Yes. Okay, so next week there will be also event here now where you participate.

00:02:01: That is correct. Next week, well this event officially starts today which is the 11th I think.

00:02:08: Today is the 11th and it's going to go on until the 19th. So every day from today

00:02:15: there's going to be something different happening. Today was the opening ceremony,

00:02:19: tomorrow there's going to be dance, theater, workshops, going for the whole week until the 19th.

00:02:25: When is your presentation? My show is going to be on the 18th. Outside there's going to be a big

00:02:31: stage. Right now we are inside the venue and on the 18th we're going to have a stage outside

00:02:38: and that's where I will be performing. Okay, so it will be very important to come to the 18th

00:02:43: but already before or not because of the other events? Yes, it will be. So if anyone's listening

00:02:48: and they want to come to this event please make sure that you look it up online and come and

00:02:54: celebrate with us. Okay, all right and when the 18th? I think the best is to look online because I

00:03:01: don't want to give false information. It's very easy to confuse people so I think everyone should

00:03:07: just check if they're interested online but if you want to catch Metaphysics and my younger

00:03:12: brother Calprit I know that I'm performing around seven o'clock. Okay, all right. Nick Fagesen, Ubuntu.

00:03:19: Ubuntu, yes. Thank you so much for your time and for your music. Thank you so much and to everybody

00:03:27: listening to this podcast. Stay tuned. These are really nice guys and yeah I'm sure they have a lot

00:03:33: of stories to tell. It's your boy Metaphysics and I'm out of here.

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