Ric Wilson – We Love Us

Ric Wilson returns with his new single that states “We Love Us”.

Ric Wilson is a 21-year-old self-proclaimed artist, performer and prison abolitionist from the Southside of Chicago. On November 24, 2015 Ric dropped The Sun Was Out EP. Ric has opened up for multiple well known artists and activists in Chicago including Angela Davis, Public Enemy, Noname Gypsy, Lupe Fiasco, Montana of 300 and has performed at Northwestern University, Grinnell College and The Chicago Poetry Block Party. In addition, he also spends a great deal of time giving back to the community by leading panel discussions and has led workshops at University of Illinois at Chicago, Depaul University, Roosevelt University, Loyola University and more.

Today Ric Wilson releases  “We Love Us,” from his forthcoming Soul Bounce EP.  “When I wrote “We Love Us” I was thinking of the African Diaspora” Ric lamented to Mass Appeal.  “I was thinking about how black life is compared to stolen materialistic items every day.  I was thinking about how we live in an anti-black world and are thought to hate ourselves and thought about how we love us and are still here through everything. Black is beautiful and powerful; not a curse but magic.”

Ric Wilson - We Love Us

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