The most distinctive example is Kenji, a song about Shinoda’s family’s experience with the Japanese internment camps during WW2, a particular aspect of history that I as a European had never heard about but appreciated knowing it. I don’t listen to Linkin Park anymore but I still find myself listening to Fort Minor, as some of their songs still contain political massages that resonates with the world we live in today. I didn’t expect how much I would come to enjoy Mike Shinoda’s rapping, away from the nu-metal aspect, but I really did and I loved how the lyrics felt like nothing else I was hearing from contemporary hip hop in the radio at the time. The Rising Tied had a special place in my music library in my youth when I also listened to a bit of Linkin Park which I imagine a lot of people have. Fort Minor is a pure hip hop side project that he’s been doing alongside several guess artists like Styles of Beyond, Black Thought, and, John Legend and more. He is also a graphic artist who’s designed most of the band’s artwork alongside DJ Hahan letalone the artwork for The Rising Tied. For those that don’t know Mike Shinoda, he is the current frontman (I assume) of the band Linkin Park which he co-founded alongside the late frontman singer of the band Chester Bennington. Today is the day where I get to post this thread as it has now been 15 years since Mike Shinoda did his first solo act as an artist.
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