‘Camisa de Fuerza’ is Kase.O’s first album in 10 years. This is, at the same time, the successor to ‘Elcircle’ (2016), one of the most beloved albums in the history of national rap. The reactions to the album, which once again brings together the artist from Zaragoza with such classic rappers as Nach or Violadores del Verso, have been totally disparate, with some users on social networks saying that “there is no one who raps like that” and others saying that it is “embarrassing.”
Apart from this. The return of Kase.O has also allowed one of the most respected rappers in our country to speak out on a topic that has given a lot of talk in recent months: facha rap. Ibarra was clear about what he wanted to say in his press conference: «If you’re a fascist, you’re screwed and you can’t listen to rap. Not everything is possible in life. Rap is an obviously anti-racist movement, because all our idols are racialized. So, if you are racist you can’t listen to rap, nothing happens,” Europa Press reported.
Ibarra’s public statements in recent years have not been as well received as these. Let us remember that both his words about the “payoff” of young people and his decision not to cancel his concerts at the festivals supported by the pro-Israeli fund KKR already caused a wave of negative reactions on networks. Although on this last occasion he apologized for the “bad vibe” he had created, his words did not completely fix it: “I have a motto for all these puritans, inquisitors, morality police, radicals and fascists who have beaten and humiliated me,” he said in last year’s Babel River, which does not belong to the KKR fund. This is why his ideological vision on rap has been more than welcomed by public opinion. Furthermore, it arrives at a totally key moment.
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“Stop being a fascist and come to rap, but everything is not possible,” continued the Zaragoza native. He has also assured that, in his 40-year career, he did not plan to see “right-wing rappers.” Facha rap cannot even be considered a movement, because its references are very few, but it has made enough noise for its existence to become a reason for public debate.
Some of the names that Kase.O surely has in mind are Santaflow, participant in several VOX events and author of lyrics such as “I want to hit Jorge Javier’s faggot”; Angie Corine and El Jincho, who could face 13 years in prison after allegedly sexually assaulting and drugging a minor with a 41% disability and recognized degree 1 dependency.
If even Kase.O says it, it must be for a reason: “It’s a bit of a lack of personality to defend the political ideas of a political party when you can say whatever you want without having to defend an acronym. Basically that’s what I have to say: if you are a fascist you can’t listen to rap, it’s prohibited, we won’t let you,” Ibarra concluded.
