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“The Come Up” 4:350:00/4:35
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HEAVEN 3:000:00/3:00
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FEELS LIKE 1:520:00/1:52
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GROWTH 3:060:00/3:06
““Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself — and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty.” ” - Chief Joseph
Nataanii means
“I’m not a rapper, I’m an activist who rhymes.”
Nataanii Means was born on the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation and has garnered worldwide attention for his music and shows. Performing in small reservation towns, to selling out venues and doing tours in America, Canada, and Europe. His latest project “Growth” has over half a million streams. He comes from the Diné (Navajo), Oglala Lakota, Inhanktuwan Dakota, and Omaha Nations.
Nataanii Means spits gritty rhymes about his experiences as an American Indian man in the 21st Century. He deals with the same issues as most young men his age- peer pressures, women, anxiety for the future; but he also writes about them through his personal Native lens which makes his music so unique. On “Warrior” Nataanii laments “Call the coroner on another fallen warrior in the land of the forgotten- bad seeds already rotten. Poppin pills to fill the void of death knockin, you can guarantee the feds watchin, cuz we grew up around these revolutionaries who went to Wounded Knee to get their hearts buried.” As the son of the great Russell Means, Nataanii shares his music almost as an extension of his father’s impassioned speeches, hoping it has a similar impact on the youth.
DISCOGRAPHY
2 Worlds
Released in 2013, ‘2 Worlds’ has over a million plays and helped shoot Nataanii into the world of music with shows, tours, and speaking engagements. This album speaks on activism, being a native person walking in both reservation life and in the white world.
Balance
Released in 2018 at a release party in Toronto, ON.
Nataanii wrote, executive produced, mixed and mastered the entire album. ‘Balance’ is a close look into introspection of one’s self.
Growth
Nataanii’s most recent body of work was released at the end of 2022. This album aligns itself with the theme of the last two, continuing his personal journey as a native man in America, navigating what that all entails.
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