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Since his days as an associate from the Beatnigs whilst in his early twenties, Michael Franti grew from an angry young hip-hopper using a political, socially conscious bent (the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Spearhead) to a guy who channeled his seriousness, social unease, and desire to have change and merged …

An outgrowth, both musically and ideologically, from the San Francisco-based avant-garde commercial jazz collective the Beatnigs, the Throw away Heroes of Hiphoprisy shaped in 1990. Made up of previous Beatnigs Michael Franti and Rono Tse, the duo quickly set up themselves among rap’s most important proponents of multiculturalism and liberalism; …