Immortal Technique at Occupy Wall Street: "We are here to stay"

Immortal Technique, hip-hop artist and political activist, came to support the Occupy Wall Street movement. RT's Marina Portnaya caught up with Immortal Technique to talk about the message behind the movement, the police brutality and media backlash it has caused, US politics, democracy, his new project "Martyr" and his upcoming tour.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• RT America
• RTAmerica. RTTV
• Immortal Technique
• Marina Portnaya
• Occupy Wall Street
• Zuccotti Park
• NYC
• New York
• protest
• demonstration
• democracy
• political movement
• revolutionary movement
• was
• Afghanistan
• Martyr
• US tour
• free album

[IanWomer]

IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE FOR PRESIDENT!!!

[Funketeshitman]

Now this guy deserves RESPECT! An intelligent rapper, that's something you don't see every day!



[dainterwebgangsta]

@Mratl131 Wrong. It's the upper-class, the corporates and the business elites you should focus on, because believe it or not, the politicians are 'just'' following orders as well.

[dainterwebgangsta]

@Funketeshitman Everlast. Keny Arkana. Madchild. Evidence. Fluent Form. Styles Of Beyond. Dialect.

[dainterwebgangsta]

@Funketeshitman Freundeskreis. Blitzkreague. Immortal Technique. Diabolic. Jehst. Guru. Common Sense. Bliss n Eso. Drapht. Mantra. Hilltop Hoods. The Roots. Illy. Skiggy Rapz. Pete Philly & Perquisite. The Funkoars. Abdominal. KRS-ONE. Thundamentals. The proov. Public Enemy. Beastie Boys. Osdorp Posse. Curse. Gentleman. Etc!!

[GVLBRTY]

We're still here Tech, still fighting foreclosures, still helping protect the homeless on skid row from abusive police, still educating each other about the banks, corporations, privilege, patriarchy, racism, sexism, we are rising OUT OF THIS MATERIALIZED COMA!! <333 -OCCUPY LA

[SlimRikkosz]

@Funketeshitman well if you wanna be a good rapper you need to be intelligent, but technique is the most intellegent rapper i've ever seen

[mexmaf3]

this video need to be spread more to the people

[noonej]

I love the fact that RT's video of Immortal Technique visiting OWS has 3x the number of views as the vid of Kanye visiting. Most of the time on YouTube, I'll find the most amazing videos and will see they have less than 500 views. Then I'll see some stupid pop culture shit that will have 5,000,000 views. Glad that's not the case in this instance!

[Mratl131]

He is so smart! Everything he says makes no sense. Like what he said about cops, they aren't "evil people" who we should hate. They are trying to provide for their families, they are just following orders, they aren't bad people. Politicians are the real bad guys.

[jaganmaster]

Wow that reporter lost a lot of weight....This wasnt techniques best interview though he still made many good points. But it's 2b expected because it is an interview & not a politicians rehearsed speech with no questioning. (even tho she doesnt ask tough questions or debate with him either cuz she seems to be on the same page or lacks confidence or education to go toe to toe in a verbal sparring session with tech.)

[dmac15401]

Technique 4 President- 2012!!!... idk, maybe ChuckD or KRS-1 as his running mate?