Kidd Kidd created New Warleans, a half hour film documenting the current state of his hometown of New Orleans 10 years after Hurricane Katrina.
“My motivation for putting this together was one thing: the city itself, period,” Kidd Kidd says to THE FADER. “Even if Katrina wouldn’t have happened, I still would’ve been putting this together. I want to use my voice to bring the issues going on to the forefront.”
On August 29, 2005, the category 3 storm reached land and devastated the Gulf Coast region. Prior to landfall, Hurricane Katrina was rated a category 5, the highest ranking.
The G-Unit rapper says that he wants to do more than raise awareness for his community, but is hoping to get on the ground to help with the physical work needed.
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“If this reaches the right people who are willing to help make changes, I’m willing to go down there myself with them and work on things, whether it’s a donation or volunteering/community activism,” he says. “I’m donating from anything I sell to give back to my community, to the schools and to wherever it needs to go. I’m putting my money and my time where my mouth is.”
Mia X, Dee-1 and local organizations observed the anniversary of Katrina with the Katrina March and Secondline. Dee-1 expressed his disappointment in other New Orleans artists.
“You do have artists that are speaking about Katrina and the impact that it’s had, but not many of the bigger artists,” he said to HipHopDX. “You don’t really hear Lil Wayne talk about that stuff. That’s who most people look to when they think of a New Orleans artist who speaks for the city. If they don’t hear him talking about it then they’re assuming that it’s not that big of a deal to the people down here. But the truth is that I think to whom much is given much is required.”
