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Staff Sgt. Jeremy Crombie speaks into a radio headset to check the status of avionics operations Jan. 11 at Balad Air Base, Iraq. The avionics system gives a pilot the capability to use the Joint Direct Attack Munitions on the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Sergeant Crombie is a 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit avionics technician deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Crombie talks to Senior Airman Trevor Scott via radio headsets about the status of a Global Positioning System test for a F-16 Fighting Falcon Jan. 11 at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Sergeant Crombie and Airman Scott are 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit avionics technicians deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

As a parent, you always want to keep your children safe. You teach them to look both ways before crossing the street, you warn them about stranger danger and to always call if they need you no matter what, when or why.

According to statistics we are four times more likely to experience violence. We are more likely to be the victim of exploitation and even murder. An RCMP report says 1,181 indigenous women and girls have been killed or are missing in Canada. That number just keeps climbing.

Instead of talking about shoes and cute boy bands, I have to warn them about slow moving cars and catcalls. Instead of going to Girl Scouts I take my girls to another vigil to mark another death, walk in remembrance at another march and demand another call to action.

Yet it is a conversation we must have in our families and our communities. It's why every October 4th, a national day of remembrance and action takes place on behalf of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Calling it Sisters in Spirit, the first vigil was held in 2006 on the steps of Parliament Hill. Eleven SIS vigils were held across the country and that number grew to 72 in 2009. This year, more than 200 events across Canada marked this national day.

People across Canada held vigils, marches or simply lit candles or offered a prayer. Along with a wide range of indigenous people and groups others, including human rights' groups and faith communities, continue to call for a national action plan to stop violence against women.

We attend the vigils and light the candles. We walk with our sisters in remembrance. And we demand action again and again in hopes that our daughters will not need to have this conversation with theirs.

I caught up with St. Paul rapper, J Plaza, fresh from the A3C Music Festival in Atlanta, to discuss local artists in the Twin Cities, the life of an up-and-coming rapper and the state of hip-hop in Minnesota. He gave some interesting tips on how artists can build their brand and grow their audience.

Jeff: We out here trying to make it, trying to do our thing, man. So, I just wanted to touch base a little bit with you, because you know, couple weeks ago, you had this interesting tweet. You know, you were talking about Twin Cities rappers and Twin Cities Hip-Hop, and how rappers got to come together instead of all this competitive stuff, so what exactly did you mean [by] that? What's going on?

J Plaza: I mean, I just felt like since there's not as much resources for hip-hop, as there is in states like California, Georgia, New York, and stuff like that. I mean we barely have any Hip-Hop resources that can get us out there, you know what I'm saying? It's definitely happening though, with the new radio station this year and all the local blogs and everything like that. And that's definitely much appreciated, but I feel like, you know, me saying, "artists come together," [is] not saying that we need to all be collaborating with each other or all the time, and do come to every single show, whoopty-whoop, this and that. I mean we can, you know what I'm saying, but that has to be generous.

I feel like, as far as the support goes or like you know like showing love, when you see somebody or like kinda putting the dope ones on to what you know that could help them out, it could just help us (local artists) a lot more. You know what I mean? Because, when I see young talent, or when I see any type of talent, if I feel like they need help in something, or if I feel like they're missing something, you know, I'm going to put them onto it, instead of like of holding it back though.

I feel like a lot of people out here hold back from supporting what's dope, and a lot of people also just support their friends and stuff like that. Which is cool and everything, to each his own, but at the same time, kind of expand your mind around the scene and understand that there's a lot of other dope artists that you could get a hold of, too. You just got to support what's dope. If everyone out here just keeps supporting what's dope, you know, like we support the bigger artists outside of the state, then we can definitely do a lot more damage, not even damage, but just turn the whole thing up. Turn the whole Minnesota scene up. That's what I mean.

Jeff: So, is that kind of what you're seeing from the local level, local rappers out here turning more into the national stuff, so when it comes to local things and local rappers trying to make a name for themselves, whether it's like, "I got this show going on at Icehouse," or, "I'm doing this thing," and people not showing out because folks probably thinking to themselves, "Oh, you not big enough, like, why would I show up?" Do you think part of that comes into play?

J Plaza: I mean it can come into play, but that has to deal with whoever is throwing the show and the promotion and stuff like that. I mean, obviously, if I just got started and I just threw a show and nobody knew who I was or anybody on the bill, then you know, a lot of people probably won't show up. Unless, I just went out there and just hustled my ass off to sell tickets and stuff like that and tried to get people to show up, somehow, some way, or pulled some type of stunt, you know, to make people want to come out.

Jeff: So, by that then, networking and reaching out to folks, I mean, you talking other artists, you talking producers, you talking managers? I mean, what type of branching out are you trying to do?

J Plaza: I mean, I feel like that goes for anybody, in whatever you do. Like, even if you were trying to be like some type of big stockbroker or something like that, you know what I'm saying, you'll try to network with people that know more than you or that could put you on game, somehow, some way. So that there is enough for everybody to eat.

Jeff: So, speaking a little bit more about Hip-Hop in the Twin Cities, I got a few questions for you. What have been your thoughts, as someone, like you said, you came onto the scene in 2014. I heard of you through Team Backpack, that's how I first heard of you, and then I see you at Soundset, so like, when you look at all these young rappers coming out and some of these older heads, I mean you got some nice and amazing sound going on right now. Would you say this is kind of like a Golden Generation of Hip-Hop, going on in the Twin Cities?

J Plaza: As far as I know, yeah, for sure. I see a lot more people coming out of nowhere, a lot more artists coming out of nowhere, with some super dope sound. And it's just starting to show what's going on out here, because all I ever heard of when I first came in, all I ever heard of was Atmosphere. And everyone was like, "Atmosphere," but then when I started going to local shows and started to listen to more people, and now since 95.3 [Go MN] has the radio, and then my guy Dolo, he hosts a lot of shows out here, he does Dolo-hour, where local artists can send songs to him and he'll play it on Facebook live and people will be able to judge it. So those type of things are putting me on to local artists and stuff like that, too.

Jeff: Right. And do you feel as if like, there's like a need for more outlets for Hip-Hop artists out here? Like, yeah you got 95.3 and yeah, you got Dolo, but do you sometimes feel that being in a market like Minnesota, there's sometimes a need for more?

J Plaza: There's KMOJ, too, so I don't want to forget about them. There's KMOJ, so shout out to everybody that works over there, and even The Current. Every outlet matters, and yeah, there can be more outlets, but I feel that the more that we get, the more that we build our Hip-Hop scene, the more outlets it will be. 95.3 is definitely pushing for local artists, like, that's one of the biggest radio stations, and they play a lot more local artists then any radio station that I've really ever heard of.

Jeff: I completely agree, and I've been saying for a long time and I've been telling folks, we need to be out in the community, we need to be trying to find who are these local talents, because there are folks out here that have been getting on my radar, and I'm like, "Wait a minute, why this bangin' right now," you know what I'm saying? Folks that really have you think twice about Minnesota Hip-Hop.

J Plaza: I mean, yeah, man. If I get time, I could definitely send you some tracks. If you can literally remember some of those names that I said and kind of be on the lookout for them, then yeah, man. They are definitely out there. 152ee80cbc

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