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Two hip-hop legends, Bun B and Soulsonic Force’s Mr. Biggs, anchor a harrowing and breathless exploration of American racism and violence in a new short film, The Future is Mine.

“The Future Is Mine” is an eight-minute opus that covers Columbus’ arrival in the Americas through the end of slavery, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights movement, the election of Donald Trump, the white supremacist march in Charlottesville and the recent police killing of George Floyd. Bun B and Mr. Biggs draw on all this history in their cutting bars and the righteous hook repeated throughout the track, “We try to douse the fire, it continues to burn/Like the Boogie Down Bronx, it continues to burn/Like that cross in the yard, it continues to burn/Can’t you see the fire, it continues to burn.”

Bun B and Mr. Biggs crafted The Future Is Mine with legendary hip-hop producer, John Robie, who worked with Mr. Biggs on several seminal Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force records, including Planet Rock.“Having the opportunity to record with some of the originators of the culture, from the musical aspect as well as the lyrical, brings my love for hip-hop full circle,” Bun B tells Rolling Stone. “I’m so honored that Michael Zilkha asked me to record with John and Biggs on something that not only harks back to the earliest days of hip hop sonically but also speaks to the national conversations happening today about race in this country.”