| "How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise?" | |
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| Song by Brother D with Collective Effort | |
| Released | 1980 |
| Studio | A&R Studios |
| Genre | Hip hop |
| Label | Clappers |
| Songwriter(s) | Daryl Aamaa Nubyahn, S. Lynn |
| Producer(s) | Locksley Grant, Pierre Brook |
"How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise?" is a 1980 hip hop song by Brother D with Collective Effort. Released on the independent label Clappers, it is considered the first political hip hop song. Like the content of the song, the label Clappers Records was developed by Lister Hewan-Lowe who wanted to create a label to release politically motivated music. While working for Island Records, he reached out to reggae musicians involved in the hip hop music world in New York City to find someone who wanted to record a political record. He met with Daryl Aamaa Nubyahn, who wrote lyrics for the song and agreed to meet with him at A&R Studios to record it. On meeting at the studio, Nubyahn had invited several people to record the verses with him who were known as Collective Effort.