Filipina rapper SHNTI is back with “Best Life,” a track that details the struggle for a better life while also calling attention to social inequality.
As part of the Filipino rap label, LIAB Studios, it comes as no surprise that she seamlessly integrates a message of social justice into her songs—a lyrical theme that is shared by her labelmates. She makes a statement about how while the rich get to live life without difficulties, many are still on the streets despite their hard work, rapping, “Come on, make the people aware / Make them realize that they don’t deserve to be there.”
The young rapper is part of her self-described “new generation” of female rappers in the country, who are continuously carving out spaces for women in a male-dominated industry. SHNTI is one of the hip hop acts we want to see perform at the upcoming Head In The Clouds Manila at the end of the year.
Listen to “Best Life” here:
