Mikkey Halsted x Lupe Fiasco - Gone

Mikkey Halsted and Lupe Fiasco team up for “Gone,” a track created to highlight the increasing level of violence their hometown of Chicago has experienced in recent times. With particular cause for concern within 2012, during Chicago’s first ‘warm’ weekend, there were 37 shootings, 46 victims and nine murders. Here’s what Mikkey had to say on the matter, and the track can be streamed below his words.

In light of “37 SHOOTINGS, 46 VICTIMS & 9 MURDERS” during Chicago’s first ‘warm’ weekend, the Trayvon travesty, 6-year old Aliyah Shell, and in honor of my cousins Ismail & Malik that were gunned down last summer…I felt as though this was the time to drop this song. Shouts to Lupe for helping me paint a vivid picture of what goes on everyday in Chicago and every other ghetto in America. Also, shouts to David ‘D.A.’ Doman & Jim LaVigne for providing us the perfect canvas to paint upon.

Special Dedication to Blair Holt and the hundreds of CPS students lost to senseless violence.

WE CAN NO LONGER WAIT FOR OTHERS, SEEMINGLY UNAFFECTED BY OUR ISSUES, TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS FOR US. SPEAK OUT AND SAY SOMETHING, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, DO SOMETHING.