Spotify Recruits Desiigner and Pusha T for a New Series Looking at Immigration and Equality
U.S. artists collaborate with musicians affected by the travel ban.
Spotify‘s latest series of original content sees the streaming site set up collaborations between US artists such as Desiigner and Pusha T and musicians from the country’s affected by Donald Trump’s travel ban. The “I’m with the banned” series features a selection of tracks as well as short films looking at the collaborative experience and the process that went into producing the playlist.
The collaborations see Desiigner team up with Waayaha Cusub, a Somali music collective, while Pusha T jumps on a track with Moh Flo, a singer/songwriter from Syria, and BJ the Chicago Kid works with a Sudanese producer called Suvyn. Every track from Spotify’s “I’m with the banned” series is available now, alongside a playlist of work by the artists featured, and the accompanying short films can be viewed now.
