“We don’t see politicians caring about us and the issues that matter to us,” Niedzielski said. “Young people are smarter than a lot of politicians and pundits think they are. Young people can see through fake politicians or fake platitudes.” On Election night, the South was demonized and vilified for being unable to produce enough voters to sway states like Texas and the Carolinas in favor of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Harris touted requiring all her special agents to wear body cameras when she was California’s attorney general, though,PBS reported in April comes at a moment when black people in the diaspora are learning more about their commonalities. On the title track, Jidenna describes how going to Africa with his black-American friends inspired them to seek their African heritage. (“I took my crew on vacation / Accra to Abuja, amazed them / Uh, now they gon’ do DNA shit.”) Artists he featured on this record also represent this movement with recent albums, like Nigerian artist Mr. Eazi, who droppedLagos to Londonin 2018 and D.C. rapper GoldLink, who releasedDiaspora