redveil ends Camp Flog Gnaw set with call for peace in Gaza
thefader.comredveil ended his set at Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival this past Sunday (November 12) with a statement on the violence in Gaza, where more than 11,100 people — about half a percent of the densely inhabited strip’s population — have died due to Israel’s ongoing airstrikes, ground invasion, and blockade since Hamas fighters killed roughly 1,400 Israelis (including 260 attendees of a music festival) and took roughly 240 more hostage on October 7.
Among Gaza’s dead are more than 4,000 children, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Footage from the festival shows the Prince George County, Maryland MC pointing to a long, fast-scrolling list of names projected on the screen behind him. “Behind me is a list of names of Palestinians that’s been killed in Gaza since October 7,” he says, an instrumental playing behind him. “Nobody on this fucking list made it to the age of four.” Read Next: Listen to redveil’s playing w/ fire EP redveil goes on to urge audience members to call their reps and demand a ceasefire at CeasefireToday.com. “It’s not complicated — don’t nobody tell you that shit,” he says in the video, to which a voice that sounds very much like Camp Flog Gnaw founder Tyler, the Creator’s replies, “It’s not.” Before leaving the stage, he leads the crowd in a “Free Palestine” chant.
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