Pack a 'Matic on Your iPod!

As I mentioned a few days ago on Twitter, Rapper Dwayne Tryumf, from across the pond, is giving away "I Don't Pack a Matic" when you sign up for his mailing list. Visit his Myspace page to get the goodness!

The rap/ragga hybrid with the heavy beat and reflective lyrics was inspired by a friend of Dwayne Tryumf's being shot and killed in 2007, as well as the news of other high-profile murders of youth in England. It's a reminder that you "don't need to walk with a gun. Walk with the Lord, walk with faith, walk with your Bible, and learn the scripture," Tryumf said in a YouTube interview on the making of the "I Don't Pack a Matic" video for the British TV show "UPRISE" (part of the UK Christian TV network OHTV). "Let's put down the guns and let's pick up the word of God, and change our lives that way."

DT said he chose to shoot the video in the Brixton section of London, in a rough "estate" (the equivalent of a housing project community in the U.S.). Brixton is a high-crime region of the city, a prime target for the message of "I Don't Pack a Matic."

Here's the video:



And here's footage of DT speaking out against violence in the city on the news:



Be on the lookout for Dwayne Tryumf's upcoming EP, "777 The Mark of the Peace" for more uplifting sounds.