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Harlem rapper Mykki Blanco has unveiled a creepy new video for new track 'The Initiation'.
Directed by Ninian Doff, the clip shows Blanco with two faces as she crawls and climbs around a dark and seedy underworld.
The track is taken from Blanco's Betty Rubble: The Initiation EP, which was released last month.
Speaking to MTV about why she chose to rap in Latin on the EP, Blanco responded: "If I’m going to call myself the 'Illuminati Prince/ss,' what better way to explain that than a rap in what would be the tongue of the Illuminati?
"I got on Wikipedia and Googled Latin phrases from A to Z, and I just started to cull what I liked and what made sense. If someone actually decodes “The Initiation,” the song strangely has a lot to do with identity and a lot to do with virtuality. A lot of what I see on Twitter — it’s so funny how people always want to assume that, just because something’s dark and melancholy doesn’t mean it’s demonic."
Watch the video for 'The Initiation':
Blanco returns to the UK to play dates at London's Village Underground on 10 and 11 June, 2013.
For information visit Gigwise Gig Tickets.
