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A rather bright national spotlight has finally been cast on Minnesota's booming American Indian hip-hop scene. Vice Media and Apple Music have teamed up to create an ambitious new documentary series called "The Score," which will feature music-related stories from Brazil, Iceland and Vietnam. The first installment, however, is a powerful one from right here in Minnesota titled "Reservation Rap" about music being made by native rappers Baby Shel, Tall Paul, Thomas X, Left Field and many more....
It's a long way from the Red Lake Indian Reservation in northwestern Minnesota to the great hipster uprising that is the South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas. Baby Shel already made the trek two years ago and was greeted like a major rap star - albeit, by only one mistaken sushi restaurant. "They kept bringing me free stuff, and I was like, 'What's all this?' " recalled Shel, who was wearing a wristband that said "artist" at the time. "They said, 'Anything for you, Fat Joe!' " Ye...
