Das Racist is a rap duo based in Brooklyn, comprised of Queens-born Himanshu Suri and San Francisco-born Victor Vazquez. The two met at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut where Victor was Himanshu's resident advisor in a "Students of Color for Social Justice" themed dormitory. Das Racist describe their approach to music as "'deconstructionalist': sawing the legs out from under hip-hop as they celebrate it.

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  • Das Racist is a rap duo based in Brooklyn, comprised of Queens-born Himanshu Suri and San Francisco-born Victor Vazquez. The two met at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut where Victor was Himanshu's resident advisor in a "Students of Color for Social Justice" themed dormitory. Das Racist describe their approach to music as "'deconstructionalist': sawing the legs out from under hip-hop as they celebrate it. " Their songs include "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" and "Chicken and Meat. " Vazquez is also a member of Boy Crisis, which also consists entirely of Wesleyan grads. Their work has been cited in The Guardian and The Root, which said Das Racist could speak for both "the ‘hood or the nearest gated community" in a piece on black hipsters, or "blipsters". Playboy called the duo "equal parts hip-hop and Cheech & Chong. " In March 2009, Dan Deacon referred to "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" as "a track that will last the ages" in XLR8R magazine. Death & Taxes magazine described the song as "an existential meditation on consumer identity in corporate America" and "both feverishly juvenile and somehow profound. " Das Racist's first album, Shut Up, Dude, is scheduled to be released this fall.
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  • Das Racist is a rap duo based in Brooklyn, comprised of Queens-born Himanshu Suri and San Francisco-born Victor Vazquez. The two met at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut where Victor was Himanshu's resident advisor in a "Students of Color for Social Justice" themed dormitory. Das Racist describe their approach to music as "'deconstructionalist': sawing the legs out from under hip-hop as they celebrate it.
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  • Das Racist
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