The exact causes of war can be difficult to pinpoint, especially amidst crisis and turmoil. SURVIVAL mechanisms and tools of war are various and vast–from long periods of hunkering down, to secret, covert missions to catch your enemies by surprise.

At the end of the day, war is all about SURVIVAL.

For years, Christian Mathews, known to legions of rap fans across the globe as Black C, has honed his innate sensibilities and skills of SURVIVAL by responding to the threats toward his mortality with hard rhymes, G-funk driven production and a keen business sense adapted from the streets that raised him.

Black C, the founder and surviving member of the San Francisco Bay Area’s pioneering rap outfit, RBL Posse, has been surviving in a myriad of ways for nearly five decades. A PART OF SURVIVAL is the first-hand, uncut, unfiltered, eye-to-eye, street-view of a rap star’s rise to popularity in the 1990’s and his ability to stay relevant, adaptable, and alive while chaos, crime and death lurked around every corner. His musical resume is compelling, not only as a member of RBL Posse but as a soloist.

Black C’s work within the groundbreaking group, in addition to efforts with rap royalty like Master P and E-40, cements him not only as a music legend, but as an icon in the blueprint of SURVIVAL.

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