Boston emcee Slaine is back with a new EP, on which he discusses his long battle with drugs and alcohol and his path to sobriety.
Slaine has appeared in hit movies like Gone Baby Gone and The Town, and has worked with acts like DJ Premier, Cypress Hill, Snoop Dogg, and Raekwon, but in 2014 the La Coka Nostra rapper temporarily walked away from all of his previous success to focus on kicking his drug and alcohol addictions. This year, Slaine is making his triumphant return to both acting and music; he appeared in this summer's action-comedy hit Central Intelligence, and now he's preparing his first album in two years, Slaine Is Dead, which will be released on September 23rd.
In the new video for "Pusher," the first single off the Slaine Is Dead EP, The La Coka Nostra rapper confronts his personal demons while delivering on the gritty, brutally honest story telling he's known for.
Slaine Is Dead is just the first of four projects that Slaine is reportedly putting the finishing touches on. In an interview with AmbrosiaForHeads, Slaine says that he's been creating music at a prolific rate since becoming sober. "It was like someone who had been in an accident learning how to tie their sneakers again and walk and finally get integrated back into society," Slaine said. "I just kept chipping away a day at a time trying to make a little progress every day. When I looked up I had four projects pretty close to being done."
By Michael Lacerna for RAPstation.com
