REKS & DJ Mickey Knox – "Declaration of Independence" [VIDEO]

REKS and DJ Mickey Knox deliver “Declaration of Independence,” a hard piece of political rap produced by Mickey Knox and directed by Queen Philosophical. The record confronts the United States as a power structure: founding father myths, white supremacy, enslaved labor, mass incarceration, attacks on DEI, and historical terms like drapetomania. REKS does not gesture vaguely toward politics — he attacks the subject directly, with data, anger, and control. Crucially, the track is kept away from major algorithmic channels by design. Independence is not just a slogan here; it is a distribution decision. The beat stays rugged enough to keep the message from becoming a lecture. This is protest rap with infrastructure awareness.