GoldLink On Go-Go And Making The Best Of A Bittersweet History
The D.C. rapper survived a rough upbringing and made it as a member of a hip-hop renaissance in and around the nation's capital. That, he says, is cause for both celebration and soul-searching.
GoldLink — born D'Anthony Carlos — grew up surrounded by the sounds of Washington, D.C., in the 1990s. His father, an employee of the District's Parks and Recreation department, introduced him to go-go: a funk-infused dance music that originated in D.C. in the '70s and is one of the influences on his latest album, At What Cost.
"[Go-go is] all heavy percussion, so it's more funky, but
