Mihajlo Perić, an American rapper of Serbian descent, better known as Valid, has released a new song and video from his current album “Peach Brandy” titled “Places”. In the song “Places”, Valid pays tribute to his homeland and that of his ancestors, Serbia, as well as the city that shaped him, Detroit.
Just a few days after announcing his first Eastern European tour, scheduled for November this year, and where he will perform in Serbia for the first time, Valid released a video for his new song “Places” produced by Knowhere2run and Vibin wit DJ Mono, in production by Lucky Penny Media.
This video pays tribute to Serbia and the Balkans while celebrating Detroit culture. In the lyrics, Valid expresses his longing for the Balkans and hopes to visit the region at least one more time in his life.
On his Balkan and Eastern European tour, organized by Valternativa Records, Valid and DJ Head, Valid will be performing with Tkač and DJ Alex Marko. Official dates, cities, and venues will be announced soon.
Perić, also known as the Serbian Eminem, is originally from Detroit, the city where the most famous white rapper of all time, Marshall Bruce Mathers, also known as Eminem, rose to fame. Mihajlo’s nickname comes partly from the fact that his songs are produced by Eminem’s producer, DJ Head.
Last year, he recorded a video with Eminem for the local professional baseball team, the Detroit Tigers.
Valid once intrigued the public by releasing a single for St. George’s Day called “6. Maj” (May 6th), and the lyrics of this song speak of one of the greatest Serbian holidays.
In his new hit, Mihajlo says, among other things:
It was at dawn when my eyes opened
Turkish coffee on the stove, it’s time for a cup
I rarely smoke but now I had to
Pour some rakia, drink it
A gulp
We celebrate that we live
Because we weren’t supposed to succeed
The lyrics that Mihajlo personally wrote continue like this…
Yes, Mom, you can show off with Louis
but I’ll play a song by Bijelo Dugme
For all those little bosses, we’ll rock like it’s St. George’s Day (Djurdjevdan)!
“My parents were born and raised in the former Yugoslavia. They are both Serbs and met here in Detroit in the late 70s, got married and started a family. Hardworking people, working class, that’s the best way I can describe my parents”, Mihajlo, aka Valid, told Serbian Times.
He knows a lot about his parents’ origins, and he has been to Serbia twice so far.
“The last time I went there was in 2005, when I was eighteen. I visited Belgrade, Kraljevo, and Vršac, where my mother grew up. My father’s side of the family is mostly from Kosovo, which I visited on my first trip when I was only two years old. I am aware of what is happening to the Serbs in Kosovo, and my heart aches for it. All I can say about that is that I can only pray that one day that political violence will pass.”
Mihajlo Perić says that he spent his childhood hanging out with Serbian and immigrant children…
“My childhood was unique. I grew up with a lot of other Serbian, at that time “Yugoslav” children. I spent my childhood surrounded by children from so many different cultures and environments and I am glad for that. I didn’t dance the kolo, but I liked it, and I still like our music… Šaban Šaulić, Arsen Dedić, Toma Zdravković, and I also really like the legendary Serbian jazz musician, Duško Gojković. I love our spiritual music, old songs that come straight from the heart.”
Listen to the full album “Peach Brandy”: https://bfan.link/peach-brandy
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