Reykjavík’s Alaska1867: ‘You don’t hear rap from this perspective’

In 1867, the United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire for the bargain price of $7.2 million ($0.02 per acre). It was a deal that changed the course of history, and 150 years later, would change the trajectory of a young Icelandic rapper’s life. 

While high one evening, doomscrolling from her downtown Reykjavík bedroom, Kolfreyja Sól came across a documentary about the Alaska Purchase. Maybe it was the drugs or maybe it was fate, but in that moment, thehellip;

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