Invisible Man

Invisible Man

InvisibleMan is a hip hop duo based in Pretoria, South Africa. Their collaboration began in mid-2006 and brings together the talents of two separate hip hop group members: Second Sun, of The Innovators (the group behind the hugely successful 'Hiphocalypse' Mix tapes) and Undahdogg of Sixth Element.

Partly inspired by the classic novel, The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellis, the concept of InvisibleMan arose from the author's claim that he is an 'invisible man'. His invisibility, he says, is not a physical condition - he is not literally invisible - but is rather the result of the refusal of others to see him. He says that because of his invisibility, he has been hiding from the world, living underground - a life that he has taken on in order to write his

                                                      story.
 

InvisibleMan's first album, 'The Invisible Man', tackles personal and social issues ranging from the struggle of an unsigned artist to land paying gigs, to an ordinary 'un-connected' South African's view of the ever-elusive Black Economic Empowerment.

InvisibleMan have developed a concept that aims to contrast the blindness of society with the invisibility of the individual. Their songs investigate people's tendency to wilfully avoid seeing and confronting the truth to show how one person becomes invisible because one is blind. At the same time, the message is also intended to show that, while invisibility can bring disempowerment, it can also bring freedom and mobility.  

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