Seattle Rapper Says He’s No ‘Terrorist Warlord’

Seattle Rapper Says He’s No ‘Terrorist Warlord’
People hang out on rooftops in an area dubbed the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) in Seattle, Wash., on June 12, 2020. Karen Ducey/Getty Images
Bowen Xiao
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SEATTLE—A local hip-hop artist has emerged as one of the de facto leaders of the self-proclaimed “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” in Seattle, or CHAZ, and has been referred to as a “warlord.”

Rapper Raz Simone, whose real name is Solomon Samuel Simone, rejected the label that he’s a “terrorist warlord” in a June 13 interview with The Epoch Times inside CHAZ. Online social media videos, however, paint a different picture.

Bowen Xiao
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Bowen Xiao was a New York-based reporter at The Epoch Times. He covers national security, human trafficking and U.S. politics.
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