For composer, rapper, and singer Mato Wayuhi, the challenge to “redefine the definition of indigenous art” for the Hulu series Reservation Dogs was one he was more than ideally suited to take on. In this episode of The Big Score, the form USC film student from South Dakota talks about how his Oglala Lakota culture heavily influences the gritty sounds he creates to capture the thematic qualities of the show, how technology helped him construct zombie-esque sounds, how 90's hip hop inspired his rapping, and how he honors his father and the indigenous sounds of his culture with a deer hoof rattle.
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