LONG BEACH - Leaning on a very American tradition, Long Beach-raised Cambodian-American rap artist praCh Ly wants to inspire nothing less than revolution.

It may be actual, it may be spiritual, it may be intellectual, but it's revolution.

The peripatetic song writer will be performing at the Cambodian New Year Celebration Saturday at El Dorado Park, where he will continue to preach his messages of awareness and resistance.

Throughout American history, music has given voice to revolt and social comment.

So, it's no accident that when Ly, who goes by the stage name praCh - with a capital C to honor his Cambodian heritage - starts dropping tracks and lyrics, he's thinking about the message.

Heck, even his Web site, mujestic.com, proclaims "it's not just music, it's a movement."

Calling what he does "edutainment," praCh's lyrics are bold and critical of leaders and societal issues in the U.S. and, particularly, in his home country.

In a track of his new album, praCh preaches "I'm trying to raise awareness, being careless is what got us into this mess."

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