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Dice Raw - 'Jimmy's Back' Album Trailer

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After a real impressive lead single, Dice Raw is in go mode for his upcoming LP, Jimmy's Back. With a new release date, a promo video, and a new spelling to the album title. Dice switched up the spelling of Jimmy in honor of his fallen childhood friend, and fellow Philly rapper, Jimmy Davis, who was murdered on June 20th, Dice explains: "Jimmy was all about positivity...it's a tragedy that his life had to play out this way. I wanted to dedicate this album to him in the hopes of changing some perspectives and saving some lives." The concept album, themed around mass incarceration, and inspired by the New York Times bestselling book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness, will now be out August 4th. Let Dice set the scene for you with the promo video, below.