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BETWEEN TWO WARS (Part Two) Murals by Gerilya The PCIJ Story Project X Sandata X Gerilya 2019 Check the link for the full story: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/specials/content/96/between-two-wars-by-the-pcij-story-project/?fbclid=IwAR1gnd8xv15sqSIcf6FZOMzzn7EvkIj7fp3zgMgMMENms9zh0XqSjMjTzbA

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SANDATA Custom Action Figure by Gerilya Character by Gener Pedrina from the Sanduguan comics series 2018

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ALEXANDER ROXAS Sandata, oleo sa kambas, 2025 #artPH

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SALAKAY, SANDATA & KALAYAAN Custom Action Figure by Gerilya

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Tackling the drug war through hip-hop

In a bar filled with almost 200 young people, two rappers take the stage to perform songs about the drug war in the Philippines. Their verses switch between slick punches and guttural outbursts — until the air is suddenly punctuated by an actual recording of gunshots and a woman wailing. The music transforms the audience into a mosh pit, and by the end of the set, 200 young people have their fists in the air, shouting “Never Again!”

Behind this movement in the music scene is a group called Sandata, which is comprised of progressive Filipino activist rappers BLKD and Calix, playwright and screenwriter Mixkaela Villalon, and development workers and researchers Tanya Quijano, Abbey Pangilinan, and Ica Fernandez.

Sandata believes in the power of combining research and arts in addressing the drug war. For the last two years, the group has been interviewing families left behind by victims, and then transforming these data and stories into hard-hitting songs.

This means that every time they perform, their raps are followed by presentations of their data, turning gigs into learning spaces.

Sandata is currently working on a 12-track album called “Kolateral,” where each track is directly inspired by real accounts and cases of victims of the drug war. They believe that this will be the first of its kind in the country — an album backed by real data from start to finish.

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