Bajah + The Dry Eye Crew

What’s it like to move from a small African nation to a big American city like New York? While Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew are digging their new lives in the hip-hop mecca of Brooklyn, they have had to do some adjusting. “For me, the thing I think is strange is, back home when you go out and see somebody, and you live on the same block, you always say hi. But here, if you say hi, they never answer you,” Dovy Dovy says. “When I first came to this country, I used to say hi to everyone. But people don’t. I find it… why? Sometimes I feel embarrassed.” “Yeah, cause a lot of stuff’s going on,” Bajah adds. “So at times you don’t need to talk to strangers. Maybe he’s coming to stick you. Too much fear in people these days.” So, what ever happened to “Spread love, it’s the Brooklyn way” (in the words of one of Brooklyn’s most notoriously beloved native sons)? Here’s hoping that soon enough the Crew’s neighbors start saying hello—or at least flashing the Dry Eye sign.