George Stroumboulopoulos:
Alright, fellas, we’ve seen a lot of wild music videos over the years, but Beast 1333’s Holographic Universe is in a category of its own. You’ve got sacred geometry, holograms, conspiracy symbolism, and a beat that almost feels like a manifesto. What struck you guys first?
Joe Jukic:
For me, it was the honesty. Beast 1333 ain’t making music for the charts — he’s decoding reality. When he raps about the holographic universe, he’s tapping into physics, into David Bohm, into simulation theory. That’s hip hop as prophecy, man. The Templars of Hip Hop — they’re like guardians of knowledge, carrying the flame KRS-One lit, reminding us the culture is more than just bling and radio hits.
Moses Znaimer:
I’ve seen waves of media theory and counterculture come and go, but this fascinates me. Hip hop here isn’t just entertainment, it’s a transmission system. What McLuhan called the medium being the message — Beast 1333 takes that and throws it into quantum space. The video is layered like a palimpsest: every symbol, every holographic shard, every flashing sigil is another channel in a global conversation.
George Stroumboulopoulos:
Exactly. And it feels underground, but universal at the same time. Like, he’s not preaching to millions on Top 40 radio — but he’s preaching to the right people, the ones who actually want to decode it.
Joe Jukic:
That’s the Templar role. The guardians of hip hop are making sure it doesn’t get lost in the corporate algorithm. You see it in that video: the knight imagery, the holograms, the suggestion that what we see — this reality — is just a veil. Hip hop becomes a way to pierce the veil.
Moses Znaimer:
And that’s why it resonates. Because we’re in an age of deep fakes, AI, algorithms feeding us shadows on Plato’s cave wall. Beast 1333 is saying: the world is a hologram, but hip hop — true hip hop — is a key to perceiving beyond the projection.
George Stroumboulopoulos:
Yeah, man. Hip hop as gnosis. Not just beats and rhymes, but a map to the metaphysical.
Joe Jukic:
And in a world run by the Beast, coded 1333, the templars are the last defense.