Abidjan letter
This April, two concerts captivated ivory youth, which are great fans of rap: one of the local star “Drill” Himra and another of the pioneer of the French trap Kaaris. Duration The Anumabo Urban Music Festival, “K2A”, was held on Kaaris’s native soil in front of tens of thousands of enthusiastic fans who, despite their young age, knew all their memory classics. “The future of rap is Africa,” Hey exclaimed the previous day in France 24. “It will happen here.”
And it is difficult to disagree. During the last five years, the French rappers have made mass to the economic capital of Ivory Coast to record collaborations with local artists or shoot musical videos, and are incorporating incorporating Nachi, The snake of Abidjan Street in its footprints. “The French rap is losing impulse,” said Sheku Tall, director of the COAST 2 COAST label. “Do you need to reinvent yourself and what better way than to return to your roots?”
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