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Hip hop emerged during the 1970s in block parties, becoming increasingly popular in New York City, especially in the Bronx, where African-American influences. Block parties began to incorporate DJs who played popular music genres, especially funk and soul.
This French rapper from Ségou, Malí, was born in 1974 and his real name is Abdoulaye Diarra. He began with the rap genre around his 11 years old, and started to practice it at the age of 13. Since then, his passion for the rap did not stop. Counting with several years of career, he … Read more
Tienas The Mumbai-based MC is a breath of fresh air in the city’s hip-hop community – bringing to the forefront a Nujabes-inspired sonic aesthetic that hasn’t been seen before in a region dominated by ‘gully rap’. Tienas’ ability to craft together complex narratives on fluctuating, chaotic beats has seen him enter multiple critics’ list. Follow … Read more
A French rapper and songwriter, known by his stage name Soprano, who’s style is a rap innovation of the modern times mixed with hip hop and lyrics that doesn’t focuses on the vulgarity, violence and negative message that many rappers send in the actuality to the world. Some of their influences are Michael Jackson, Kanye … Read more
Mathieu Pruski (real name of the artist), was born in 1997 in Paris, France. He took PLK as a stage name due to his Polish origins. The rapper and songwriter is member of a rap group called “Panama Bende” (Also from Paris, France). Pruski began writing songs at a very young age, it is presumed … Read more
Perfect Hand Crew The formula of this power trio from the south is simple: one dj/producer (Mago), two MCs (Tasty TooK & Billy), a little rap, a lot of grime, Uk Garage, all watered by incisive flows: this is what the Perfect Hand Crew looks like. Able to ignite any dancefloor and defining themselves as … Read more
OrelSan Orelsan is a French hardcore rapper whose full-length debut, the hit album Perdu d’Avance (2009), was the subject of much controversy, with many critics likening him to Eminem. Born Aurélien Cotentin on August 1, 1982, in Caen, France, he listened to rock music as a youth but gravitated toward rap music as he grew … Read more
Globetrotting producer Onra has staked his claim as one of the most exciting beat-makers of the past few years, thanks to releases like the 80’s Funk beat album Long Distance, various Boogie edits and his Chinoiseries collections (made with Chinese music samples found while traveling Asia). Photo by Dan ShepherdHis talent for delivering emotive, soulful … Read more
This artist from Perpignan, France, precisely from the district of Saint-Jacques, is a young rapper with a playful voice and a lot of talent. He started by winning the Buzz Booster in 2010, and there is where his career took off. Nemir was invited to collaborate with other artists like Nekfeu, Enzo Serra, and Alpha … Read more
Mavi Phoenix Austria’s Mavi Phoenix blends pop, rap, and R&B into a hard-to-classify but catchy mix. Born Marlene Nader to a family with Syrian roots (her grandfather came to Vienna in the ’70s as a refugee), the rapper-singer/songwriter-multi-instrumentalist grew up attending English-speaking schools and listening to rock acts such as David Bowie and Queens of … Read more
Marwa Outamghart is a French singer/rapper from Strasbourg, that was born in December, 1996. Currently she lives in Paris, and is known for being an urban pop, urban dance, French rap and R&B artist. Of Moroccan origin, our rising star left school at an early age to dedicate all her time to the music, starting … Read more