Category: Guinea

• Représentez Représentez

  

  Growing up all around the French capital and hailing from all parts of francophone Africa, the Parisian hip-hop collective Sexion d’Assaut has proven that there is power in diversity. The variety of styles present in a given track mixed in with their individual lyrical collaborations combine to form a hypnotically rhythmic creation often imparting aRead…

  jakewittbrodt

  March 28, 2018

  Africa, Culture, Diaspora Emcees, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Student Projects

  Africa, hiphop

• Diaspora Rappers

  

  Diaspora based artists like K’Naan, Blitz the Ambassador, M3nsa, Wale, and French Montana, and Tabi Bonney have been covered heavily in this blog. There are several other first and second generation African MCs around the world who have not been covered as much in this blog. As students in the Hip Hop and Social ChangeRead…

  Msia Kibona Clark

  March 24, 2018

  Africa, Australia, canada, Diaspora Emcees, England/UK, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, LIberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Student Projects, Uganda, United States, Women MCs

  Amine, Flohio, Gabriel Teodros, Kojey Radical, Kween G, Little Simz, MHD, Novelist, Reggie Snow, Rich Garvey, Say’hu, Shad, Skepta, Sway

• MHD en sa Patrie

  

  Mohammed Sylla (MHD) performed in front of thousands of Senegalese in Dakar in December 2017. This concert, staged in front of the 49-meter-tall African Renaissance Monument,  united the international phenomenon MHD with domestically-popular Senegalese hip-hop artists in an evening ripe with music, dance, and humor. 

  sandersca

  February 7, 2018

  Culture, Diaspora Emcees, Guinea, Hip Hop Related Events, Senegal, Student Projects, Trap Music

  Africa, African, African Artists, African Hip Hop, Aya Nakamura, Canabasse, dakar, democracy in dakar, french, Linguistics, MHD, Music, Omzo Dollar, senegal, Senegalese Hip Hop