African Rap/France

The majority of French rappers are really from Africa. Even though DJ Dee Nasty became the pioneer of Hip-Hop in France during the early 1980s, immigrants from Africa dominated the music scene as well. Due to the former French rule and the colonial, Africans immigrants moved to France for education or better life. M.C. Solaar, from Senegal moved to France around the late 1980s and released his first CD in 1991. More African emcees included ...

  Storm Bugsy (Cape Verde)                  Red One (Morocco)

  Le Specialist (Madagascar)                Bissao na Bissao
                                           (Democratic Republic of
  INTIK (Algeria)                          the Congo/Republic? of
                                            Congo)
  Bidew n Bess (Senegal)

  Taj Kul B (Morocco)                       M.A.M. (Cote d' Ivorie)

  Kaysha (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

  Tana-Cergy (Madagascar)

  Hip-Hop groups from Africa also tour in France and all over Europe.