SDM rappers, or the art of mixing genres

In the Concert Hall of Courbevoie, in Hauts-de-Seine, on March 2, the SDM takes place. In a few days, the rapper is on tour with a pianist and a DJ and, unlike some of his colleagues, does not neglect rehearsals. The over 1.90m giant wants to put the odds on his side. In particular, he trained with the landscape coach, Vicelow, a former member of the collective Saïan Supa Crew, who, in the early 2000s, had great success with albums KLR And X reasons. Most of his concerts, such as the Olympia on April 8, are sold out. The One Who Just Got Platinum Certified – Over One Hundred Thousand Copies Sold – With His Second Album, 100 links, Released December 2022, it never rests on its laurels.

He knows he must “go get [s]We are public » So that spectators at least leave their phones screen on during his performances, as he refuses to play during playback. ” todayAnd notice , Once you sell tickets to a rap concert, it’s like hotcakes, but I’m not sure everyone understands the spirit of live. Once people are in the room, instead of having fun, they make videos to show their friends. If they could just put their cell phones away and live in the moment, that would be even better. »

to do Dance on, Booba’s new charcoal has the right chops: the egotrip Ragnar Street rap if you knew or german racing car, or tune come back down, tinged with Congolese rumba. This music is also the first love of an artist who became known thanks to his freestyle in his car while incarcerated.

Leonard Beni-Mossabou grew up in Clamart (Hauts-de-Seine), in the western suburbs of Paris, the youngest of three siblings. His mother, a carer, sends him every summer to Kinshasa with his maternal grandmother, and wants him to speak the local languages, Lingala and Swahili, and learn their history, from Thomas Sankara to Patrice Lumumba.

“More knowledge in rumba”

Bob Massua, his father, is a recognized and respected Congolese rumba and cybine producer. At home, no one listens to rap, not even his big brothers: “Our dad didn’t take us to the recording studio or to concerts, He says. On the other hand, there was everything His CDs and for him DVDs at home. And this is the only music we listened to. I only discovered rap when I went to college, I even think I like rumba more than French rap. Even today, I listen to all kinds of music. »

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