Posts Tagged ‘hip-hop’
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‘’It’s not just about having an African backdrop’’ – Baloji interviewed
We met Baloji, the brilliant and innovative Congolese-born Belgian rapper and video producer, a few hours before his concert at this year’s Roskilde Festival. We asked Baloji about his recent performances in Kinshasa, about recording with Konono, the distinct visual side of his work and how to escape the ‘African artist’ label. Read his fascinating ...
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‘’We are all ambassadors whether we like it or not’’ – an interview with Blitz
We met Samuel Bazuwule aka Blitz the Ambassador after his astonishing concert at this year’s Roskilde Festival where he and his Embassy Ensemble had taken the audience on a joyride aboard ‘Ambassador Airways’. The conscious Brooklyn based, Ghanaian hip-hop artist and visual artist spoke to us about operating from a deficit as an African musician, ...