French Rap Tees — The Wardrobe of a Culture

Before it hangs in a frame, a scene lives on cotton. Long before French rap reached the museum, it moved through the streets on the backs of those who built it — concert tees, promo shirts, bootlegs, worn until they became documents in their own right. French Rap Tees, the book by Driss Dendoune produced by mgh!, gathers this overlooked archive: the garment as a record of a movement.

The book officially releases this October — but we’re celebrating it early, because part of the collection it documents is on view right now inside Beyond the Streets. For one afternoon, Le Grand Jeu takes this story into the show. We begin with a guided tour of the exhibition at La Villette, then move to its bookshop — run by Sarah Andelman — for an exclusive drop of just 50 copies of French Rap Tees, signed in the presence of two founding voices of the culture, Solo and Manu Key. Dan of Ticaret joins us too, to unveil the Ticaret × Beyond the Streets collaboration — an edition initiated by Le Grand Jeu.

📖 French Rap Tees — Guided Tour, Exclusive Drop & Signing with Driss Dendoune, in the presence of Solo and Manu Key
🗓 Friday, July 10th | 🕓 2–7PM (tour) · from 5PM (drop & signing at the shop)
📍 Beyond the Streets, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris 19