hip-hop
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French Rap Tees — The Wardrobe of a Culture
Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris 19 211 avenue Jean Jaurès — 75019 Paris — Porte de Pantin, Paris, Île-de-France, FranceBefore 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 […]
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Du bitume au sacré — Still Under Construction
Le Consulat Voltaire 114 Avenue Parmentier, Paris, FranceBefore Homecore, there was a kid from the banlieue raised the hard way, with street culture as a first language. That kid was Alexandre Guarneri. Thirty years after founding one of French hip-hop's defining labels, he has gone back through his own story to ask how you take apart what you were taught in order […]
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Oreall Pop-Up — Bathroom Problems in Paris
Le Grand Jeu 15, passage de Ménilmontant, Paris, FranceOn Saturday, 3 October, Le Grand Jeu hands the shop over to the rapper Oreall for a one-day pop-up. It's his first time meeting his Paris audience in person, and the format is deliberately simple. Come by, talk, listen, and leave with a piece of the project. On the table: his CD Bathroom Problems, a […]