Rap: 10 tracks and a tour of Africa (Q3 2022) – Pan African Music

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A diverse group of young people enthusiastically pose together, some making energetic hand gestures. One person in a bright orange bucket hat stands out among the crowd, vividly reminiscent of vibrant Pan African Music or a lively rap session during a tour of Africa.

Mali: BBG feat. Galy Bandit – “Chicago”

We start with the rising stars of Malian rap. The group BBG, acronym of Bandz Boys Gang, has been making news all over Bamako for a little over a year. Last July, the trio even filled and set fire to the Palais de la Culture. Their latest track “Chicago”, taken from the Bandz 2 mixtape, caught our ear. The title refers both to the birthplace of drill, a genre in which the group excels as evidenced by the first two verses of the song, but it is also the name of a nightclub in the Malian…