There is not a single African rap, there are hundreds. There are as many rap scenes as there are countries and languages on the continent. Throughout Africa, rappers and beatmakers are taking up the codes and latest trends of American rap, mixing them with the sounds of local music and languages, enriching them with cultural references specific to a place or a community, and thus creating something something personal and unique, both in terms of the music itself and the clips.
My job to account for this bubbling is to do…
