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The number one rule of being a gangster? You never, ever rat out your friends. And yet that's exactly what Tekashi 69 did when he betrayed the Nine Tray Bloods. The entire world of hip hop turned its back on him, and he even got death threats.

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The number one rule of being a gangster? You never, ever rat out your friends...

Tekashi 69

California native Rodrick Wayne Moore Jr. rose to fame with his debut single Die Young in 2018. He energises the crowd at Splash!, Europe’s biggest hip hop and reggae festival in  Chemnitz, Germany.

Splash! 2022

Roddy Ricch

Drake gives us a little crash course in humanitainment. The Canadian rapper has a knack for helping his neighbour… when the cameras just so happen to be rolling. These publicity stunts see the artist make money on the backs of people in need.

Drake

These publicity stunts see the artist make money on the backs of people in need

Flavor Flav, a liability or a bankable asset for Public Enemy? There's an ideological chasm that separates the MC from the rest of the group. TAPE investigates.

Public Enemy

Flavor Flav, a liability or a bankable asset for Public Enemy?

August 19, 2014. Nicki Minaj releases the music video for Anaconda. The message is clear: down with the dictatorship of skinny pop stars and make way for XXL shapes and XXX speech. Provocative? Maybe. Feminist? Definitely.

Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj says down with the dictatorship of skinny pop stars, and make way for XXL shapes and XXX speech

The child-star of the Cosby Show, Raven-Symoné signed her first contract by the age of five. In 1993, Raven-Symoné came out with the hit song That's What Little Girls Are Made Of, featuring Miss Elliott - but in the music video, Missy was replaced by an actress. Missy didn't look the part. That was devastating to her... but it didn't stop her rise and rise. 

Missy Elliott

The music industry tried to break Miss Elliott - but she changed the game instead. 

On October 1, 2014, Snoop Dogg made the guests of his Youtube show laugh by attacking Migos and their signature flow. But the Atlanta's technique is nothing new! So what annoys Snoop so much about the Migos rap style?

Migos

What annoys Snoop Dogg so much about the Migos rap style?

Last year, Lil Nas X drew the ire of  American pastor Greg Locke, who filmed himself reacting to the Montero music video. Lil Nas X broke onto the music scene with his country-rap hit Old Town Road in 2019, but this new song was different. It features inverted pentagrams, devilish cosplay, and a lapdance to Lucifer. What is the meaning of Lil Nas X's satanic twerking?

Lil Nas X

What is the meaning of Lil Nas X's satanic twerking?

MIA gained international recognition in 2007 thanks to Paper Planes. She continues to lobby for a world without walls, and without borders, through her songs.

MIA continues to lobby for a world without walls, and without borders, through her songs

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Booba has a reputation as the bad boy of French rap from the streets, but is it really true?

Booba: Gangster or Rich Kid?

Pharrell Williams manages to combine coolness and super-geekdom à la Star Trek. But how?

Pharrell Williams manages to combine coolness and super-geekdom. But how?

Pharrell Williams

How did Snoop Dogg change from being American public enemy no. 1 to the public’s favourite rapper. TAPE rewinds the life of a genius of personal branding.

Snoop Dogg

French rap duo PNL’s  music video for their track ‘Au DD’ saw the twosome sitting on top of the Eiffel Tower. But were they really there? Internet conspiracies abound.

Provocative, creative, and with an unhealthy interest in vomit, Tyler, the Creator breaks the mould of US rap. But did he really eat that cockroach? TAPE tells all.

Provocative, an unhealthy interest in vomit, Tyler, the Creator breaks the mould of US rap. But did he really eat that cockroach? TAPE tells all.

Tyler, the Creator

MC Solaar, perhaps France’s most famous rapper, revisits his greatest hits accompanied by the New Big Band Project, the combination of the Orchestre national d’Île de France with jazz group The Ice Kream.
Programme
Lune solaire
Qui sème le vent
La fin justifie les moyens
Sequelles
Obsolete
Quand le soleil devient froid
Gangster moderne
A temps partiels
Victimes de la mode
In god we trust
Inch'allah
La concubine de l'hémoglobine
Nouveau western
Armand est mort
La devise
Bouge de là
Bouge de là (reprise)
Les boys bandent
La musique adoucit les mœurs
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With Live Orchestra at the Paris Philharmonie

Perhaps France’s most famous rapper, revisits his greatest hits accompanied by the New Big Band Project, the combination of the Orchestre national d’Île de France with jazz group The Ice Kream.

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