Hard Life – I dream of a career as a rapper

It’s not always easy to escape the setting we’re born into. It definitely wasn’t easy for Mikael, AKA Doctor Rafiq, who expresses the precarity of his situation through his lyrics. His dream is to one day become a successful rapper, rather than spend his time hanging in the park with his friends.

This programme by German channel ARD is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SSR SRG and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.