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I Rap Therefore I Am

Rap ? Violent words, a social chronicle without complacency at a time of the politically correct and a wishywashy consensus. Twenty years after its first babblings in the popular quarters of New York, rap has imposed its presence beyond the borders. Je rap donc je suis (I Rap Therefore I Am) goes around five different towns where it meets rappers driven by the same motivation. In Paris and its suburbs, Marseille and its districts, Algiers, London or Berlin, rappers move, play, record, teach... And above all, they talk. Outside of any promotional context, the present-day heralds of French hip-hop, from La Rumeur to IAM, speak about the role of rap, the environment in which it was born, boredom, the feeling of belonging to a sacrificed generation, drugs in districts of towns, immigration, parents, political and social actors, the police, school, writing, money, the parallel economy, violence...

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I Rap Therefore I Am

January 1, 1999
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Cast (13)

Akhenaton
Himself (Akhenaton)
Passi
Himself (Passi)
Stomy Bugsy
Himself (Stomy Bugsy)
Faf Larage
Himself (Faf Larage)
Imhotep
Himself (Imhotep)
Keny Arkana
Herself (Keny)
Hamé
Himself (Hamé)
Boss One
Himself (Boss One)
Solo
Himself (Solo)
Le Bavar
Himself (Le Bavar)
Yazid
Himself (Yazid)
Jo Popo
Himself (Jo Popo)
Sat
Himself (Sat l'Artificier)

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Philippe Roizès
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Marco Cherqui
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