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I Rap Therefore I Am

Jan 1, 1999 · 1h 13m
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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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Akhenaton
Self
Passi
Self
Stomy Bugsy
Self
Faf Larage
Self
Imhotep
Self
Keny Arkana
Self
Hamé
Self
Boss One
Self
Directed by Philippe Roizès

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Status
Released
Original language
FR
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Production
La Compagnie Panoptique, CPB Films, La Sept-Arte
Country
FR
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