Hip-hop finds a home in Paris

Growth of accessible competitions in France offers young rappers a chance to voice their creativityLast month while the US band The Roots was launching Hip-Hop Fortnight at the Zenith in Paris, five young people were rapping in La Miroiterie, an artists' squat in Ménilmontant on the other side of the city. They were improvising to an audience of about 100 fans before passing on to "open mic" at a monthly event organised by Stelio and Swan from Réflexion Capitale.All the new generation hip-hop ...

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