Baloji – review

Village Underground, London"You have to be what you are," says Baloji, after apologising for rapping in French, and revealing that he had been advised he would never succeed unless he switched to English. This was his first UK show as a headliner, and it hadn't gone exactly as planned: a low turnout meant he had been relegated to the smaller venue under the red-brick arches of Village Underground. "I'm hoping for a bigger stage next time," he says, and he deserves one. He is an energetic, engagi...

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