The Arab World Institute in Paris is organizing an exhibition entitled: “Hip Hop du Bronx to the Arab streets” from April 28, 2015.
The opportunity for visitors to see the evolution of hip-hop across decades and countries. The opportunity also to discover its establishment in the Arab world:
(quote_box_center) Arab hip-hop is initially a underground phenomenon. Quickly, by social networks and the web, he echoes a growing desire for dignity, freedom and a better future. The different revolutionary Arab Spring of recent years have seen the modes of expression of hip-hop playing a role of awareness of consciousness. (/Quote_box_center)
Tunisians present
Several Tunisian artists are mentioned in the story that this exhibition retraces, such as rapper El General who had denounced the Ben Ali regime in 2010 with his song “Rayes Le Bled” released a month before the Revolution.
The graffiti of the Tunisian artist Meen One are also exhibited on the IMA walls.
The exhibition carried out under the artistic direction of rapper Akhenaton, a member of the legendary IAM, traces a history of hip-hop since its roots in 1970, in the Bronx, to its establishment in the Arab world, during revolutions.
Elodie potte
