Weekend Playlist #9: Les Flammes
France is the world's second-largest Rap market. A new awards show aimed to earn respect for a genre that has a growing influence on French culture.
Think of French music and you’ll likely imagine accordions and jazz-inflected tunes sung with powerful emotion. But these stereotypes don’t reflect the reality of modern France, which has become the world’s second-largest market for rap behind the United States.
In recognition of this cultural …
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