MC Solaar, IAM, Passi et al: Paris
Amy Linden, The Source, March 1998
Once considered a racial utopia for Black American expatriates in the '60s, Paris has become a different beast. Today, in a city often wracked by anti-immigration (read: anti-North African) sentiment and outright violence, a multi-racial coalition of hip-hop devotees has found their blueprint for protest in beats and lyrics. Welcome to the second French revolution.
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