Two-time Olympic volleyball champion Earvin Ngapeth is also a rapper. Earlier this week, he posted a song called “Aya” on social media. It was a way of defending singer Aya Nakamura from the racist attacks she has suffered.
Earvin Ngapeth’s teammates experienced their Olympic journey to the rhythm of his songs. “He’s going to release a new album, it’s really good”even warned Kevin Tillie in the columns of Parisian. On August 13, the double Olympic volleyball champion actually released an album entitled Summer is too short. And if the first single is called “Aya”, it is indeed a reference to the singer Aya Nakamura.
If she caused a sensation during the opening ceremony for her performance accompanied by the Republican Guard, she also crystallized criticism and racist comments. And this for months, since the hypothesis of her presence at this evening to perform a song by Edith Piaf, very widely denounced by the extreme right. The song of the volleyball player is an anthem to the singer of “Djadja” and a strong message addressed to all “racists”.
“I turn up to Edith Piaf but it’s Aya who sings”
“F**k the ‘cisteras’ (racists in verlan, editor’s note), they’re not going to do anything that tempts you. I turn up to Edith Piaf but it’s Aya who sings”we hear in the song. Earvin Ngapeth includes in his song an excerpt from an interview with Marion Maréchal who accuses Aya Nakamura of not “not singing in french”.
To which the volleyball player responds: “It’s hot, it’s playing the whole network, it’s going to make the others eat, but I’m hungry, only God can stop me, but surely not men”rejoicing in being able to pursue his career as he sees fit “while I’m a VIP, as long as they have me in good hands”. Before concluding: “I’ll find the breach faster, so that the fight is shortened.”
J.F.
