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Thursday, May 11, the Flames enliven the Théâtre du Châtelet. During the evening, the singer We eat Crowd the stage several times. For the trophy of the pop album of the year, for that of the best afro or afro-inspired song, and then, for “Atasanté”, crowned R & B song of the year.
R&B, with rap, afro or hip-hop, get with this evening recognition. However, this musical genre has long been the subject of confusion, misunderstanding, sometimes even contempt. This is explained by Rhoda Tchokokam, artistic director, photographer, critic and author of “Sensitive, a history of French R & B”.
From the Sensitive label to Aya Nakamura
A literary project born of a paradox: “R & B is a sister music to hip-hop, which emerged a few years after it, yet today there are no books on R & B. We talk of forty years of history, the artists are present, they can tell this story, but there is an essential lack”.
From there, Rhoda Tchockokam conducts interviews, meets those who, in the 1990s, (…) Read more at 20 minutes
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