African hip hop music

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Hip hop music has been popular in Africa since the early 1980s due to widespread American influence. In 1985 hip hop reached Senegal, a French-speaking country in West Africa. Some of the first Senegalese rappers were M.C. Lida, M.C. Solaar, and Positive Black Soul, who mixed rap with Mbalax, a type of West African pop music. An early South African group was Black Noise. They began as a graffiti and breakdance crew in Cape Town until they started emceeing in 1989. South Africa's apartheid government tried to ban rap due to its part in the struggle for the freedom of all races. … read more
Hip hop music has been popular in Africa since the early 1980s due to widespread American influence. In 1985 hip hop reached Senegal, a French-speaking country in West Africa. Some of the first Senegalese rappers were M.C. Lida, M.C. Solaar, and Positive Black Soul, who mixed rap with Mbalax,… read more
Hip hop music has been popular in Africa since the early 1980s due to widespread American influence. In 1985 hip hop reached Senegal, a French-speaking country in West Africa. Some of the first Senegalese rappers were M.C. Lida, M.C. Solaar, and Positive Black Soul, who mixed rap with Mbalax, a type of West African pop music. An early South African group was Blac… read more

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1 Play track Dumelang Malome Vector
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2 Play track Naturelle BaoBab
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3 Hallo Hallo (Latin Mix) Wakimbizi
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4 Stand For Hip Hop Gokh-Bi System
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5 Mali Forever Mokobe Feat Salif Keita
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6 Back life Fonetic
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7 Play track Bhambatha Zola
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8 Africans Don't Wanna Understand Las MC
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