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There also have been many groups in other countries like Tanzania as well that emceed before 1989, although it is not very well known.


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 music that has been played in West Africa for centuries. During the late 1980s-early 1990s rap started to escalate all over Africa. Each region had a new type of style of hip hop. Rap elements are also found in Kwaito , a new genre based on House Music which developed in South Africa in the 1990s.

These are some of the African rappers/rap groups that are known:



SEE ALSO

  • La Haine ''a French film with an influential soundtrack''

  • PA VIC(NIGERIA)


Prototype (Angola/South Africa)


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