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I had to quit my high school last year because some people knew that I was the son of a police officer. It ended badly, harassed, abused, I did not dare to go there I was afraid of getting screwed
”. From the first verse of
Fils de ... cop
, the rapper Kaotik747, alias Karim Bouchagour, does not mince his words. He tells with the story of Hugo, a teenager abused because of his father's profession. A way of paying tribute to the police, in particular after the assassination of the police officer in Avignon on May 5.
A few days after the tragedy, the 38-year-old rapper, originally from Nice, expressed his support for the victim's family in a Tweet.
This is where the inspiration for his song will be born: "
A
policewoman's
wife contacted me to explain the difficulties of her family,
" Kaotik747 tells
CNews
.
“
She told me about her anguish never to see her husband come home from work again.
She also explained to me that she had forbidden her 14-year-old son to reveal his father's profession, for fear of reprisals
”.
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So, the rapper got down to writing, and ten days later, he released the track on his YouTube channel. In just a few days, the title reached more than 6,700 views, a good start for an artist still relatively unknown to the general public, and many Internet users applaud the divisive theme approached by Kaotik747. “
I like to write and sing on social issues,
” he told
CNews
. “
I do not find it normal to be the only one to defend these officials who are too often victims of attacks and violence. I would like to see more artists engage and take Republican positions. I am outraged when I hear other rappers spitting on the police,
”he laments.
This is not the first time that the theme of law enforcement inspires Kaotik747: already in 2019, the rapper had defended the police, but also the firefighters and the SAMU in a clip entitled
# Projet18,
viewed over 420,000 times on YouTube. The project had received aid of 10,000 euros from the city of Nice.