8 years after the first installment, Shtar Academy season 2, the rap album made by prisoners was released on Friday.
21 titles, in which we can count the big names of French rap, such as PLK, Rim'K, Lino or Heuss L'enfoiré.
Alongside these multiple award-winning artists, Ryan, Perkiz and Nono, three inmates of Fresnes prison who were able to work for nearly two years, like professional artists.
Behind this experience, Mouloud Mansouri.
The producer of the Shtar Academy album is the head of the Fu-Jo association, which organizes all kinds of cultural activities for inmates.
“The objective is firstly, that they have access to culture.
And two, that they can integrate or reintegrate through a constructive, professional project,” he explains.
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The activity was carried out hand in hand with the prison of Fresnes, which made a room available to the “artist prisoners” so that they could work in the best conditions.
“We don't judge them, we just make music with them,” adds Mouloud Mansouri.
Discover behind the scenes on the creation of this album, thanks to Mouloud Mansouri its producer in the video at the top of the article.
