After a ceremony with great pomp at the Théâtre du Châtelet and in the presence of the Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak, rap seizes codes that it has been pushing back until now. At the Victoires de la Musique, Orelsan won three titles, surpassing Johnny Hallyday, the most awarded artist until then. On May 11, at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Spotify sponsored the Flammes ceremony, an event co-organized by the online media Booska-P and the YARD agency, suggesting that the genre is changing its status. Snubbed at the Victoires de la musique, Aya Nakamura emerged as the winner of the ceremony by being named artist of the year.
Like jazz before it, rap may have seen its legitimization in the French musical landscape. An evolution whose indicators are difficult to measure. But, for example, "sitting down to listen to music in a concentrated way initiates this evolution," explains Max Dozolme, columnist and journalist at France Musique...
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