"Not now that we are quitting, no dream is that of the hardships, the hess (
Editor's note, the galley)
for as long as we
stand up
to you, yeah everything for the F
(the family)
, it's my quest », Rapped the brothers Ademo and NOS in their song« J'suis PNL ».
Gibberish for many, nothing clearer for the thousands of fans who listen to their texts on repeat.
And who resume their expressions.
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For a slang word to become popular, it is enough for a rapper to use it in one of his compositions.
“They impose their way of diverting words, of reshaping them.
And when it is artists who are at the forefront of the scene like PNL or Ninho, both from 91, things go very quickly, notes Fred Musa, who has hosted the Planète Rap radio show on Skyrock since 1996.
But it is not something calculated.
They talk like they rap.
These words, they use them in their daily life. ”
An urban language that is becoming common.
“It's a bit like clothing fashion,” compares Fif Tobossi, co-founder of the hip-hop media booska-p.com, and from the Canal district in Evry-Courcouronnes.
"Each generation has its soundtrack"
"As Medina says in his song
Grand Paris
: the suburbs influence Paname, Paname influences the world," he continues. It was Rohff who popularized the expression “en mode”. Today, everyone uses it and we know that it comes from him. Then there was "what are the bails?" ”
(What's new?)
Or the suffix
zer (placed at the end of words, making them more difficult to understand)
. In Grigny, everyone had been talking like that for years. The others took them for aliens, they didn't understand what they were saying. It was the rappers who made it take on another dimension. So obviously, that makes you proud. And many immediately claim where this word comes from. "
Radio host Fred Musa, here in his program "Planète Rap" on Skyrock, deciphers the influence of rappers' texts on everyday language.
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A phenomenon which is far from new.
Already at the time of NTM and I AM, expressions stood out.
And were becoming fashionable.
“In my day, it was
wallah (to swear something)
, remembers Fred Musa.
These are words that come from the Maghreb but also from the gypsy community like
morray (man)
.
In the beginning, it was mainly to avoid being understood by the police.
When you use them in a song, it's also a way to nod to your neighborhood.
Show him that, even if we move forward, we do not forget where we come from.
Let us stay the same. "
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And with social networks, everything always goes faster. Snapchat has even entered everyday language. We no longer say "you film" but "you snap". “Rappers are very present on Snapchat, confirms the host. It has the effect of a sounding board. This is also why some words go out of style quickly. Each generation has its own soundtrack. Depending on the rapper we are listening to, we will use different words. "
