“Make as much noise as possible!” I want to hear you say: can't you hear or what? » The crowd does so and immediately screams. Jacky Brown, member of the Garge group Nèg'Marrons, uses this signature phrase several times. “Don’t you hear or koi!” ? ! » ; it is also the name of the festival that he co-organizes and which held its first evening this Saturday March 30, at the Rive Gauche space in Mériel (Val-d'Oise) with Busta Flex, Sniper and Ärsenik. French hip-hop stars from the 1990s and 2000s from Soisy-sous-Montmorency, Deuil-la-Barre and Villiers-le-Bel.
“Tonight, we’re going to let loose! » he promises into the microphone, while the speakers spit out “It degenerates”, a title from his group released in 2000, on the album Le Bilan. The crowd reacts to each of his exhortations with an excessive reverberation. “Tonight is not like any other. Here, we are here to listen to good sound, real sound. They say the old ones are over. But they forget that the elders never gave up,” he adds. The audience approves with a loud cheer.
Subscribe to read more
Already subscribed? To log in