He had no idea that a few hours of work in his apartment on the 11th floor of a city near Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) would trigger such a whirlwind.
Kaotik 747, a rapper from Nice known for defending in his texts the firefighters, the French flag and the police, composed his own anthem for the players of the France team at Euro 2021. “I have makes TV shows after being on the platform of the demonstration in tribute to Eric Masson, the policeman killed in Avignon.
There was the controversy over the hymn written by Youssoupha which I find too dark, and I started, ”explains the thirty-something artist.
"When we talk about homeland and flag, we are labeled RN"
But the positioning of Kaotik 747, so particular in the world of rap, has its downside.
Sometimes threatened, he is accused by some of being close to the extreme right.
What he refutes.
“I have support from the left, the ecologists, the right and the extreme right.
When we talk about homeland and flag, we are labeled RN.
But the flag belongs to everyone and I love France, he explains.
My goal is not to create tension.
An Obs article blames him for making the Ku Klux Klan sign on all his photos.
A defamation complaint will be filed, he assures us: "It's the
diver's
Ok all is well
sign
!"
It hurts me very much to be accused of racism, I am of Algerian origin.
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The Niçois wants to go to the end of his dream of an anthem for the Blues and turns to the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron. To, he hopes, have a little “support” for “his message of hope”. The rapper launched an online kitty on Friday to help him shoot the clip without a producer or record company. He collected all the gifts he hoped for in just a few hours.