I Rap Therefore I Am

I Rap Therefore I Am (1999)

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Rap ? Violent words, a social chronicle without complacency at a time of the politically correct and a wishywashy consensus. Twenty years after its first babblings in the popular quarters of New York, rap has imposed its presence beyond the borders. Je rap donc je suis (I Rap Therefore I Am) goes around five different towns where it meets rappers driven by the same motivation. In Paris and its suburbs, Marseille and its districts, Algiers, London or Berlin, rappers move, play, record, teach... And above all, they talk. Outside of any promotional context, the present-day heralds of French hip-hop, from La Rumeur to IAM, speak about the role of rap, the environment in which it was born, boredom, the feeling of belonging to a sacrificed generation, drugs in districts of towns, immigration, parents, political and social actors, the police, school, writing, money, the parallel economy, violence...

Director: Philippe Roizès
Writer: Philippe Roizès

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	Akhenaton as Self
	Passi as Self
	Stomy Bugsy as Self
	Faf Larage as Self
	Imhotep as Self
	Keny Arkana as Self
	Hamé as Self
	Boss One as Self
	Solo as Self
	Le Bavar as Self
	Yazid as Self
	Jo Popo as Self
	Sat as Self

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